Guy Picciotto

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Guy Picciotto (born September 17, 1965) is an American musician from Washington, DC. He is most widely known for his role as a guitarist and vocalist in the band Fugazi (1987 - Present). Though not in the original line up of Fugazi, he joined very early in its inception and has appeared on all the band's studio recordings. Picciotto was also the frontman for the seminal and influential band Rites of Spring (1984 - 1986). Rites of Spring were one of a handful of DC bands that were part of what was called Revolution Summer. Revolution Summer (Summer of 1985) was an attempt to bring a more introspective and personal experience and sound to punk rock and hardcore, and an attempt to take back the scene from people who were starting fights and not fostering an inclusive, creative community. Rites of Spring, along with Embrace, (though there were other bands involved in Revolution Summer) are widely credited with creating the sub-genre of punk rock which would come to be known as emo, though they would later attempt to distance themselves from that label.

Picciotto's musical resume also includes the bands One Last Wish (1986), Happy Go Licky (1987 - 1988), Brief Weeds (Ep's released circa 1991 - 1992), and The Black Light Panthers (ongoing sporadic project since 1982), the last two bands both being projects with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. He also created a record label called Peterbilt Records, which released limited quantity vinyl record albums for the bands Rain, Happy Go Licky, and Deadline, then years later was involved in releasing the One Last Wish, 1986 CD, along with Dischord Records.

Picciotto is also allegedly the basis for the character Guy in the Final Fight video game series from Capcom. Capcom developers were fans of American pop culture and many other characters are based off American rock bands.

Picciotto has also produced records for bands such as Blonde Redhead, Chisel, DeepLust, Quix-o-tic, The Gossip, and The Blood Brothers.