become a commercial success. However, the band spent most of 1990 and 1991 touring heavily, performing a total of 250 concerts between March 1990 and June 1991, routinely selling out 1,000+ capacity venues all over the world. While major labels began to court Fugazi, the band decided that Dischord was distributing their records well enough and refused the offers. According to Alan O'Connor in his 2008 book Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY, Repeater went on to sell 500,000 copies (based on an interview with Dischord Records). The album was also critically well received. Legacy Influence Repeater featured an alternative rock sound that predated significant releases such as Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten, which would unexpectedly go on to break the genre into the mainstream. Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine was influenced by the album, as were Steve Holmes of American Football and Metz. Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan named it one of his favorite records of all time. La Dispute covered the title track live. The track "Merchandise" has been covered by Face to Face (on their album Standards & Practices), Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Dogstar. "Blueprint" was covered by Gogol Bordello live, Ben Lee and Tim Timebomb. The track was quoted by The Knife on the track "Raging Lung" off of Shaking the Habitual. It has also been sampled by Emynd for Stranger Day's track "Not Playin'". "Styrofoam" has been covered by Stereotyperider. "Shut the Door" has been covered by Boy Eats Drum Machine. Accolades As of October 2022, aggregator website Acclaimed Music finds the album to be the 652nd most acclaimed album of all time. Track listing Personnel Fugazi Brendan Canty – drums Joe Lally – bass Ian MacKaye – guitar, piano, vocals Guy Picciotto – guitar, vocals Technical personnel Ted Niceley – producer Don Zientara – engineer Album Cover Jim Saah – Photo Kurt Sayenga - Design See also Repeater (disambiguation) References External links Repeater (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed) Fugazi albums 1990 debut albums Albums produced by Ted Niceley Dischord Records albums Albums produced by Ian MacKaye Post-hardcore albums by American artists