Ian MacKaye
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (born April 16, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well as The Evens. He is a co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label. A key figure in the development of hardcore punk and an enthusiastic promoter of an independent-minded, do it yourself punk ethic, MacKaye also works as a producer, and has produced releases by Q and Not U, John Frusciante, 7 Seconds, Nation of Ulysses, Bikini Kill, Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, and Rollins Band. Along with his seminal band Minor Threat, he is credited with coining the term "straight edge" to describe an ideology that eschews drug and alcohol abuse, though MacKaye has stated many times that he did not intend to turn it into a movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian MacKaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Self
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
Self
Instrument
himself
American Hardcore
Self (archive footage)
L7: Pretend We're Dead
Himself
I Need That Record!
Self
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
The Obsessed: The Documentary
Henry Rollins 50
Self
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Himself
Breadcrumb Trail
Himself
Another State of Mind
Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Self
Punk's Not Dead
Himself
Drive: My Life in Skateboarding
Himself
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Self
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Self
Bad Reputation
Himself
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999
Self
Quest for Sleep
Himself
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
Himself
Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
Self
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
Himself
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
Self
Cover Your Ears
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
Riot on the Dance Floor
Self
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
The Outhouse The Film 1985-1997
The Dicks from Texas
Self
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Self
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Records Collecting Dust II
Performer
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
Parallel Planes
Himself - Interviewee
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
Self
924 Gilman Street
Dope, Hookers and Pavement
Self
What Drives Us
Himself
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
self
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
Self
The Tony Alva Story
Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House
Self (archive footage)
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
Self
Something Better Change
Vox Populi
Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation
Himself
Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-04-16
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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