Ian MacKaye

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-04-16 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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

  • Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

  • Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

  • Bad Brains: A Band in DC

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

  • Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

  • D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

  • What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

    What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

  • What Drives Us

    What Drives Us

  • I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

    I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

  • American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

  • We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

    We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

  • Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

  • Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

    Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

  • Parallel Planes

    Parallel Planes

  • Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

    Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

  • Vox Populi

    Vox Populi

  • Another State of Mind

    Another State of Mind

  • Instrument

    Instrument

  • Punk's Not Dead

    Punk's Not Dead

  • L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

  • Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

  • Quest for Sleep

    Quest for Sleep

  • Punk

    Punk

  • The Obsessed: The Documentary

    The Obsessed: The Documentary

  • Punk Rock Vegan Movie

    Punk Rock Vegan Movie

  • The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

  • 924 Gilman Street

    924 Gilman Street

  • Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

    Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

  • Something Better Change

    Something Better Change

  • Cover Your Ears

    Cover Your Ears

  • Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

  • The Dicks from Texas

    The Dicks from Texas

  • Breadcrumb Trail

    Breadcrumb Trail

  • Riot on the Dance Floor

    Riot on the Dance Floor

  • Drive: My Life in Skateboarding

    Drive: My Life in Skateboarding

  • Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

  • We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

  • Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

    Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

  • Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

  • Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

    Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

  • We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

  • Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

    Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

  • Records Collecting Dust II

    Records Collecting Dust II

  • The Tony Alva Story

    The Tony Alva Story

  • Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

    Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

  • You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

    You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

  • Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

    Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

  • Edge

    Edge

  • I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

  • Henry Rollins 50

    Henry Rollins 50

  • Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club

    Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club

  • Dope, Hookers and Pavement

    Dope, Hookers and Pavement

  • Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome

    Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome

  • Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

    Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

  • Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation

    Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation

  • Minor Threat

    Minor Threat

  • Fugazi: Capitol Theater

    Fugazi: Capitol Theater