Ian MacKaye
Acting
- Born:
- 1962-04-16
- Place of birth:
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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
Filmography
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation
Something Better Change
Cover Your Ears
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
What Drives Us
Dope, Hookers and Pavement
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
The Tony Alva Story
Punk
Vox Populi
Bad Reputation
Records Collecting Dust II
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Parallel Planes
The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
L7: Pretend We're Dead
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
The Dicks from Texas
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
Riot on the Dance Floor
Breadcrumb Trail
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
Henry Rollins 50
Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
Edge
I Need That Record!
Punk's Not Dead
924 Gilman Street
American Hardcore
Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Drive: My Life in Skateboarding
Quest for Sleep
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome
Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999
Instrument
Fugazi: Capitol Theater
The Obsessed: The Documentary
Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC
Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House
Another State of Mind
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
Minor Threat
Ian MacKaye Interview 7.8.05