Ian MacKaye
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Something Better Change
as Self
(2023)
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
as Self
(2023)
Cover Your Ears
as Self
(2023)
(2021)
What Drives Us
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
(2019)
The Tony Alva Story
as Self
(2018)
Bad Reputation
as Self
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
(2017)
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
as Himself
(2016)
(2015)
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
Breadcrumb Trail
as Himself
(2014)
(2013)
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
as Himself
(2012)
(2012)
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
as Himself
(2012)
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
(2008)
I Need That Record!
as Himself
(2007)
Punk's Not Dead
as Self
(2007)
924 Gilman Street
as Self
(2006)
American Hardcore
as himself
(2005)
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Himself
(2005)
(2003)
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
as Performer
(2003)
Quest for Sleep
as Self
(2003)
Drive: My Life in Skateboarding
as Himself
(2002)
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
as Himself - Interviewee
(1999)
Instrument
as Self
(1999)
(1994)
(1991)
(1984)
Another State of Mind
as Himself
(1983)
Crew
(2004)
Chain
Executive Producer
(1999)
Instrument
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Black Hole Radio
Music Editor
(1989)
Glueman
Musician