Ian MacKaye
Known for ActingBorn 1962-04-16Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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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.
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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
L7: Pretend We're Dead
2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025 · as Self
Bad Reputation
2018 · as Self
What Drives Us
2021 · as Self
Ian MacKaye Interview 7.8.05
as Self
Punk's Not Dead
2007 · as Self
Riot on the Dance Floor
2014 · as Self
Quest for Sleep
2003 · as Self
American Hardcore
2006 · as Self
Edge
2009 · as Self
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
2012 · as Self
Instrument
1999 · as Self
Breadcrumb Trail
2014 · as Himself
The Tony Alva Story
2019 · as Self
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017 · as Self
Cover Your Ears
2023 · as Self
I Need That Record!
2008 · as Himself
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
2019 · as Self