Ian MacKaye

Actor · Born April 16, 1962 · 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.

Acted in 16

2020s

2020
Dope, Hookers and Pavement
Movie

2010s

2018
Vox Populi
Movie
Records Collecting Dust II
Movie
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Movie
2017
Parallel Planes
Movie
The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
Movie
2014
The Dicks from Texas
Movie
2011
Henry Rollins 50
Movie

2000s

2003
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
Performer

1990s

1999
Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome
Movie
Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999
Movie
1995
Fugazi: Capitol Theater
Movie
1994
The Obsessed: The Documentary
Movie
1991
Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC
Movie
Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House
Movie

1980s

1983
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
Movie

Sound 2

1990s

1999
Instrument
Original Music Composer
76

1980s

1989
Glueman
Musician

Produced 1

2000s

2004
Chain
Executive Producer

Appearances37

2020s

2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Self
2024
Something Better Change
Self
2023
Cover Your Ears
Self
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
Self (archive footage)
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
Self
2021
What Drives Us
Self
2020
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
self

2010s

2019
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
Self
The Tony Alva Story
Self
Punk
Self · 3 episodes
2018
Bad Reputation
Self
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Self
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
Self (archive footage)
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Self
75
2016
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Self
63
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Self
2015
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Self
2014
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
Himself
Riot on the Dance Floor
Self
Breadcrumb Trail
Himself
2013
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
Himself
2012
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Self
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
Self
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Self
2011
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
Self
2010
Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
Himself