Ian MacKaye
Born: 1962-04-16 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Something Better Change as Self
2023
- Punk Rock Vegan Movie as Self
- Cover Your Ears as Self
- We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. as Self (archive footage)
2021
- What Drives Us as Self
2020
2019
- Punk as Self
- Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement as Self
- The Tony Alva Story as Self
2018
2017
- The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
- Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk as Self
- L7: Pretend We're Dead as Self (archive footage)
- Parallel Planes
2016
2014
- The Dicks from Texas
- Riot on the Dance Floor as Self
- Breadcrumb Trail as Himself
- Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action as Himself
2013
- Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound as Himself
2012
- Bones Brigade: An Autobiography as Self
- We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith as Himself
- Bad Brains: A Band in DC as Self
2010
- Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin as Himself
2009
- Edge as Self
2008
- I Need That Record! as Himself
2007
- Punk's Not Dead as Self
- 924 Gilman Street as Self
2006
- American Hardcore as Self
2005
2004
- Chain ... (Executive Producer)
2003
- Drive: My Life in Skateboarding as Himself
- Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club as Performer
- Quest for Sleep as Self
2002
- D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist as Himself - Interviewee
1992
- Black Hole Radio ... (Music Editor)
1989
- Glueman ... (Musician)
1984
- Another State of Mind as Himself