Ian MacKaye

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1962-04-16 (62 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian MacKaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2023
2021
2019
Punk

as Self

2018
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead

as Self (archive footage)

2014
Breadcrumb Trail

as Himself

2008
2007
2007
2006
2003
1999
Instrument

as Self

1984

Sound

1999
Instrument

as Original Music Composer

1992
Black Hole Radio

as Music Editor

1989
Glueman

as Musician

Producer

2004
Chain

as Executive Producer