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Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye

Acting

Born: April 16, 1962Washington, District of Columbia, USA

​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
Filmography

Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation

2025
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Self

2025
Something Better Change

Something Better Change

Self

2024
Cover Your Ears

Cover Your Ears

Self

2023
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

Self (archive footage)

2023
Punk Rock Vegan Movie

Punk Rock Vegan Movie

Self

2023
What Drives Us

What Drives Us

Self

2021
Dope, Hookers and Pavement

Dope, Hookers and Pavement

2020
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

self

2020
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

Self

2019
The Tony Alva Story

The Tony Alva Story

Self

2019
Vox Populi

Vox Populi

2018
Bad Reputation

Bad Reputation

Self

2018
Records Collecting Dust II

Records Collecting Dust II

2018
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

Self

2018
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

2018
Parallel Planes

Parallel Planes

2017
The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead

L7: Pretend We're Dead

Self (archive footage)

2017
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

Self

2017
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Himself

2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

Self

2016
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

Self

2015
The Dicks from Texas

The Dicks from Texas

2014
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

Himself

2014
Riot on the Dance Floor

Riot on the Dance Floor

Self

2014
Breadcrumb Trail

Breadcrumb Trail

Himself

2014
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

Himself

2013
Bad Brains: A Band in DC

Bad Brains: A Band in DC

Self

2012
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

Himself

2012
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Self

2012
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

Self

2011
Henry Rollins 50

Henry Rollins 50

2011
Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

Himself

2010
Edge

Edge

Self

2009
I Need That Record!

I Need That Record!

Himself

2008
Punk's Not Dead

Punk's Not Dead

Self

2007
924 Gilman Street

924 Gilman Street

Self

2007
American Hardcore

American Hardcore

Self

2006
Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

Himself

2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Self

2005
Drive: My Life in Skateboarding

Drive: My Life in Skateboarding

Himself

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

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

Performer

2003
Quest for Sleep

Quest for Sleep

Self

2003

D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

Himself - Interviewee

2002
Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome

Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome

1999
Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

1999
Instrument

Instrument

Self

1999
Fugazi: Capitol Theater

Fugazi: Capitol Theater

1995
The Obsessed: The Documentary

The Obsessed: The Documentary

1994
Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

1991
Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

1991
Another State of Mind

Another State of Mind

Himself

1984
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

1983

Minor Threat

Self

1983