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
Punk
2019
0Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
Punk's Not Dead
2007
Bad Reputation
2018
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
2012
Instrument
1999
American Hardcore
2006
The Tony Alva Story
2019
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
2019
The Obsessed: The Documentary
1994
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
2012
Filmography
Punk
as Self · 2019
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self · 2026
Punk's Not Dead
as Self · 2007
Bad Reputation
as Self · 2018
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
as Self · 2017
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
as Self · 2012
Instrument
as Self · 1999
American Hardcore
as Self · 2006
The Tony Alva Story
as Self · 2019
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
as Self · 2019
The Obsessed: The Documentary
· 1994
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
as Self · 2012
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
as Self · 2015
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
as Self · 2016
Minor Threat
as Self · 1983
Riot on the Dance Floor
as Self · 2014
Quest for Sleep
as Self · 2003
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Self · 2005
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
as Self · 2016
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
as Self · 2011
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
as Self · 2023
The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
· 2017
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
· 1983
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
· 2018
Edge
as Self · 2009
Breadcrumb Trail
as Himself · 2014
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
as Self · 2012
Ian MacKaye Interview 7.8.05
as Self
Drive: My Life in Skateboarding
as Himself · 2003
What Drives Us
as Self · 2021
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
as Self - Interviewee · 2002
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
as Self · 2018
Cover Your Ears
as Self · 2023
Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
as Himself · 2005
Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome
· 1999
Fugazi: Capitol Theater
· 1995
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
as Himself · 2014
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
as Himself · 2010
Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House
· 1991
Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC
· 1991
The Dicks from Texas
· 2014
Something Better Change
as Self · 2024
Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999
· 1999
Dope, Hookers and Pavement
· 2020
I Need That Record!
as Himself · 2008
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
as Performer · 2003
Another State of Mind
as Himself · 1984
924 Gilman Street
as Self · 2007
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
as Himself · 2013
Henry Rollins 50
· 2011
Records Collecting Dust II
· 2018
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
as self · 2020
Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation
· 2025
Parallel Planes
· 2017
Vox Populi
· 2018