For the album by Poison Idea, see Ian MacKaye (album).
Ian MacKaye
MacKaye in 2008
Background information
Birth name
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye
Born
(1962-04-16) April 16, 1962 (age 62) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Genres
Hardcore punk
punk rock
alternative rock
post-hardcore
experimental rock
indie rock
emo
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
musician
record producer
record label owner
archivist
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
Years active
1979–present
Labels
Dischord
Member of
The Evens
Coriky
Formerly of
Fugazi
Minor Threat
Teen Idles
Embrace
Egg Hunt
Skewbald/Grand Union
Pailhead
The Nig-Heist
Musical artist
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (/məˈkaɪ/;[1] born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label, and the frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat and post-hardcore band Fugazi. MacKaye was also the bassist for the short-lived band the Teen Idles, and frontman for Embrace, and Pailhead, a collaboration with the band Ministry. MacKaye is a member of The Evens, a two-piece indie rock group he formed with his wife Amy Farina in 2001[2] and in 2018 formed the band Coriky with Farina and his Fugazi band mate Joe Lally.
Along with his seminal band Minor Threat, he is credited with coining the term "straight edge"[2] a philosophy that promotes abstinence from alcohol and other drugs, though MacKaye has stated that he did not intend to turn it into a movement.
A key figure in the development of hardcore punk and an independent-minded, do-it-yourself punk ethic, MacKaye 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.
^"Nardwuar vs. Ian MacKaye". YouTube. February 25, 2008. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
^ abPerlah, Jeff. "The Independent". Guitar World. March 2002.
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (/məˈkaɪ/; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of...
Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consisted of guitarists and vocalists IanMacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They...
band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C., by vocalist IanMacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson. MacKaye and Nelson had played in several other bands together...
(self-released) 1988 Get Loaded and Fuck Cassette (self-released) - reissued as "IanMacKaye" in 1989 1992 Pajama Party Covers Album Picture Disc & LP (Vinyl Solution...
that featured Dischord Records founder and former Minor Threat frontman IanMacKaye on vocals. The band's sound was a combination of industrial beats and...
September 1979. Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek, Geordie Grindle, IanMacKaye and Jeff Nelson, they recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 Minor Disturbance...
rock band from Washington D.C., formed in 2015. The band is made up of IanMacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens), Amy Farina (The Warmers, The Evens)...
which includes her husband, IanMacKaye. Farina has played in The Warmers (which included Ian's younger brother Alec MacKaye), Mister Candy Eater, Ted Leo...
Lally was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Joe Lally formed Fugazi with IanMacKaye in 1987. He remained as the group's bassist until their "indefinite hiatus"...
independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by IanMacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance...
duo, comprising IanMacKaye (baritone guitar, vocals) and Amy Farina (drums, vocals). Formed in Washington, D.C. in 2001 after MacKaye's band Fugazi entered...
particular note is the song "I'm So Tired", a piano ballad played and sung by IanMacKaye, which is a significant departure from Fugazi's usual post-hardcore sound...
the performances and the sound that was weird to us." Singer/guitarist IanMacKaye explained, "It was like we were walking on eggshells, trying not to offend...
their favorites. All songs by Guy Picciotto, IanMacKaye, Joe Lally, and Brendan Canty. Fugazi IanMackaye – vocals, guitar Guy Picciotto – vocals, guitar...
Slane Castle video. All songs by Guy Picciotto, IanMacKaye, Joe Lally, and Brendan Canty. IanMacKaye – guitar, composer, vocals Guy Picciotto – guitar...
Egg Hunt was a one-off band/project of long time friends and musicians IanMacKaye and Jeff Nelson, former singer and drummer of the hardcore punk band...
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