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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. American Hardcore (2006) — Self
2. Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012) — Self
3. Bad Reputation (2018) — Self
4. Instrument (1999) — Self
5. Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015) — Self
6. Punk's Not Dead (2007) — Self
7. What Drives Us (2021) — Self
8. Breadcrumb Trail (2014) — Himself
9. Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016) — Himself
10. Another State of Mind (1984) — Himself
11. We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) — Self
12. L7: Pretend We're Dead (2017) — Self (archive footage)
13. Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records (2018) — Self
14. I Need That Record! (2008) — Himself
15. Punk (2019) — Self
16. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017) — Self
17. D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002) — Himself - Interviewee
18. Edge (2009) — Self
19. Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement (2019) — Self
20. Punk Rock Vegan Movie (2023) — Self
21. Bad Brains: A Band in DC (2012) — Self
22. Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl (2005) — Himself
23. Drive: My Life in Skateboarding (2003) — Himself
24. Cover Your Ears (2023) — Self
25. Riot on the Dance Floor (2014) — Self
26. Records Collecting Dust II (2018)
27. Parallel Planes (2017)
28. The Obsessed: The Documentary (1994)
29. Henry Rollins 50 (2011)
30. Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two (1983)
31. The Tony Alva Story (2019) — Self
32. We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. (2023) — Self (archive footage)
33. What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt (2016) — Self
34. Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025) — Self
35. Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999 (1999)
36. Quest for Sleep (2003) — Self
37. Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action (2014) — Himself
38. Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind (2011) — Self
39. We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith (2012) — Himself
40. The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997 (2017)