- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 16, 1962
- Place of Birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Ian MacKaye
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 esch…
Filmography
Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation
movieIan MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation
2025
movieButthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025 · Self
movieSomething Better Change
2024 · Self
movieCover Your Ears
2023 · Self
movieWe Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
2023 · Self (archive footage)
moviePunk Rock Vegan Movie
2023 · Self
movieWhat Drives Us
2021 · Self
movieDope, Hookers and Pavement
2020
movieI Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
2020 · self
moviePunk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
2019 · Self
movieThe Tony Alva Story
2019 · Self
tvPunk
2019 · Self
movieVox Populi
2018
movieBad Reputation
2018 · Self
movieRecords Collecting Dust II
2018
movieIndustrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
2018 · Self
movieYou Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
2018
movieParallel Planes
2017
movieThe Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
2017
movieL7: Pretend We're Dead
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieTurn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017 · Self
movieCassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016 · Himself
movieWhat Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016 · Self
movieSalad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015 · Self
movieThe Dicks from Texas
2014
moviePositive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
2014 · Himself
movieRiot on the Dance Floor
2014 · Self
movieBreadcrumb Trail
2014 · Himself
movieDither: The D.I.Y. Sound
2013 · Himself
movieBad Brains: A Band in DC
2012 · Self
movieWe Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
2012 · Himself
movieBones Brigade: An Autobiography
2012 · Self
movieTaking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
2011 · Self
movieHenry Rollins 50
2011
movieFugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
2010 · Himself
movieEdge
2009 · Self
movieI Need That Record!
2008 · Himself
moviePunk's Not Dead
2007 · Self
movie924 Gilman Street
2007 · Self
movieAmerican Hardcore
2006 · Self
movieDon't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
2005 · Himself
movieWe Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005 · Self
movieChain
2004 · Executive Producer
movieDrive: My Life in Skateboarding
2003 · Himself
movieQuest for Sleep
2003 · Self
movieMinor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
2003 · Performer
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
movieD.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002 · Himself - Interviewee
movieFugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome
1999
movieFugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999
1999
movieInstrument
1999 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieFugazi: Capitol Theater
1995
movieThe Obsessed: The Documentary
1994
Black Hole Radio
movieBlack Hole Radio
1992 · Music Editor
movieFugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC
1991
movieFugazi: Live in Front of The White House
1991
movieGlueman
1989 · Musician
movieAnother State of Mind
1984 · Himself
movieFlipside Video Fanzine Number Two
1983
Minor Threat
movieMinor Threat
1983 · Self
Ian MacKaye Interview 7.8.05
movieIan MacKaye Interview 7.8.05
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