Ian MacKaye

Personal Info

Birthday

April 16, 1962

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

Known For

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

Filmography

2025
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self
2024
Something Better Change
as Self
2023
Cover Your Ears
as Self
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
as Self (archive footage)
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
as Self
2021
What Drives Us
as Self
2020
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
as self
2019
The Tony Alva Story
as Self
2018
Bad Reputation
as Self
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
as Self
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self (archive footage)
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
as Self
2016
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
as Himself
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
as Self
2015
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
as Self
2014
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
as Himself
Breadcrumb Trail
as Himself
2013
Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
as Himself
2012
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
as Self
We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
as Himself
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
as Self
2011
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
as Self
2010
Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
as Himself
2009
Edge
as Self
2008
I Need That Record!
as Himself
2007
Punk's Not Dead
as Self
924 Gilman Street
as Self
2006
American Hardcore
as himself
2005
Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
as Himself
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Himself
2003
Drive: My Life in Skateboarding
as Himself
Quest for Sleep
as Self
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
as Performer
2002
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
as Himself - Interviewee
1999
Instrument
as Self
1984
Another State of Mind
as Himself
1983
Minor Threat
as Self