Ian MacKaye
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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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.
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What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
