Ian MacKaye Wiki Biography
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye 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 bands Minor Threat, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as we…
| Full Name | Ian MacKaye |
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Date Of Birth | April 16, 1962 |
| Place Of Birth | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.7526 m) |
| Profession | Singer, Record producer, Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist, Film Score Composer |
| Education | Woodrow Wilson High School |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Children | Carmine Francis Farina MacKaye |
| Siblings | Alec MacKaye |
| Partner | Amy Farina |
| Nicknames | MacKaye, Ian , Ian McKaye , Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1235334 |
| Music Groups | Fugazi (Since 1987) |
| Movies | Instrument |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was the front man of the seminal Washington D.C. hardcore punk band Minor Threat, which disbanded in 1983. |
| 2 | While in Minor Threat, he wrote the song “Straight Edge” after one of his best friends, a drug addict, died as he overdosed on heroin. In swearing off drugs, alcohol, smoking, and promiscuous sex, McKaye unintentionally invented a life-style still strictly led by thousands of people to this day. |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foo Fighters: Back and Forth | 2011 | Documentary writer: “Waiting Room” – as Ian T.G. Mackaye | |
| Punk’s Not Dead | 2007 | Documentary writer: “In My Eyes” | |
| American Hardcore | 2006 | Documentary writer: “Seeing Red”, “Teen Idles”, “Minor Threat”, “Stand Up”, “Guilty Of Being White”, “Straight Edge” – as I. MacKaye | |
| American Wasteland | 2005 | Video Game writer: “Seeing Red/Screaming At A Wall” | |
| Life and/or Death | 2005 | Short writer: “Combination Lock” | |
| SLC Punk! | 1998 | writer: “Look Back & Laugh” – as I. MacKaye | |
| Pariah | 1998 | writer: “Small Man, Big Mouth”, “Bottled Violence” |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Lens | 2004 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
| Instrument | 2003 | Documentary | |
| Glue Man | 1989 | Short |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancake Mountain | 2004 | TV Series creative consultant – 2 episodes |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best of Flipside Video #2 | 1995 | Video | Minor Threat |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Weather Underground | 2002 | Documentary composer: additional music |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chain | 2004 | executive producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freaks in Love | 2011 | Documentary thanks | |
| Don’t Need You | 2005 | Video documentary short thanks – as Ian McKaye |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| You Can Color Outside the Lines.: The Big Boys | 2018 | Documentary filming | Himself |
| Parallel Planes | 2017 | Documentary completed | Himself |
| Punk the Capital, Straight from Washington DC | 2017 | Documentary post-production | |
| Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk | 2017 | Documentary completed | Himself |
| Blood and Steel, Cedar Crest Country Club | 2016 | Documentary completed | Himself |
| Monumentary: The Story Of Wax Trax! Records | 2016 | Documentary post-production | Minor Threat |
| HR Finding Joseph I | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead | 2015 | Documentary | |
| Salad Days | 2014 | Documentary | Himself (voice) |
| Washington in the ’80s | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| It’s Gonna Blow!!!: San Diego’s Music Underground 1986-1996 | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Sonic Highways | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Riot on the Dance Floor | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Breadcrumb Trail | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Let Fury Have the Hour | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bad Brains: A Band in DC | 2012 | Documentary | |
| Music | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Barbershop Punk | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Edge | 2009/I | Documentary | |
| I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Citizen 3.0 | 2008 | Documentary | |
| Towncraft | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Punk’s Not Dead | 2007 | Documentary | Himself – Minor Threat, Fugazi |
| Soft Focus | 2007 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| 924 Gilman Street | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| American Hardcore | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| Don’t Need You | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself – Fugazi |
| We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Instrument | 2003 | Documentary | Himself (Fugazi) |
| D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist | 2002 | Documentary | Himself – Interviewee |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Shield Around the K | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself – Founder, Dischord Records |
| Another State of Mind | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot | 1988 | Video short | Himself (uncredited) |