Ian MacKaye recounts the time he and his friends terrorized ‘SNL


Ian MacKaye UnPunk'd NCPR News

Ian MacKaye is known for a lot of things, his bands: Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, Teen Idles; founding and running the uber indie/alternative Dischord Records; being the inadvertent creator and leader for the Straight Edge movement; someone with fierce, occasionally outspoken, political beliefs and a passion and dedication for all things independent that he's seen as some sort of DIY.


Ian MacKaye’s band Coriky announce selftitled debut album

For Ian MacKaye, punk is not a medium for expressing nihilism, or simply partying. Instead, it's always been a forum where bold ideas are exhibited to the world. For many, the punk rock image is leather-clad, drug-fueled angst, covered in spikes and smelling of booze, achieving rebellion through self-destruction and substance abuse.


Ian MacKaye, Amy Farina & Joe Lally apparently have a new band, playing

Washington, D.C., was the hardcore capitol of the 1980s (also known as "harDCore"), with Fugazi bandleader Ian MacKaye playing a central role from early on. Back in the late '70s, MacKaye played in the landmark hardcore band the Teen Idles, which is, in part, how he and Jeff Nelson came to found the now-legendary record label Dischord in.


How Ian MacKaye found freedom as a straightedge pioneer xsisterhoodx

Fugazi's Best Live Moments, Remembered. "Our friend Joey Picuri, who was a local sound man — or a fellow who helped do sound for bands — he recorded the shows," Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye.


2/6/18 Special Guest Ian MacKaye of Dischord Records, Fugazi, & Much

MacKaye eventually found his constellation - his tribe - in the punk rock world. In the punk rock community, he found kindred spirits who embraced his alternative viewpoints and approach to music.


Ian MacKaye Recording as an Artificial Exercise Tape Op Magazine

Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label, and the frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat and post-hardcore band Fugazi. MacKaye was also the bassist for the short-lived band the Teen Idles, and frontman for Embrace, and Pailhead, a collaboration.


Ian MacKaye on Minor Threat, Fugazi and the power of Punk Rock Louder

Courtesy of the artist. When guitarist Ian MacKaye, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Amy Farina played their first live gig together — a benefit, of course — in late 2018, at St. Stephen and the.


Ian MacKaye Showed Up To Watch The Juggalo March

Over three decades, Ian MacKaye has tested a few possibilities of what punk can mean. His first band to make a national impact, Minor Threat, was a clear outgrowth of the hardcore scene in his.


Ian MacKaye Has Formed A New Band News Clash Magazine

Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (/ m ə ˈ k aɪ /; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label, and the frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat and post-hardcore band Fugazi.MacKaye was also the bassist for the short-lived band the Teen Idles, and frontman for.


Ian MacKaye Approves Urban Outfitters' Minor Threat Apparel Rolling Stone

Punk pioneer Ian MacKaye's proudest guitar moments say a lot about his philosophy and aesthetic for the instrument. Deep in the runtime of Instrument, the 1999 documentary about his legendary post-hardcore band Fugazi, MacKaye stands in front of his Marshall JCM 800 half-stack,.


Ian Mackaye Champagne and Heels

The Evens are an American indie rock duo, comprising Ian MacKaye (baritone guitar, vocals) and Amy Farina (drums, vocals). Formed in Washington, D.C. in 2001 after MacKaye's band Fugazi entered a hiatus, the Evens began practicing extensively, and eventually played a few shows and recorded a self-titled album, released in March 2005 on MacKaye's label, Dischord Records.


Ian MacKaye WYPR

In this interview, Ian MacKaye—frontman of influential bands Minor Threat and Fugazi—describes punk as the "free space": where new ideas and creative express.


Ian MacKaye recounts the time he and his friends terrorized ‘SNL

Random Questions With: Ian MacKaye The front man of the bands Minor Threat, Fugazi and The Evens played a fundamental role in the development of Washington, D.C.'s punk and straight-edge scene.


Ian MacKaye Reveals 'Woodstock' Soundtrack Obsession in New Book

In 1991, I interviewed Ian MacKaye about his life's work in a cafe in the Georgetown district of his native Washington DC, for a university dissertation. Twenty years on, we met again at the same cafe to pick up on that conversation…. The last time we were in this café, 20 years ago, you told me about seeing your first ever punk rock show.


Ian MacKaye’s Coriky — Members of Fugazi, Evens — Drops New Song ‘Too

Before Fugazi, MacKaye was in Minor Threat, a hardcore act whose sense of humour is largely forgotten ("I was early to finish, I was late to start, I might be an adult, I'm a minor at heart.


The Ian MacKaye Interview The Battleground

Fugazi (/ f u ˈ ɡ ɑː z i /; foo-GAH-zee) was an American punk rock band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986.The band consisted of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty.They were noted for their style-transcending music, DIY ethical stance, manner of business practice, and contempt for the music industry.