Ian MacKaye on Minor Threat, Fugazi and the power of Punk Rock Louder
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 Approves Urban Outfitters' Minor Threat Apparel Rolling Stone
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.
Ian MacKaye Recording as an Artificial Exercise Tape Op Magazine
February 24, 2021. Ian MacKaye Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Hardcore legend Ian MacKaye explains how Woodstock and an unexpected house guest helped lay the foundation for his love of music in this.
Ian MacKaye, Amy Farina & Joe Lally apparently have a new band, playing
Ian MacKaye: My interest in the record industry itself is actually extremely low. In fact I generally think of it as pretty odious. So in some ways, the only way to get my music out, the only way I would feel comfortable doing it, is really by putting it out myself. But in terms of the business, I can't stand it.
Ian Mackaye Champagne and Heels
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’s Coriky — Members of Fugazi, Evens — Drops New Song ‘Too
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.
Random Questions With Ian MacKaye NPR
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 UnPunk'd NPR
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 Reveals 'Woodstock' Soundtrack Obsession in New Book
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.
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.
Ian MacKaye’s band Coriky announce selftitled debut album
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.
2/6/18 Special Guest Ian MacKaye of Dischord Records, Fugazi, & Much
Ian MacKaye - self. Ian Mackaye founded Dischord Records as a teenager in 1980 with partner Jeff Nelson. Their original intent was simply to release a single to document their recently defunct band, Teen Idles. However, the label has gone on to release music from more than 60 bands, with more than 160 albums over the last 25 years and counting.
The Ian MacKaye Interview The Battleground
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 Has Formed A New Band News Clash Magazine
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.
Ian MacKaye Showed Up To Watch The Juggalo March
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 WYPR
Ian MacKaye is known as a punk rock veteran, the guitarist and vocalist who founded the seminal band Minor Threat in the early '80s. But his most recent album, the self-titled debut of his new.