Editing Ian MacKaye (section)

==Biography==

===Youth===
Ian MacKaye was born in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 1962, and grew up in the [[Glover Park]] neighborhood of Washington, D.C. His father was a writer for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', first as a [[White House]] reporter, then as a religion specialist; the senior MacKaye remains active with the socially progressive St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.<ref>Azerrad, Michael (2002). ''Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981–1991''. Back Bay Books. {{ISBN|0-316-78753-1}}</ref> In his capacities as a journalist in the White House Press Corps, MacKaye's father was in the presidential motorcade when [[John F. Kennedy]] was killed in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nardwuar|title=Nardwuar The Human Serviette Vs. Ian MacKaye|url=http://www.razorcake.org/interviews/nardwuar-the-human-serviette-vs-ian-mackaye-this-interview-originally-ran-in-razorcake-04-2001|website=Razorcake|access-date=21 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821044628/http://www.razorcake.org/interviews/nardwuar-the-human-serviette-vs-ian-mackaye-this-interview-originally-ran-in-razorcake-04-2001|archive-date=August 21, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> MacKaye's paternal grandmother was Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye. She worked with [[Paul Popenoe]] on marriage advice columns and was a member of the [[Cosmopolitan Club (New York)|Cosmopolitan Club]].  His grandfather was Milton MacKaye, also a magazine writer as well as an executive with the [[United States Office of War Information|Office of War Information]].<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news |title=Dorothy Disney MacKaye, marriage columnist, dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/09/07/dorothy-disney-mackaye-marriage-columnist-dies/dab65095-936a-4ae4-a0d6-8273bb23d9ae/ |date=September 7, 1992 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409203538/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/09/07/dorothy-disney-mackaye-marriage-columnist-dies/dab65095-936a-4ae4-a0d6-8273bb23d9ae/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to MacKaye's longtime friend, singer [[Henry Rollins]], MacKaye's parents "raised their kids in a tolerant, super-intellectual, open-minded atmosphere."<ref name="Azerrad, 2002">Azerrad, 2002</ref>

MacKaye first learned to play piano as a child. He eventually took lessons, but quit when his mother placed him in a more academic environment. He first attempted guitar at around ten due to inspirations such as [[Jimi Hendrix]], but again he quit when he was unable to understand the connection between piano and guitar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bogosian|first=Daniel|title=Ian MacKaye: 'It Took Me Some Time To Figure Out How Punk Was Music'|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/ian_mackaye_it_took_me_some_time_to_figure_out_how_punk_was_music.html|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006003518/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/ian_mackaye_it_took_me_some_time_to_figure_out_how_punk_was_music.html|archive-date=October 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

MacKaye listened to many types of music, but was especially fond of mainstream [[hard rock]] such as [[Ted Nugent]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<ref>[http://www.loyno.la/ianmackayetalk.mp3 Ian MacKaye speaking at Loyola University; Nov 14, 2006]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203040024/http://www.loyno.la/ianmackayetalk.mp3 |date=December 3, 2007 }}</ref> MacKaye was introduced to [[punk rock]] in November of 1978 when a group of his friends, including future filmmaker [[Jem Cohen]], lent him early British punk records such as [[Sex Pistols]]' ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'' and [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]]'s [[Generation X (album)|''Generation X'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |title=April 16, 2014 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-mackaye-on-minor-threat-fugazi-and-the-power-of-punk-rock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615100015/https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-mackaye-on-minor-threat-fugazi-and-the-power-of-punk-rock |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=Louder Sound|date=April 16, 2014 }}</ref> On February 4th, 1979, MacKaye attended his first punk concert, watching [[The Cramps]] perform at nearby [[Georgetown University]].<ref name="wamu">{{cite web|last=Schweitzer|first=Ally|title=Ian MacKaye: 'If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don't Dull The Blade'|url=http://bandwidth.wamu.org/ian-mackaye-if-you-want-to-rebel-against-society-dont-dull-the-blade/|publisher=[[WAMU]]|date=August 19, 2014|access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prindle |first=Mark |date=March 18, 2009 |title=Interview with Ian MacKaye |url=https://www.rebelnoise.com/interviews/ian-mackaye-2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719175613/https://www.rebelnoise.com/interviews/ian-mackaye-2009 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2025 |website=Rebel Noise}}</ref> He was particularly influenced by the California hardcore scene. MacKaye looked up to hardcore bands like [[Bad Brains]]<ref name="wamu"/> and [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] and was childhood friends with Henry Garfield (who later changed his name to [[Henry Rollins]]).<ref name="wamu"/>

===Early bands===
MacKaye's first band consisted of one performance as the Slinkees in the summer of 1979, performing a song titled "I Drink Milk."<ref name="HistPunkRock">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slowcode.com/published/2006/05/the_ap_history_of_punk_part_x.html |title=The AP History of Punk Rock X: Washington, D.C. |access-date=2007-06-10 |year=1996 |magazine=Alternative Press |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202152119/http://www.slowcode.com/published/2006/05/the_ap_history_of_punk_part_x.html |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The band also recorded two demo tapes of covers as well as songs that would later be recorded by [[the Teen Idles]].

The Slinkees evolved into the Teen Idles, in which MacKaye played bass guitar and sang back up vocals. The band was short-lived, breaking up in 1980, but released an EP, ''[[Minor Disturbance]]'', the first record from MacKaye and bandmate [[Jeff Nelson (musician)|Jeff Nelson]]'s newly-founded label, [[Dischord Records]].

===Minor Threat===
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[[File:Minor-threat-malcolm-riviera.jpg|thumb|MacKaye (bottom right, with microphone) performing with Minor Threat in 1981]]
After feeling creatively limited in the Teen Idles, MacKaye was determined to be the frontman and primary lyricist for his own band. He founded [[Minor Threat]] (1980–1983) with Nelson after the break up of their previous band. MacKaye cited the dynamic performance of singer [[Joe Cocker]] in ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'' as a major influence on his own animated stage persona.<ref name="Azerrad, 2002"/> The Teen Idles and Minor Threat were modestly successful in and around Washington, D.C., but would later be cited as two of the earliest and most influential [[hardcore punk]] groups, and as pioneers of the [[straight edge]] philosophy that rejects use of drugs (including alcohol), tobacco, and sex. In his early teens, MacKaye saw the negative effects of drug abuse on several close friends and one immediate family member, and he vowed to never use tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs. During their existence Minor Threat were inactive for several months due to [[Lyle Preslar]] being at college; during this hiatus MacKaye and Nelson briefly formed a new band which dissolved when Minor Threat reunited, [[Skewbald/Grand Union (band)|Skewbald/Grand Union]] (1981–1982).

After Minor Threat broke up, MacKaye was active with several relatively short-lived groups, including [[Embrace (American band)|Embrace]] (1985–1986) and [[Egg Hunt]] (1986). [[Pailhead]] (1987–1988), a collaboration between MacKaye and the [[industrial metal]] band [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], then consisting of [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Paul Barker]], and [[William Rieflin]], featured MacKaye on lead vocals.

===Fugazi===
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In 1987, MacKaye founded [[Fugazi]], a band that has been cited as one of the most important post-hardcore groups.<ref name="Perlah, Jeff 2002"/> Fugazi set itself apart from most other bands by never playing a show with high-priced tickets. They would often turn down venue options for this very rule, and the band would go so far as to stop a show and have unruly concert goers escorted out of the venue – complete with a refund of their ticket money. The band famously turned down at least one offer to headline Lollapalooza because festival organizers refused to price tickets cheaply; MacKaye objected to the $30 ticket price. MacKaye also has never conducted an interview with ''Rolling Stone'' magazine or any other similar publication, stating he would only do so if the magazine agreed to not advertise cigarettes or alcohol.<ref>{{cite web|last=S.|first=George|title=Long distance runner: The private and public evolution of Ian Mackaye|url=http://leoweekly.com/music/sight-unsound/long-distance-runner-the-private-and-public-evolution-ian-mackaye|publisher=Leo Weekly|access-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114124642/http://leoweekly.com/music/sight-unsound/long-distance-runner-the-private-and-public-evolution-ian-mackaye|archive-date=January 14, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===The Evens===
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[[File:TheEvens.jpg|upright|thumb|[[The Evens]], featuring MacKaye and [[Amy Farina]]]]
MacKaye currently sings and plays [[baritone guitar]] in [[The Evens]] with drummer and vocalist [[Amy Farina]] of [[the Warmers]]. The band pride themselves on playing in non-standard locations, such as community centres, bookshops, or other atypical spaces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crasierfrane.com/interviews/ian-mackaye |title=Ian MacKaye |publisher=Crasier Frane |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708203133/http://crasierfrane.com/interviews/ian-mackaye |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The Evens released their self-titled album in early 2005, breaking a three-year silence by MacKaye. Their second album, ''[[Get Evens]]'', was released in November 2006. Their last album, titled ''[[The Odds (album)|The Odds]]'', was released 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evens – The Odds|url=http://www.dischord.com/release/180/odds|access-date=November 5, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127182113/http://www.dischord.com/release/180/odds|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Coriky===
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In 2018, MacKaye, along with [[Amy Farina|Farina]] and [[Joe Lally]] (Fugazi, [[the Messthetics]]), debuted a new band.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally & Amy Farina's band played their first show (pics)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ian-mackaye-joe-lally-amy-farinas-band-played-their-first-show-pics/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=November 12, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> In February 2020, it was announced that the band, now called Coriky,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|title=Coriky — Featuring Fugazi, Evens Members — Tease Album With 'Clean Kill'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coriky-fugazi-evens-clean-kill-950511/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212144722/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coriky-fugazi-evens-clean-kill-950511/|url-status=live}}</ref> would release their first album on March 27, 2020, however due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the album was pushed back to May 29, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|title=Ian MacKaye's new band Coriky announce debut album, share "Clean Kill"|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ian-mackayes-new-band-coriky-announce-debut-album-share-clean-kill/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213053201/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ian-mackayes-new-band-coriky-announce-debut-album-share-clean-kill/|url-status=live}}</ref> The debut single, "Clean Kill", was released on February 11, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gotrich|first=Lars|title=Coriky, Ian MacKaye's New Band With Joe Lally And Amy Farina, Announces Debut Album|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/11/804719772/coriky-ian-mackayes-new-band-with-joe-lally-and-amy-farina-announces-debut-album|work=[[NPR]]|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>

===Other projects===
In 1982, MacKaye sang lead vocals on one version of a [[Government Issue]] song titled "Asshole". The previously unreleased track was featured on the ''[[20 Years of Dischord]]'' collection released in 2002. Backing vocals and collaborations – as, for example, with brother Alec MacKaye's former band Ignition – are numerous.

MacKaye contributed an extra guitar track to "[[Youth Against Fascism]]", the second single from [[Sonic Youth]]'s 1992 album ''[[Dirty (Sonic Youth album)|Dirty]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/sy/song104.html |title=Sonic Youth Site Menu |publisher=Sonicyouth.com |access-date=2011-07-17 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404080215/http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/sy/song104.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1988, he recorded vocals with [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]'s [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Paul Barker]], and [[Bill Rieflin]] for the band [[Pailhead]]'s EP titled "Trait". He also co-wrote the song "I Will Refuse" which was also released by the [[Wax Trax!]] record label.

In February 2004, MacKaye produced the recording sessions for [[John Frusciante]]'s solo album titled ''[[DC EP]]''. After working with MacKaye, Frusciante states "Ian is one of the only living people who I really respect and look up to, so it was an honor and a pleasure as well as a great learning experience to hear his perspective."<ref>[http://www.johnfrusciante.com/music/dc_ep.php]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015113027/http://www.johnfrusciante.com/music/dc_ep.php|date=October 15, 2007}}</ref>

MacKaye has also contributed guitar and backing vocals to [[Joe Lally]]'s solo albums ''[[There to Here]]'', released in October 2006, and ''[[Nothing Is Underrated]]'', released in November 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Lally|url=http://www.dischord.com/band/joelally|work=Dischord Records|access-date=April 27, 2013|year=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705225708/http://dischord.com/band/joelally|archive-date=July 5, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Throughout his music career MacKaye has engineered and produced releases by a number of bands primarily on his Dischord label including [[7 Seconds (band)|7 Seconds]], Antelope, [[Bikini Kill]], [[Black Eyes (band)|Black Eyes]], [[Lungfish (band)|Lungfish]], [[Nation of Ulysses]], [[One Last Wish]], [[Q and Not U]], [[Rites of Spring]], [[Rollins Band]], and others.

===Dischord Records===
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MacKaye co-founded [[Dischord Records]] with [[Jeff Nelson (musician)|Jeff Nelson]] in 1980 and it continued as a [[DIY ethic|DIY]] project, whereby those involved learned how to produce records – MacKaye claims that they crafted 10,000 singles by hand for a Teen Idles release.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|title=Ian MacKaye Walks the Walk|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-07-et-kot7-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref>