Ian MacKaye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ian MacKaye

American singer and record label owner

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: composer, singer, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, record label owner and producer.
Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label and the frontman of the influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat and the post-hardcore band Fugazi.
MacKaye was also the frontman for the short-lived bands The Teen Idles, Embrace and Pailhead, a collaboration with the band Ministry.
MacKaye is a member of The Evens, a two-piece indie rock group he formed with his wife Amy Farina in 2001.Along with his seminal band Minor Threat, he is credited with coining the term "straight edge" to describe a personal ideology that promotes abstinence from alcohol and other drugs, though MacKaye has stated that he did not intend to turn it into a movement. A key figure in the development of hardcore punk and an independent-minded, do-it-yourself punk ethic, MacKaye 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.