Ian MacKaye

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye born April 16 1962 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 band Minor Threat the posthardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi as well as The Evens He is a cofounder and owner of Dischord Records a Washington DCbased independent record label A key figure in the development of hardcore punk and an enthusiastic promoter of an independentminded do it yourself punk ethic MacKaye also works as a producer and 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 Along with his seminal band Minor Threat he is credited with coining the term straight edge to describe an ideology that eschews drug and alcohol abuse though MacKaye has stated many times that he did not intend to turn it into a movement Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian MacKaye licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia