Alec MacKaye

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Alec MacKaye (* 1966 in Washington, DC ) is an American musician, artist and writer, best known for the punk and hardcore bands Untouchables , The Faith and Ignition . However, he is far better known than the little brother of minor-threat / Fugazi front man Ian MacKaye . MacKaye's tantrums and emotional outbursts while performing live made him one of the most famous members of Washington's punk / hardcore scene in the early 80s.

Life

At the age of 13 MacKaye founded the punk band Untouchables, which had their first appearance in 1979 in the basement of the parents of Teen Idles singer Nathan Strejcek, together with the Teen Idles, the band of MacKaye's brother at the time. Alec MacKaye, asleep with his head on his knees, photographed by Susie Josephson, was the cover motif of the recordings Minor Threat EP , First Two 7 ″ s on a 12 ″ and Complete Discography . It is one of the most famous covers of the hardcore punk scene and has also been used (against the will of the band) for a poster by Nike . MacKaye's hands with the straight-edge X were already featured on the Minor Disturbance EP of Teen Idles.

MacKaye was to take over from Henry Rollins at State of Alert when he moved to Black Flag . However, MacKaye refused to sing Rollins' lyrics. He then founded various bands and rehearsed with them, but there was never a solid constellation until he founded The Faith in 1981 , whose split with Void is one of the classics of American hardcore punk. The band existed until 1982. In the mid-1980s the band Ignition followed . This band released two albums and various singles through Dischord Records . After a serious motorcycle accident, Alec MacKaye had to cut back a little musically.

In the mid-1990s, MacKaye joined The Warmers as a singer and guitarist. Their album Same was released in 1996 on Dischord Records. Unlike MacKaye's other bands, The Warmers combined memorable riffs with indie rock influences. The album gained some attention on the college radio charts.

MacKaye works for Dischord Records, the independent label that Minor Threat had built at the time, and is an employee of the Phillips Collection art museum in Washington, DC MacKaye also tries his hand at being an artist and writer. Mondo James Dean , an anthology of poems and short stories by Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole, is dedicated to him. He was also involved as a contemporary witness in the film American Hardcore , a documentary about the hardcore scene.

Discography

With The Faith

With ignition

  • 1987: Same (7 ″, IG)
  • 1988: Machination (Album, IG / Dischord Records)
  • 1988: Sinker / Anger Means (12 ″, IG / Southern Studios)
  • 1989: The Orafying Mysticle of ... (Album, Dischord Records)
  • 1994: Complete Services (compilation, Dischord Records)

With The Warmers

  • 1995: Thin Air (7 ″, Dischord Records)
  • 1996: Same (Dischord Records)
  • 2004: Wanted More (MCD, Dischord Records)

Guest Posts

  • 1987: Beefeater : House Burning Down (on the song With You Always , Dischord Records)
  • 1992: Sonic Youth : Dirty (Songwriting, DGC)
  • 1992: Circus Lupus : Super Genius (diverse, Dischord Records)
  • 1993: Lungfish : Rainbows from Atoms (on You Might Ask Me What , Dischord Records)
  • 1994: Second Thought : Lily's Stroke (as producer and background singer, 7 ″, Dischord Records)
  • 1995: Slant 6 Inzombia (guest vocals on the title track, Dischord Records)

literature

  • Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins: Dance of Days. Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital . New York 2003, ISBN 1-888451-44-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins: Dance of Days . S. 60 .
  2. ^ Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins: Dance of Days . S. 95 .
  3. ↑ Nike.com: To: Minor Threat, Dischord Records and fans of both ( Memento from May 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins: Dance of Days . S. 125 .
  5. ^ Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins: Dance of Days . S. 107 .
  6. ↑ Ignition. Dischord Records , accessed May 31, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Steven Blush: American Hardcore . A tribal history. Feral House, Los Angeles 2001, ISBN 0-922915-71-7 , pp. 146 .
  8. ↑ The Warmers. Dischord Records, accessed May 31, 2012 .
  9. ^ Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins: Dance of Days . S. 420 .
  10. ↑ Rolf Rykken: The Artist lake Differently: Alec MacKaye. Phillips Collection , July 1, 2011, accessed May 31, 2012 .
  11. ↑ American Hardcore , DVD, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007.
personal data
SURNAME MacKaye, Alec
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC