202: Ian MacKaye Pt. 1 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)

As a member of bands such as The Teen Idles, Minor Threat,
Embrace, Fugazi, and The Evens—as well as co-founder of Dischord
Records—Ian MacKaye has been involved in the creation and
dissemination of an extraordinary amount of classic recordings.
Ian met with Joe at The Dischord House in Virginia for a
wide-ranging conversation that lasted nearly three hours. In this
week’s installment, Ian discusses: his childhood in the Glover
Park neighborhood of Washington DC; his grandmother’s advice
column; his love of Ted Nugent and The Beatles; how skateboarding
informed his view of the world; discovering punk rock; his
lifelong entrepreneurial spirit; co-founding Dischord Records;
and how he often doesn’t listen to music for the lyrics.


Four years ago, we began The Trap Set with Fugazi drummer Brendan
Canty. As we expand the show from drummers-only to all musicians,
it only makes sense to begin with Brendan’s bandmate, Ian. Tune
in next week for Part Two!