Please answer the following question: Facts: - |name: ian mackaye - instrument: vocals piano , keyboards , guitar , bass , baritone guitar , - years active: 1979 -- present - caption: mackaye in 2008 - birth name: ian thomas garner mackaye - label: dischord - genre: hardcore post-hardcore punk , punk rock , alternative rock , - notable instruments: gibson sg danelectro baritone guitar - birth date: 16 april 1962 - background: solo_singer - image: ian mackaye at the brooklyn book festival.jpg - birth place: washington , d.c. , us - associated acts: fugazi evens , embrace , egg hunt , skewbald/grand union , , pailhead minor threat , teen idles , the - occupation: singer label owner , songwriter , musician , producer , record Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ian mackaye .
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ian thomas garner mackaye -lrb- ; born april 16 , 1962 -rrb- 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 bands minor threat , the post-hardcore bands embrace and fugazi , as well as the evens , and member of the teen idles .he is a co-founder and owner of dischord records , a washington , d.c.-based independent record label .a key figure in the development of hardcore punk , straightedge , and an independent-minded , 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 among others .along with his seminal band minor threat , he is credited with coining the term '' straight edge '' to describe a personal ideology that promotes independence by countering the popular appeal of drug and alcohol abuse , though mackaye has stated many times that he did not intend to turn it into a movement .