Editing Ian MacKaye (section)

===Youth===
Ian MacKaye was born in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 1962, and grew up in the [[Glover Park]] neighborhood of Washington, D.C. His father was a writer for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', first as a [[White House]] reporter, then as a religion specialist; the senior MacKaye remains active with the socially progressive St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.<ref>Azerrad, Michael (2002). ''Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981–1991''. Back Bay Books. {{ISBN|0-316-78753-1}}</ref> In his capacities as a journalist in the White House Press Corps, MacKaye's father was in the presidential motorcade when [[John F. Kennedy]] was killed in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nardwuar|title=Nardwuar The Human Serviette Vs. Ian MacKaye|url=http://www.razorcake.org/interviews/nardwuar-the-human-serviette-vs-ian-mackaye-this-interview-originally-ran-in-razorcake-04-2001|website=Razorcake|access-date=21 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821044628/http://www.razorcake.org/interviews/nardwuar-the-human-serviette-vs-ian-mackaye-this-interview-originally-ran-in-razorcake-04-2001|archive-date=August 21, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> MacKaye's paternal grandmother was Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye. She worked with [[Paul Popenoe]] on marriage advice columns and was a member of the [[Cosmopolitan Club (New York)|Cosmopolitan Club]].  His grandfather was Milton MacKaye, also a magazine writer as well as an executive with the [[United States Office of War Information|Office of War Information]].<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news |title=Dorothy Disney MacKaye, marriage columnist, dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/09/07/dorothy-disney-mackaye-marriage-columnist-dies/dab65095-936a-4ae4-a0d6-8273bb23d9ae/ |date=September 7, 1992 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409203538/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/09/07/dorothy-disney-mackaye-marriage-columnist-dies/dab65095-936a-4ae4-a0d6-8273bb23d9ae/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to MacKaye's longtime friend, singer [[Henry Rollins]], MacKaye's parents "raised their kids in a tolerant, super-intellectual, open-minded atmosphere."<ref name="Azerrad, 2002">Azerrad, 2002</ref>

MacKaye first learned to play piano as a child. He eventually took lessons, but quit when his mother placed him in a more academic environment. He first attempted guitar at around ten due to inspirations such as [[Jimi Hendrix]], but again he quit when he was unable to understand the connection between piano and guitar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bogosian|first=Daniel|title=Ian MacKaye: 'It Took Me Some Time To Figure Out How Punk Was Music'|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/ian_mackaye_it_took_me_some_time_to_figure_out_how_punk_was_music.html|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006003518/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/ian_mackaye_it_took_me_some_time_to_figure_out_how_punk_was_music.html|archive-date=October 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

MacKaye listened to many types of music, but was especially fond of mainstream [[hard rock]] such as [[Ted Nugent]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<ref>[http://www.loyno.la/ianmackayetalk.mp3 Ian MacKaye speaking at Loyola University; Nov 14, 2006]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203040024/http://www.loyno.la/ianmackayetalk.mp3 |date=December 3, 2007 }}</ref> MacKaye was introduced to [[punk rock]] in November of 1978 when a group of his friends, including future filmmaker [[Jem Cohen]], lent him early British punk records such as [[Sex Pistols]]' ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'' and [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]]'s [[Generation X (album)|''Generation X'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |title=April 16, 2014 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-mackaye-on-minor-threat-fugazi-and-the-power-of-punk-rock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615100015/https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-mackaye-on-minor-threat-fugazi-and-the-power-of-punk-rock |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=Louder Sound|date=April 16, 2014 }}</ref> The following year, MacKaye went to his first punk concert, watching [[The Cramps]] perform at nearby [[Georgetown University]].<ref name="wamu">{{cite web|last=Schweitzer|first=Ally|title=Ian MacKaye: 'If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don't Dull The Blade'|url=http://bandwidth.wamu.org/ian-mackaye-if-you-want-to-rebel-against-society-dont-dull-the-blade/|publisher=[[WAMU]]|date=August 19, 2014|access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref> He was particularly influenced by the California hardcore scene. MacKaye looked up to hardcore bands like [[Bad Brains]]<ref name="wamu"/> and [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] and was childhood friends with Henry Garfield (who later changed his name to [[Henry Rollins]]).<ref name="wamu"/>