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Ian MacKaye is most widely known as the singer for Fugazi, Minor Threat, and a handful of other influential hardcore punk bands.A Without a doubt he is a central figure in creating the notion of a 'do it your self' punk ethic and is credited with coining the term "straight-edge." As well as fronting such bands, MacKaye has produced and released ... (more)

The Guardian 's Ana Marie Cox may be keeping herself relatively low-key in Texas, but her ex-husband Chris Lehman let some details slip about how he's coping after the divorce.

Culled together from various short lived hardcore bands in Washington D.C. from the mid-80s, Fugazi was one of the greatest punk bands of all time.

In the "School of Rock" era, it's never been easier to be a punk kid. Is that a good thing? The Black Sparks frontman releases an eardrum-bursting yelp, like one of Jello Biafra's punk-preacher come-ons. His bandmates unleash an elastic, art-tortured instrumental worthy of Fear or X-Ray Spex.

There are certain musicians Matt Pryor has gone to bat for who don't seem like much of a stretch.

Take one part punk, two parts R&B, mix with bass and you get Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree.

While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre.

There is a specific variety of raw, heart-on-your-sleeve aggression that can only emerge from the youthful mind of a gutsy songwriter with something to prove.

Hello Musical Moondays. This week, I'm covering the straight edge punk genre. I have never been straight edge when I was in the scene.

When Fugazi attaches their name to something, people pay attention. Or at least one hundred and ninety one of them do.

One of the more amusing lines in the "Shit DC Says" video that raced through the internet yesterday : "You know who I saw at Target? Ian MacKaye." Perhaps.