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Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye ( born April 16 , 1962 ) is an American singer , songwriter , guitarist , musician , ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ owner and producer . Active since 1979 , MacKaye is best known as the co - founder and owner of ___MASK29___ , a Washington , D . C .- based independent ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ and the frontman of the influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat and the post - hardcore band Fugazi . MacKaye was also the frontman for the short lived bands The Teen Idles , Embrace and Pailhead , a collaboration with the band Ministry . MacKaye is a member of The Evens , a two - piece indie rock group he formed with his wife Amy Farina in 2001 . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK26___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . Get Evens is the second ___MASK26___ by indie / punk duo The Evens . It was released on November 6th 2006 . The Evens are a Washington , D . C . indie - rock duo , formed in the fall of 2001 , comprising partners Ian MacKaye ( guitars , vocals ) ( of Fugazi , formerly of Minor Threat ) and Amy Farina ( drums , vocals ) ( formerly of The Warmers ). After Ian MacKaye ' s band Fugazi entered a hiatus , The Evens began practicing extensively , and eventually played a few shows and recorded a self - titled ___MASK26___ , released in March 2005 on MacKaye ' s ___MASK24___ , ___MASK29___ . The Evens are known for their unusual choices in venues for performances and the stylistic change from what many have dubbed the " D . C ." or " Dischord " sound . " The Washington Post " has described the sound as " what happens when post - hardcore becomes post - post - hardcore ." Post - hardcore is a punk ___MASK60___ genre that derives from hardcore punk , maintaining hardcore ' s aggression and intensity , but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression initially inspired by post - punk and noise rock . Like post - punk , the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups . The genre took shape in the mid to late 1980s with releases by bands from cities that had established hardcore scenes , such as Fugazi from Washington , D . C . as well as groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to post - hardcore ' s noise rock roots . ___MASK29___ is a Washington , D . C .- based independent record label specializing in the independent punk rock music of the D . C .- area music scene . The label is co - owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson , who founded Dischord in 1980 to release " Minor Disturbance " by The Teen Idles . Along with other independent American labels such as Twin / Tone , Touch and Go Records , and SST Records , Dischord helped to spearhead the nationwide network of underground bands that formed the pre - Nirvana indie - rock scene . These labels presided over the shift from the hardcore punk that then dominated the American underground scene to the more diverse styles of alternative rock that were emerging . The Warmers were a post - hardcore band based in Washington , D . C . active from 1994 to 1997 . A trio featuring former Faith vocalist Alec MacKaye ( guitar and vocals ), Juan Luis Carrera ( bass and vocals ), and Amy Farina ( drums ), The Warmers recorded for the Washington D . C . based ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ Dischord . Their self - titled album " The Warmers ", released in February 1996 , was praised for its minimalism and Farina ' s " furious " drumming .