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Ian MacKaye is alive and well

Contributed by brandonwithbenefits. Posted by aubin on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 11:42 PM (EDT)

Ian MacKaye, the man behind Fugazi, Minor Threat, Dischord and countless other projects is alive and well. Many of you wrote in with both the rumour and the denial of said rumour and rest assured that Ian is doing just fine.

For those of you unaware of the rumour, a myspace bulletin and eventual Wikipedia entry started the internet hoax that Mr.MacKaye had been killed in a hit-and-run accident. The people behind the hoax were thorough, including a real hospital (Baltimore's St. Agnes Hospital) and have repeatedly changed the Wikipedia entry as well. The entry in the internet encyclopedia has been locked to prevent further misinformation.

According to Ian himself:

I am happy to report that I am not dead.

Dischord Records (79 comments)

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The_Incline (October 2, 2007)

Thats good to know

dropkickmurphy01 (October 2, 2007)

that's good to hear I guess.

acris (October 2, 2007)

You cannot end a sentence with a comma.

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Edia_Ave (October 2, 2007)

tru dat.

PJZ (October 2, 2007)

ian mackaye can.

acris (October 2, 2007)

Sweet, my grammar police alarm worked.

senornunchuck (October 2, 2007)

awesome!

GlassPipeMurder (October 2, 2007)

too pure to die

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Sick_Nick (October 2, 2007)

lol

ilikenothing (October 2, 2007)

That's unfortunate.

Seth_Uber_Alles (October 2, 2007)

Ian is a pretty rad dude. I met saw him speak in 2006 and then met him afterwards, I asked if I could get a picture with him, and he gladly took my camera and took myspace-angled pictures with me and my friends, it was funny.

skaboom (October 2, 2007)

We, too, are happy that you are not dead, Ian.

skaboom (October 2, 2007)

This is an incredibly tasteless thing to say, but how much would it suck to be straight edge your whole life, live clean and healthy, and die at 45 from a car accident? If I knew I was going to die at 45, I'd start tearing my body up now.

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fallingupwards84 (October 3, 2007)

i'm not even close to being straight edge, but i know that one of their primary reasons is not so that they live longer.. but so they're in greater control over their actions while they are alive

GlassPipeMurder (October 3, 2007)

bingo.

BrandonSideleau (October 3, 2007)

are you stupid? I don't drink or do drugs or anything like that....not because I want to live long, but because I want to be sharp and enjoy my time here. To be drunk or drugged out all the time is to be a coward. But, on the other hand, I do love sex.......but then again I don't think I an has any problem with sex either.....that's just some dumb bullshit the dozens of militant religious straight edge nut jobs that took his words out of context created.

GlassPipeMurder (October 3, 2007)

it's all about promiscuity. i think Ian and Christians alike can agree that sex is good in consensual, meaningful, and persisting engagements.

skaboom (October 3, 2007)

Are you stupid? It's a joke.

joetheinvincible (October 3, 2007)

COWARDS COWARDS COWARDS!!! YOU ARE ALL COWARDS

Maybe you are the coward for not wanting to temp fate eh?

HNama (October 24, 2007)

Not all of us are invincible like you, Joe.

YasserBossin (October 3, 2007)

that reminds me of something i heard once "if i knew i was gonna live this long, i'd have taken better care of myself"

VStoriesFallen (October 2, 2007)

Happy.

dlangl4 (October 3, 2007)

Rip

allison_le_gnome (October 3, 2007)

That's a pretty weird/assholey rumor to start. I wasn't aware that he was supposedly dead, but I'm still glad to hear he's alive.

YasserBossin (October 3, 2007)

this is not news

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chirpy_boy (October 3, 2007)

this is not a comment

Dudley_Shale (October 3, 2007)

this is not a crass song.

YasserBossin (October 3, 2007)

"This is Not a Pipe"

crane (October 3, 2007)

That's not a knife...

YasserBossin (October 4, 2007)

thats a spoon

thinkcrime (October 3, 2007)

thats good to know and can he know tell us why minor threat tshirts are being sold in urban outfitters

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FightFlyCrow (October 3, 2007)

They are pretty well know for stealing designs from small artists, I wouldnt be suprised if this was more of that.

Swook (October 3, 2007)

I dunno, but that "Frankie says relax" shirt there is aweosme

mintaburst (October 3, 2007)

I thought something was arye when I didnt see it posted on this website...you guys are usually on top of things before I see it anywhere else.

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Angiepants (October 4, 2007)

Arye? That's a new one.

Holy_Balls (October 3, 2007)

Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In

branden (October 3, 2007)

I feel like listenin to fugazi now.

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Fuzzy (justin) (October 3, 2007)

I went with Embrace myself.

Anarcho-Raccoon (October 3, 2007)

Fold a 20 dollar bill, then stick it inside a bottle of Coca Cola mixed with Mentos. You will find proof that Ian really is dead and that the government knew beforehand.

badbrain (October 3, 2007)

no fucking shit. you fuckin idiots

getadrink (October 3, 2007)

I like how people didn't realize that Fugazi hasn't a played a show in many a year.

MeeSTa3k (October 3, 2007)

It would've been better if he played along with the rumor and put out a brand new posthumous album of duets with Tupac.

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dontwantaname (October 3, 2007)

what would it be called?

SongTitle_YearOfBirth (October 3, 2007)

Tupazi?

SongTitle_YearOfBirth (October 3, 2007)

Or maybe Mackayevelli? I like that one better

acris (October 3, 2007)

Win.

MeeSTa3k (October 3, 2007)

Holy shit. Brilliant.

ashtraymonument (October 3, 2007)

i'd just like to say your username rules. best show ever

MATEO (October 3, 2007)

It's all Poison Idea's fault. Damned Jerry A...

RRR (October 3, 2007)

The same thing happened to me.

Swook (October 3, 2007)

It's good to know being Straight Edge you don't give up your sense of humor...

punkbytheounce (October 3, 2007)

If Ian MacKaye died I would be seriously unstoked.

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justinius (October 3, 2007)

i didn't know it was possible to be 'unstoked' about something.

i like it.

i'm in.

we're gonna need beers though.

are beers cheap?

crane (October 3, 2007)

I know beads are.

ArtieFufkin (October 5, 2007)

me too

thomas7155 (October 3, 2007)

Yeah dude, I was thinking about this last night. He can't die till he's 100. its just the way it works.

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YasserBossin (October 3, 2007)

maybe he can pull a George Burns and die on his 100th birthday

ChipRan-man (October 3, 2007)

Lots of stupid people believe really stupid things. Good thing this was cleared up!

riversmonkey (October 3, 2007)

I was thinking how cool it would be to have Wikipedia around back when I was in High School

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acris (October 3, 2007)

It rocks.

baseball (October 3, 2007)

haha, i used to live right by St. Agnes hospital

i should have ran in yesterday screaming and making a scene "say it ain't so!! I read on wikipedia that Ian MacKaye died here today!!! oh god the humanity!!"

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returnofdebs (October 3, 2007)

i laughed.

kneel (October 3, 2007)

at the henry rollins show in alexandria.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitaldefection/1474 817182/

as you can see, he is alive. he sat down in front of me and my friends and his head was in my way of seeing henry. which was sort of awesome.

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kneel (October 3, 2007)

also this is additionally funny because HR was telling a story of the same sort of wikipedia death happening to him.

according to hr, nothing will get you laid like people thinking youre dead.

Pendalum_McGonagal (October 3, 2007)

That doesn't beat having your seat stolen by Ian while seeing French Toast play at the Knitting factory in NYC.

hungryjoe (October 3, 2007)

Hey Ian, remember when everyone thought you were dead? That was a hoax... right?

badbrain (October 3, 2007)

and the people behind the hoax weren't thorough at all. they named a real hospital in Baltimore ok, but there is no such venue called Ventura Theatre in all of New Jersey. there is such thing as a Ventura Theatre, but it is located in Ventura, CA. not Brunswick.

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JayTee (October 3, 2007)

and how are tons of dumb people with computers across the world supposed to know what the hell venues are in Jersey?

badbrain (October 3, 2007)

Google of course!

JayTee (October 3, 2007)

Wikipedia - 1
Facts - 0 !

ashtraymonument (October 3, 2007)

i think this proves that Ian is in fact the second incarnation of jesus christ.

heavyjavadrinker (October 3, 2007)

ok, if Ian's not dead; then who's that in the frickin casket?

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heavyjavadrinker (October 3, 2007)

http://www.cameranaked.com/images/ElvisInCoffin.jpg

GrapeApesOfWrath (October 3, 2007)

Now, only if someone would hit and run Gerard Way... Can anyone make that happen? I'll give you all my Fugazi cds if you do!

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Windfall (October 3, 2007)

NO! If he dies like that, he'll be remembered like Curt Cobain. Do you really want that?

gammey (October 3, 2007)

"The reports about my death have been greatly exaggerated"

jlee562 (October 3, 2007)

How do we know he hasn't been replaced by an impostor, like Paul McCartney?

I'm going to play my Fugazi records backwards....

sharonZ_ozborn (October 3, 2007)

I don't know why it still amazes me how much time people have to invest in making up fake stories on the internet. and to make up a story about somebody dying.. thats truely horrible. sometimes you internet idiots go too far. I bet you are all glad you have the internet to hide behind, this being your only highlight of the fucking day.

I am so happy to know he's not dead, but I'm even happier to know that I never read the fake story.

Nameless (October 3, 2007)

That's good to hear!

Why would anyone start a stupid rumor like that?

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