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{{short description|American singer and musician (born 1965)}}
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| genre            = [[Hardcore punk]]
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| instrument       = Vocals, guitar
| years_active     = 1979-present
| label            = [[Dischord Records|Dischord]]
| past_member_of   = {{hlist|[[Untouchables (D.C. band)|Untouchables]]|[[The Faith (American band)|the Faith]]|[[Ignition (band)|Ignition]]|[[the Warmers]]|Hammered Hulls}}
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'''Alec MacKaye''' (born September 11, 1965) is an American singer and musician best known as a member of the [[DC hardcore]] bands [[Untouchables (D.C. band)|Untouchables]] and [[The Faith (American band)|the Faith]].<ref name="Andersen (2003)">{{cite book|last=Andersen, Mark|first=& Jenkins, Mark|title=Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital|year=2003|publisher=Akashic Books|isbn=1-888451-44-0|page=44}}</ref><ref name="The Faith">{{cite book|last=Cogan|first=Brian|title=The Encyclopedia of Punk|year=2008|publisher=Sterling|isbn=978-1-4027-5960-4|pages=103}}</ref> In the mid-1990s Alec joined the band [[the Warmers]] as a vocalist and guitarist. He has also been a member of Ignition and Hammered Hulls. ''Mondo James Dean'', an anthology of poetry and short-fiction edited by [[Richard Peabody]] and [[Lucinda Ebersole]], was dedicated to MacKaye.<ref>{{cite book|last=Peabody|first=Richard|title=Mondo James Dean: A Collection of Stories and Poems About James Dean|year=1996|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=0-312-14121-1}}</ref>

==Personal life==
MacKaye is the younger brother of [[Minor Threat]] & [[Fugazi]] singer and guitarist [[Ian MacKaye]]. His sister-in-law, [[Amy Farina]] was a member of The Warmers with Alec years prior to marrying his brother.<ref name="Ian MacKaye">{{cite book|last=Cogan|first=Brian|title=The Encyclopedia of Punk|year=2008|publisher=Sterling|isbn=978-1-4027-5960-4|pages=177}}</ref> He is shown on the cover of Minor Threat's self-titled EP, ''[[Minor Threat (EP)|Minor Threat]]'', and later the ''[[Complete Discography (Minor Threat album)|Complete Discography]]''.  He is also featured on the cover of [[the Teen Idles]]' ''[[Minor Disturbance]]'' EP.

==Filmography==
Alec was interviewed in the documentary film ''[[Salad Days (2014 film)|Salad Days]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/arc/dc/faith_thrillseeker2.html The Faith interview]
*[http://www.punkrockacademy.com/stm/int/am.html 1996 interview with Alec MacKaye]
*[http://dissonance.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=578161 2010 Interview with Alec MacKaye on Dissonance Radio CPR Washington, DC]

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[[Category:American punk rock singers]]
[[Category:American punk rock guitarists]]
[[Category:American rock guitarists]]
[[Category:American male guitarists]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:The Faith (American band) members]]
[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]
[[Category:The Warmers members]]
[[Category:Untouchables (punk band) members]]


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