So many brilliant minds not getting the joke behind those annoying questions... The interviewer is Kim Gordon.

"I can't change a city, that's for sure" I wonder if today he realizes how many people across the world he's impacted. Awesome guy. I'd love to sit down and talk with him.

oh man, ian's facial expressions during the questions at the beginning are just priceless

"we ride our vehicle as long as we can and, jump off before we sell out." I love it. He said it and did it.

That's my dude right there! Complete Discography has been going into my CD player for 25 years and love it so much to this day! Love you buddy!

"..and jump off before we sell out." Not many bands like that anymore

"The hippies failed". "Then, they went and started their careers". "The punks will probably do the same thing". Never were truer words spoken. Most punks I grew up with are financially stable, because, we listened to the music that made us think. We listened to the music that showed us the strings that controlled the system. We were not disillusioned.

For someone so young, you can tell that he had a very grounded sense of realism about himself, what he was doing, and what he was, and still is, about. And the mistakes played out. Mistakes that he learmed from until he got it right with Fugazi. And Minor Threat and Embrace were definitely not bands he did wrong.

Disclaimer: he doesn't talk until 2:37

You can tell Ian is like.. what? Really? His expressions say it all..

Sid from Toy Story was actually based on Ian from this interview

He changed ,or at least planted a seed of consciousness into many minds. for the betterment of humanity. Respect to him for that, and some great songs too.

“So do you think you’re gonna be further underground?” Lmao

Hearing Hardcore for the first time, It changed my life. For the better.

Wow,that zoom on Ian's babyface is so cute 1:20

I always rediscover this video. I can never wrap my head around the reason for the editing here

"Are you an angry person?" *nods head*

Ian's responses in the first 2 1/2 minutes are priceless

Iconic man and even more iconic interview. We get so few 😂❤

I think Ian said it best when he said:

thankGod Ian survived after this interview...

Man, for someone who never had a drink in his life, Ian can sure slur his words, haha!

basically the woman is asking, Ian, Why are you Ian? and when he makes an expression she just names songs

"What the fuck have you done?!" - Ian MacKaye

Awww, it's so cute when kids come and insult people with no backup for the bs they're saying. Hmmm. Well, to start, he has fronted two of the most important rock bands in the last 30 years. He started his own record label from scratch just because he wanted to make music. He has spoken at hundreds of seminars at colleges across the country, and has travelled the world doing each of these things. He has inspired thousands of people and is highly intelligent and well-spoken. What have you done?

This makes me laugh every time

I love him...I needed to hear this

"Are you an angry person?"

I really enjoy seeing his facial expressions as she asks questions.

Such a great artist and he had to of been so young in this interview. Staple of my teens in the 90’s. My kids just laugh now when they hear it. So fast but good

his facial expressions made me laugh so hard. so tired of her shit lmao

One if the most eloquent people I've ever heard, and he's from my hometown

He is a very important man. He literally oozes importantness.

Ian is pretty darn cute. If I am not mistaken, I like his choice of beverage!!

Fucking love it! At times, it looks like he's thinking: "is this shit for real, or is there gonna be some asshole that comes in and tells me I just got punk'd?"

that's how I imagined the piano room looked like when they described in American Hardcore when that one guy (I think it was Brian Baker) saw Ian show him the chords to 'Straight Edge'. some weird multiverse shit there.

'6 months ago it was different' lol, that's how fast it all went.

HAHAHA his face while she asks him stupid questions! I love it!

You're watching an interview of Ian MacKaye and you don't know who Kim Gordon is? How did you end up here?

When "Repeater" came out most of the hardcore scene writers turned on Ian. I was too young to understand that even Punks have an hierarchy.

You need to listen to this song, and memorize the lyrics RIGHT now: In My Eyes- Minor Threat

Greatest interview ever

The looks on his face after the questions …. 😂

Great end quote analogy. I love this man.

Your music changed me Ian. Thanks.

The fucking close up of his face is killing me this is hilarious.

I love how this video is put together with the intro. First words: I'll know.

Ian MacKaye. His Jewish father wrote for the Washington Post. He was a white house reporter like Helen Thomas was. He turned to religion where he worked as a religion specialist. Ian's grandmother from his father's side was Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye. A Jewish lady that worked together with well known "Bowman Popenoe" on marriage culumns. Mr. Popenoe a Jewish eugenicist (1888 to 1979) advocated compulsory sterization of the mentally ill. After ww2 that became a problem and he became the father of marriage counseling. This Ian MacKayes grandmother worked with this former eugenicist on marriage columns together. Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye was a member of the "Cosmopolitan Club". This was a private social club for woman only (nearly all were Jewish woman and writers). Located in Manhattan New York on 122 E 66 street. Famous member were: the writers Wills Carter, Ellen Glasgow, Jean Stafford, Margaret Mead the anthropologist writer and lesbian and Eleanor Roosevelt.

No wonder he was angry... Although, all these years later, it's cool to see this footage. Ian being so young and all. Cool, close up footage of a legend.

Best punk rock shows I ever got to see. xoxo

Ian sounds really intelligent.

love this, thanks for posting the full thing

I swear that this is Sonic Youth interviewing him... if so then this is even more awesome.

I smoke..drink beer.. smoke a little weed and eat meat. I totally respect Ian mackaye's philosophy. And I do like poison ideas music also

His annoyed facial expressions, too fucking good.

wow RATKING sampled this

The look on his face during the questions, like "I really have to answer these dumb questions don't I?"

Now imagine a young angry Jim Halpert

3 minutes in, and not a word from Ian. Someone get this man a tiger hand held game

I relate so much with Ian MacKaye lol

I almost thought this was an actual interview, then noticed a couple people said the interviewer was Kim Gordon....that totally makes sense now. Of course that's her voice...and her kind of humor.

Even outside of punk one of the greatest minds going around and you can see why he was such a great leader and inspiration to a young Henry Rollins. The other smartest guy in the room is Krist Noveselic, he's off the charts smart.

this is timeless.

I never thought Ian was threatening until I saw him in this. He looks like he could punch someone x

Just realised that the beginning of this interview is sampled at the beginning of the song 100 by RATKING. What ya don't know now ya know!

That gave me a good laugh, thank you sir.

ian mackaye is a hero!

LOL the expressions are priceless!

Well, both movements have had their upsides and their downsides. The punks haven't exactly changed the world either, but it all gets us a step closer to where we wanna go. What bugs me is that we really haven't had much of a movement like that since punk. I mean, it's obviously not the 60's anymore, but it ain't the 80's either. I don't wanna just bury myself with nostalgia, I wanna do my own thing, ya know.

Damn good point! 8:00

ian mackaye is a badass.henry rollins is a close second

You know you struck hard when the voices start confusingly trying to question you.

The first 3 minutes of this video were awesome.

And them not selling out is what made them such a big impact on people's lives. Don't damage the goods.

Cracks me up the way this is edited.

2:27 ''Are you an angry person?'' *nods*

I would love to actually see this video - I’m not sure why everyone who uploads this over and over cuts out his answers.

Sonic Youth isnt exactly synonymous with hardcore punk. But they are an awesome band.

I feel like if they made a Minor Threat movie, Shia LaBeouf would make a good Ian.

He looks so much like the Scout. He could say bonk any second and I would be surprised

God I love this! Not one question is even good.

I thought this was intented to show his reaction to the questions.. :')

I love all the faces he makes💀

Whoever edited that intro is a god

I love his expression when she asks him if he's an 'angry person'... 02.26

"We weren't going in a circle, that kinda bugs me."

she asks a question about "i don't wanna hear it" at 0:34 and then the tape cuts, and she's asking another question. You don't even hear his answer to that question until the tape awkwardly cuts again at 6:32 and he's politely answering the question. Are you people too stupid to notice crappy editing or would you just rather assume that he "hates the interviewer"... he answers all her questions. Engaged, polite and in pleasant conversation...

Thats sonic youth interviewing him

His looks say it all...lol

the way I feel most of the time with "the others";-))))

Ian’s Expressions says it all he didn’t want to be there at all I’m wrong but it’s funny

a solid diplomat. the great punk frontman.

LOL his fucking face at her question's.

Massive respect.

Minor Threat makes people proud to be from Northern VA/DC. These guys made their mark, never sold themselves to people, and never sold out themselves. The embodiment of DIY

I think Henry Rollins in many ways is kind of a fascist punk(no disrespect to him though). Many things he says are more along the lines of punk preaching in a way, but I think in many ways, he has this "this is right; you're wrong" kind of attitude which to me, sin't as punk as if he were to say "think for yourself" or at least point out the fact that his statements are opinionated. I think it's mostly attitude difference.

2:35 he starts talking

Man I wish i was this intelligent and articulate when I was his age.

I luv how the interviewers are just *talking to themselves*. imagine how that would go.

Turn off the sound and just loop the first 2:30 ten or fifty times. Fucking hilarious.