Nardwuar vs. Ian MacKaye (2001)

Nardwuar’s 1st interview with Ian MacKaye from 2001 ! Bill Copeland Sports Centre, Burnaby BC, Canada ! Nardwuar’s 2nd interview with Ian here • Nardwuar vs. Ian MacKa... & for his 3rd interview with Ian here • Nardwuar vs. Ian MacKa... Thanks to Bev Davies & Scott Livingstone for the pics ! Doot doo ! / nardwuar
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Doot doo

[@adrienne2057]

“Two bananas could never hurt anybody” - Ian MacKaye

[@dedadoe]

Constipation inbound

[@duhmilkz]

The most punk thing ever muttered

[@Ryan-vg4wn]

Ian Mackaye has never slid on 2 bananas at once

[@fredzep01]

@@Ryan-vg4wn a poke in the eye ball with stick end will hurt like a bitch !...

[@macycosta9030]

Okay

[@Juanchupumpkinhead]

"They would listen to Joy Division but there weren't satanists by any means" - that's golden

[@whitedwarf13]

"It's not actually a very humorous story; she ended up killing herself" is like something from an Alan Partridge interview

[@samjackson8150]

I had to pause the video when this happened to look at the comments hahahha

[@simonh9987]

you know until now i never knew i wanted to see a meeting between nardwuar and alan partridge

[@tabjones5163]

LMAO

[@peteormond3565]

Nardwuar interviewing Alan Partridge would be brilliant, haha.

[@astroboirap]

ah-ha!

[@almostideal1306]

Best punk researcher vs the best punk memory. AKA immovable object vs unstoppable force. Love it.

[@ghostkiller427]

Ian is a legend, love his music

[@wrldwideindifference]

the number of times that Ian was disappointed at Nardwuar for not getting a reference he made, and told him things he brought up were wrong and told him the real story...Nardwuar may have met his match.

[@jacobprice8048]

I know. It was crazy

[@stephenbianchi7141]

References?

[@liammartin6838]

@@stephenbianchi7141 like when Calvin Johnson made a Darby Crash reference and Nardwuar didn't get it at first.

[@marketville]

@@liammartin6838 link to video?

[@psytogamu739]

"Who cares if you have an audience at all? The internet never forgets" - Nardwuar

[@bigcountryspoundcake4513]

Saito Gamu that quote is Pretty powerful

[@alezshow450]

Yeah. Look now has million + of views

[@christopherchoate154]

You're history Nardwaur just remember that. No one else competes to your level, and you give us so much knowledge from so many artists/rappers/musicians/etc. that we would of never known about without your unique questioning. Keep on rocking in the free world. 🤙🏼

[@ss11111ss]

lol you think nardwuar is running his own youtube channel?

[@nihility.]

@@ss11111ss Fuck you, why couldn't you just let the guy have his moment?

[@nardwuar]

Thanks that means a lot and inspires me to do more ! Doot doola doot doo ....

[@flygandeskote1702]

@@nardwuar DOOT DOO

[@christopherchoate154]

NardwuarServiette Thanks for the reply! And good I'm glad! You will always have my support, you always stayed humble and never let your ever increasing popularity effect your personality! It's rare to have people as cool and down to earth as you. Please keep safe, and I can't wait to see what future interviews you have in store for us. Doot doot!

[@nabieladitya2279]

Things you need to do while in quarantine: Watch all nardwuar interviews .. ..

[@MrBeaux]

Is that something you should do just during quarantine? Because that's something I do on a daily basis.

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

Two must see ones are the Nardwuar interview with Henry Rollins.

[@qwe1231]

He never liked talking about his veganism, has given that same answer for decades.

[@cardigansarecool]

qwe1231 it’s probably because people shat all over him so much for the straight edge thing, if he talked about being vegan all the time he’d get the same. So I think he has his guard up

[@dingdongism]

If he always gives that answer, how do you know if he's vegan?

[@__-wm9lu]

He’s vegetarian

[@maxroth2047]

the only nardwuar interview where you can see the reverence and intimidation in his eyes... notice how he gives up his sources haha

[@FuggYew666]

I want Ian's crazy mental memory.

[@Weensx]

Turn straight edge then lol

[@stennostenno1346]

Thats a straight-edgers brain

[@BlackAbbath0]

@@stennostenno1346 Never done drugs in my life, I’m 13, and I can’t even remember last weekend without taking a few minutes to collect my memory.

[@Savitra]

@@BlackAbbath0 Memory is also highly dependant on sleep (REM sleep specifically), so if you don't sleep 8 hours regularly I would try to do that as best as you can

[@NeuKrofta]

For real.

[@kevinthaynes]

See kids? Stay straight edge and you will remember things!

[@peeron6829]

But like a little crack is okay right?

[@gamma21285]

@@peeron6829 🐟

[@peeron6829]

@@gamma21285 sup

[@Trumpwearsadiaper84]

Smoke weed everyday

[@ogmudbone2334]

this must be the only interview where when they ask “how do you know that” he actually explains instead of saying “you are ____, we have to know!”

[@pseudoshaman]

"Doot doola doo doo" "Take care"

[@SchoolofRockNRoll]

him and rollins have a similar cadence of talking, i love it

[@TheFlameBladeWielder]

they were friends as kids so it makes sense

[@itowedin]

@@TheFlameBladeWielder who do you speak like?

[@Gabez9]

@@TheFlameBladeWielder Still friends, they speak over the phone every Sunday according to Rollins

[@TheTurtleneck64]

@@Gabez9 what i wouldn't give to wiretap them one conversation or two

[@taquitoxiq1444]

well they’re both from dc lol

[@MFTMSS]

It's weird seeing Nardwuar actually answering "where did you hear this?"

[@saturdaynightkaraokeblah]

29:40 I love how serious Ian responds to Nard's silly joke

[@farter101]

I like when nardwuar asked about his dad he got defensive for a brief moment until he realized he had already talked about this in another interview lol.

[@korndud]

that was definitely one of the best interviews i've seen. i love ian! he's so well spoken and polite, at least compared to other punks from his age.

[@TXRBL]

I was the bass player of Iron Cross. It was a great gig. Minor Threat did a Ska version of one of our songs LOL. Still love these guys.

[@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive]

Anyone else watching the 2001 interview, then the 2012 interview, then the 2020 interview? 🤙🏾

[@Meme.Machine]

Absolute legend. GREAT interview

[@Cr45h0v3r1d3]

An interview at the receiving end of an archery range. It's the subtle things, meng!

[@673AWSF]

“It’s not a very humorous story, she ended up killing herself” - Ian MacKaye

[@cleansanchez4880]

Old stories about punk rock just give me a good feeling inside, especially when Ian tells them. He seems to see a magic in life that most people have forgotten.

[@nanorrt]

What a great interview, thanks Nardwuar

[@7119712]

Imagine being interviewed by him periodically over 20 years that's sick

[@aidanwakeman9941]

The time between the DOA show Ian talks about in the beginning and the filming of this, is about as long as the time between the filming of this and today.

[@Backlashed]

Nardwar nearly met his match with Ian "where did you hear that" MacKaye

[@Weensx]

I loved how Ian mackaye was disappointed nardwuar didn't get the germs reference.

[@azimovwatts6425]

"subhumans stayed at my parents house..."

[@XkidXuglyX]

i love the inserted clip of the jello interview. a great edit to satisfy the audience.

[@ItsDuckSandwichFilms]

Ian isn't shocked by the deep cuts, he goes into emaculate detail ahaha 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 I love it

[@krowland7584]

What a badass interview

[@NP-lz2bx]

Are you kidding me nardwuar you God I've always wanted to see the full interview

[@GrandolpMedia]

Excellent interview.

[@noahDnewport]

I think this is the only interview I’ve ever seen Nardwuar actually tell the interviewee where he got his information.

[@javi__...]

Ian didn't take well to those personal questions 😁

[@daft_punker]

GOTTA POST SOME MORE VIDS NARDWUAR. YOURE AMAZING

[@locksmithdb5987]

The washington Redskins STILL play the beginning of "waiting room" in between plays randomly at least 2 times per home game. I went to a game and I thought it was so cool hearing that but I wondered if they had Fugazi's permission...probably not.

[@Penny_Royalty]

Oh wow I didn’t know that! I’m pretty positive Fugazi would absolutely hate that for multiple reasons.

[@sparklehorseminipainting]

Thank you so much Nardwuar

[@DetroitFettyghost]

Nardwaur. Love you brother. Hope you been well. Always look forward to your new uploads, covid has really stunk up the scene but holy it's soon to pass. Hope u r healthy n happy tho, take care- from Detroit Michigan.

[@ChrisPuckett]

Ian is the nicest guy, I met him in Detroit around this time. Signed my skateboard!

[@leoncorbett4553]

He’s a threat but just a minor one

[@jaylenfrank]

Even with him showing so much disliking towards the "dated" references, he answered the most of them extensively.

[@JerimiahGentry]

I really appreciate and admire both of these fellas and wow they are very different human beings

[@bradtholomewband]

Ian remembers gig dates from 20 years before. I can't remember the date of a gig I played a few months ago!

[@PerryMeysonJr]

Thanks For this !! Do doo

[@liberatoreZ]

I love it, how in every interview there is this "who told you that/how do you possibly know that?"-moment :)

[@robincombs3449]

Outstanding!

[@Littledaisypusher]

I would pay to see the both of you do some sort of comedy duo, I know it's not feasible at all, but god, would I pay for it.

[@LetThePoorStarve]

the full interview...this was never seen on video before as far as I know. I read the transcript but for some reason there were only short clips of this before.

[@lefton4ya]

He actually is giving his sources at this time, interesting.

[@morgellon7877]

Jeez Louise, this looks like a long time ago. Fugazi was my first show in 2000. Time flies.

[@njhbeats]

"Iv'e got Straight Edge". Legend

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Damn! Never seen the full interview!

[@DAMN55117]

Ian Rules. This is an amazing interview.

[@Lordestroyer]

So awesome how you correct him on band names. You are an encyclopedia!

[@skramzrave]

Flex your head was fucking revolutionary. Respect.

[@samuelblinne6040]

I love Ian mackaye

[@linusfotograf]

He did not like the question about Poison Idea

[@quentinkelly8411]

Nardwuar do a podcast!! Love you brother. I saw you at a record store in van and wanted to ask you if you have any memories of the modernettes. My aunt was the bassist

[@rileygally2967]

This is so good

[@flopimus]

He has a quintessential dc accent, love it. Shout out Rita's on Georgia Ave!

[@hummus1406]

Hello Nardwuar, hope you have fun with you next interview!

[@Atraslin]

Bird sounds in the background reminds me of the climbing in Squamish. I can’t believe I didn’t see Fugazi live. Still one of my favourites.

[@bigcountryspoundcake4513]

The Nard incoming with another video: POW!

[@ASM881]

I attended the show that he was there for, Fugazi in Burnaby BC. It was a great show, Fugazi played for like three hours.

[@JohnSmith-ij6ms]

lmfao that poison idea question

[@SchoolofRockNRoll]

that SNL story is amazing

[@MrAnymeansnecessary]

Hadda pause and watch patient boy

[@spensert4933]

Ian so dynamic!

[@liamingrouille9905]

im still waiting for that minor threat arguments record, Ian....

[@chrisbarnette7137]

Minor Threat is my favorite punk band. Ian can be hard to talk to but great job here.

[@jurassicplastic8750]

No, I don't think Ian's hard to talk to at all. I met Ian at a show about 10+ years ago. He was very kind to me, even though I was visibly quite drunk. Nice guy, had a good conversation. I think he's got a reputation he wouldn't put up with that kind of thing. Here, he is being insensitively bombarded by Nardwuar's questions about punk gossip from decades ago and still managed to handle it well for 34 minutes!

[@tommyrat]

To be clear on something, I was there when SSD first came up to NYC to play A7 in 81 I did not see nor hear about any fighting with new york kids and Boston kids at that show. That's my answer to that question.

[@josef2012]

Thank you for your service,tommy 🇺🇲

[@felixsnow]

He was a bully .... YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

[@gummodude]

Nardwuar got owned multiple times.

[@MaddestMousse]

Perhaps why he had never released it in its entirety all this time, just a shortened edited 5 minute or so version?

[@korndud]

Wtf nard! How many gems do you have hidden away like this?

[@cheeesonator]

This interview has been on KZbin forever. Not sure why it's being re uploaded

[@Hardbody94]

cheeesonator Full interview was never uploaded

[@loraxdavewalters2696]

Did they ever play the Underground Treehouse in Bend Oregon? Would have been 1998-1999. Tons of punk band went through there. US Bombs and Ducky Boys played the night the UT got raided by cops US Bombs never even got on stage. Those days are kind of a blur.

[@yuh3277]

I once had an interview with Nardwuar, problem was I just didn’t have the cameras on

[@marcushaines8533]

This camera man is on fire!

[@kenclarke5966]

north van rec centre!!!! which one is that? that's crazyyy

[@noahDnewport]

I think this is the only interview I’ve ever seen Nardwaur actually tell the interviewee where he got his information.

[@johnrudolph7878]

How’d you end up at the archery range?

[@TheZohan907]

Legendary

[@wrarmatei]

I came into this after not having heard MacKaye in ages and was like "here comes cringe-y self-serious mackaye"...nope. He's just incredibly sincere. Whoops?

[@antonimosvonswaghoven5961]

Just heard it from a little bird😂 what a boss you are Nardwuar.

[@flapjacks9402]

Nardwaur on his best behavior. Eggshells

[@nerdlarge4691]

Ian is or at least was an ornery fellow. He gave young Nardwuar the business.

[@tonyjones2612]

21:32 Ian was wrong, it was actually Mike from suicidal tendencies who said "look at my nose"

[@eliassmith75]

Please interview the chats

[@DeconvertedMan]

Yay!

[@jacobm92]

Since when was nardwuar with much music??

[@seanvolk4202]

Fugazi played Friday in Dayton OH and Ian had soaked his shirt in sweat, next night(Saturday) my friend Rob and I went and saw them play in Cincinnati about 50 miles and Ian had the same shirt on. I hope it got washed at some point, but it might not have...hardcore

[@Steve_643]

You could see how disappointed Ian got with Nard when he got his facts mixed up.

[@duckyboy666]

I went to that Fugazi show at the rec center. Never knew he talked to Nardwuar,

[@brownsupahero]

Rock questions go deep. Hip hop questions are more chill.

[@starvingbuddha7622]

Nard always finds that button to push, that sets his prey off guard

[@econogate]

You know crossword puzzles were used in cold war spy protocol for relaying messages to agents in the field, just saying, lol.

[@PrankZabba]

*hmm, is there a 10 hour version of the theme?*