Minor Threat

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Formed in 1980 and discontinued in 1983, Minor Threat is considered one of the most influential American hardcore punk bands of the early 80s. They released one full-length and three EPs. After breaking up, frontman Ian MacKaye resurfaced in Fugazi. When Geordie quit The Teen Idles, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson decided to form a new band with Ian MacKaye on vocals instead of bass. They started playing with Lyle Preslar, who sang for the Extorts and wanted to switch to guitar. Lyle introduced them to Brian Baker, another Georgetown Day School punk who was not only a guitar player, but one who had a Marshall guitar amplifier! Brian Baker started playing bass in November of 1980 and the band played its first show a month later.

Minor Threat and SOA were part of a small wave of new kids and bands in DC, many of whom were not into drugs and alcohol. Some of the bands made mention of this in their lyrics, and Minor Threat’s song "Straight Edge" coined the phrase that is now used to describe a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle.

The band played regularly and definitely had a following, but broke up at the end of the summer when Lyle left DC to go to college. Six months later, dissatisfaction with school and a sense of unfinished business prompted Lyle to drop out and, to the surprise of some of the punks in DC, Minor Threat reformed in April 1982. That fall, Steve Hansgen joined to play bass while Brian moved to second guitar and the band recorded and toured as a five piece until June of 1983.

Minor Threat played a few more shows as a four piece that summer, but they were not getting along. They were unable to agree on the direction of the music, and ended up spending more time arguing than playing in the practice space. They were also divided about how the band should be run, and whether or not offers from other labels should be considered. Faced with this dilemma, the members decided that it would be better for all involved to shut it down.
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Discography

Releases:
In My Eyes (7")   Dischord Records 1981
Minor Threat (7")   Dischord Records 1981
Out Of Step (Album) (11 versions)   Dischord Records 1983
Minor Threat (Album) (7 versions)   Dischord Records 1984
Salad Days (Single) (2 versions)   Dischord Records 1985
Live (VHS)   Dischord Records 1988
Complete Discography (Comp) (2 versions)   Dischord Records 1989
At DC Space / Buff Hall / 9:30 Club (DVD)   Dischord Records 2003
First Demo Tape (EP) (3 versions)   Dischord Records 2003
Production:
Dischord 1981: The Year In Seven Inches (CD, Comp)   Dischord Records 1995
20 Years Of Dischord (2xCD + CD, Enh + Box, Comp) Screaming At A Wall Dischord Records 2002
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Dischord 1981: The Year In Seven Inches (CD, Comp)   Dischord Records 1995
Appears On:
Time Is The Boss (3 versions) Out Of Step Deluxe (4) 1985
Burial Mai So (7") Glue/Step (New Year's ... Pusmort, Pusmort 1987
No Cheese! (EP) (3 versions) No Reason Vinyl Solution ... 1989
We Stand Alone (EP) (3 versions) Betray In-Effect 1991
White Trash, Two Heebs And A Bean (CD, Album) Straight Edge Epitaph Europe 1992
Ska-Core, The Devil And More (EP) (2 versions) Think Again Mercury ... 1993
Fuckers Of Defeat (7", EP) Seeing Red Sour Grapes, Per Koro 1994
"Feijoada Acidente?" - International (CD, Comp) In My Eyes Roadrunner Brasil Produções Fonográficas Ltda, Intercord Record Service 1995
3 De Bastos / Freak Show (Cass) Seeing Red, I Don't Wa... Not On Label 1995
Anti (7", Single) Out Of Step Revelation Records (US), Equal Vision Records 1995
Skank For Brains (CD) I Don't Wanna Hear It Beach Recordings 1995
Live At Van Hall, Amsterdam, 1989 (7", EP) Minor Threat Commitment Records 1996
Salam, Agur (CD, Album) Gizon Ttikia, Aho Handia Esan Ozenki 1996
Undisputed Attitude (CD, Album) Guilty Of Being White,... American Recordings 1996
Bacteria Sour Volume 2 (2x7", Comp, Ltd) Glue / Step Bacteria Sour, Bacteria Sour 1998
Live (7", EP, Ltd) Minor Threat Initial Records, Initial Records 1998
Revolution Summer (EP) (2 versions) Look Back And Laugh Independence Day ... 1998
Thirty-One Months (CD, Album) Bottled Violence Enerject Records 1998
Wishing For The Days... (7", pin) Salad Days, Small Man,... Envelope Records (2), Keep It Alive Records 1998
46 Covertune Explosions (2xCD, Comp) Betray Lost And Found Records 1999
Crossed Out Twice (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Glue/Step Bacteria Sour ... 1999
VMLive (CD, Comp) It Follows V. M. L. Records, Liberation Records 1999
Back On The Streets (10") I Don't Wanna Hear It TKO Records 2000
Renegades (CD, Album, Ltd) In My Eyes Epic 2000
Audiophonehardcorekimme (LP, Album) Small Man Big Mouth (L... Horror Business Records, Good Boys Records, Ass-Card Records 2001
Open Hearts And Clear Minds (CD, EP) Betray [Live] Livewire Records 2002
Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems (CD, Comp + DVD) I Don't Wanna Hear It Jade Tree 2003
Digital Warfare (Album) (2 versions) Straight Edge I Scream Records ... 2003
Dissent (12", EP) Screaming At A Wall Anarchos Records, Emetic Records 2004
Off The Sidewalk (CD, Album) Screaming At A Wall Massak Records 2004
All For Nothing (CD, 4-W) Small Man, Big Mouth NKTN Rehorz, Meat-Grinder Records, Totem Extreme Production, Benzoworld, Humanity Distro, Std Records, Maxima Tortura Zine, Eyes Of The Dead, Sardcofago, Coagulated Records 2005
If It Ain't Cheap, It Ain't Punk (CD, Comp) Stumped Plan-it-X 2005
Capitulation (CD, Album + CD, Comp + DVD) It's In My Eyes Rejuvenation Records 2006
TDT Series 1 - Noise Movies (CDr) I'm Not Straight Edge R.O.N.F. Records 2006
Threat: Music That Inspired The Movie (CD, Comp) Out Of Step (Don't Ste... Halo 8 2006
Degradation Of Human Life (LP, Album) Screaming At A Wall Halo Of Flies, Feast Of Tentacles 2009
Dropcard (4xFile, MP3, Ltd) I Don't Want To Hear It Fail Safe 2009
Grand Letdown (Album) (3 versions) Filler A Tenderversion Recording ... 2009
Lahar / The Shining (7") Filler Dead Heroes Records 2009
All Systems Go! (LP, Comp)   Underestimated Records, Open Handed Records  
I Stand Alone (7", Single) I Don't Wanna Hear It I Stand Alone Records  
Suburban Voice 13 (7") Filler Suburban Voice  
Tracks Appear On:
Flex Your Head (Comp) (6 versions) Stand Up, 12XU Dischord Records ... 1982
Dischord 1981: The Year In Seven Inches (CD, Comp) Filler, I Don't Wanna ... Dischord Records 1995
Punk Anderson's Favourites (2xCD, Comp) Out Of Step, Out Of Step Starving Missile 1995
20 Years Of Dischord (2xCD + CD, Enh + Box, Comp) Screaming At A Wall, S... Dischord Records 2002
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground (Comp) (2 versions) Straight Edge Rhino Entertainment Company ... 2004
Threat: Music That Inspired The Movie (CD, Comp) Out Of Step (Don't Ste... Halo 8 2006
Favorite Recorded Scream (12", Ltd) Scream Small World 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Live At Buff Hall (2 versions)   Lost And Found Records 1988
Demos 1981 (2 versions)   Not On Label 1989
Burial / Danger (2x7", Ltd) Glue / Step (New Year'... Not On Label (Septic Death) 1990
27 Songs Live (CD)   Youth Records 1991
Demo's (LP, Ltd) Minor Threat, Filler, ... Not On Label 2001
Burial Mai So (5 versions) Glue/Step (New Year's ... Pusmort (2) 2005
Cashing In (LP)   Das Boot Records  
Screaming At The Wall (CDr)   Deny Everything  
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (LP, Unofficial)   HC Live Classics  
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