Artist: Minor Threat
Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
First Demo Tape
Year: 2003
Tracks: 8
Complete Discography
Year:
Tracks: 26
Minor Threat was the unequivocal Washington, D.C., hardcore punk rock banding, setting the style for the straightedge punk bowel movement of the other '80s. Led by vocaliser Ian MacKaye, the striation was staunchly independent and fiercely unplayful. Through their songs, the grouping rejected drugs and alcoholic drink, espoused anti-establishment politics, and lED a call for self-awareness. Every song was fast, sharp, and lethal, often clocking in at simply around a instant. Their speed and frenzy often hid their fairly catchy melodies, just the band's primary mapping was to vent fad. Over the course of action of trey days, Minor Threat released two EPs, one album, and several singles, all of which were quite pop in the American punk underground. Their records and concerts helped spawn straightedge, an American punk lifestyle based on the group's intense, clean-living political orientation. Following the disbandment of Minor Threat, MacKaye formed Fugazi, wHO became one of the more popular American indie rock bands of the late '80s and '90s.
The origins of Minor Threat lie in the Teen Idles, Ian MacKaye's first stria. MacKaye formed the Teen Idles patch he was attendance Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., and after he gradatory in 1980, he founded the Dischord record label with the intent of putting out his group's records through the mark. Shortly after commencement ceremony, the Teen Idles had humbled up and MacKaye had formed Minor Threat with early Idles drummer Jeff Nelson, early Government Issue bassist Brian Baker, and guitar player Lyle Preslar. By the end of the year, Minor Threat had released the singles "Pocket-size Threat" and "Straight Edge," and had played many concerts along the East Coast. Throughout 1981, they followed this same design, playacting a lot of concerts and releasing 7" singles. That year, they likewise released deuce EPs, Minor Threat and In My Eyes, both of which compiled their singles.
In 1982, bassist Baker had left and was replaced by Steve Hansen; Baker by and by played with the Meatmen, Junkyard, and Dag Nasty. With Hansen on plug-in, the chemical group recorded their only uncut album, Out of Step. Upon its 1983 waiver, the album became popular within the underground and Minor Threat were decorous alternative stars, which didn't sit well with MacKaye. By the end of the year, he stone-broke up the band. MacKaye and Nelson continued to run Dischord, which thrived well into the '90s. The mate likewise played together in some other band, Egg Hunt. Following the disbandment of Egg Hunt, Nelson played with a diversity of bands -- including Three and Senator Flux -- earlier devoting his energies to running Dischord. MacKaye played with Embrace, Skewbald, and Pailhead earlier forming Fugazi, world Health Organization carried on the esthetic, if not the sound, of Minor Threat.
