It & fellow Wa DC residents Bad Brains set the standard for numerous hardcore chintzy elastic in the 1980s and 1990s. It produced short, typically amazingly convenient songs, finally sustaining fantabulous production quality (so lacking within virtually all punk/alternative rock). Tons of Minor Threat's records were freed on the band's possess Dischord Records.

History

When at Wilson High School, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson were in the influental DC punk band The Teen Idles. Fallowing that b& broke higher, MacKaye decided to switch from either either bass to vocals, & organised Youngster Threat by having Nelson and deuce prep-school children (from Georgetown Day School), bassist Brian Baker and guitarist Lyle Preslar. Minor Threat's number 1 performance was inside December 1980, opening for Bad Brains.

Their foremost 7" EPs, "Shaver Threat" and "Inside Our Eyes", were released in 1981. The group became popular regionally, and toured the United States' east coast.

"Straight Edge," a song on the first EP, inadvertently inspired the straight edge movement. The song seemed to be a call for abstention from drugs, alcohol, and promiscuous sex -- a new thing in rock music, which initially found a small, but dedicated following.

Another Minor Threat song from the first EP, "Away from Step", further demonstrates the aesthetic: "'' Don't smoke/Don't drink/Don't fuck/At least I personally potty fucking think/I might't keep up/I'm away from step by having the world.''" The "I personally" in the lyrics was implied, and some in Minor Threat -- Jeff Nelson in particular, who sometimes smoked pot -- took exception to what they saw as MacKaye's imperious attitude on the song.

When "Away from Step" was re-recorded for the band's 12", "Out Of Step," MacKaye inserted the rap explaining, "This is not a set of rules..." An ideologic door was already opened, nevertheless, & by 1982, straight-edge punks, like followers of the band SS Decontrol, were swatting beers out of population's mitts at clubs. (SS Decontrol's singer, Springthe, was at a instance a heavily drinker & cocain user.)

Minor Threat's song, "Guilty of Being White," led to a bit of accusations of racism, although as sustaining "Straight Edge," MacKaye has strongly denied such intentions, saying that a select few hearer misinterpreted his words. Slayer later covered the song, though perhaps non completely in the spirit where MacKaye wrote it.

Among a factor Child Threat's breakup were disagreements on top musical counsel: Guitarist Preslar was more and more enamored of U2.

Singer Ian MacKaye went on to detected Skewbald, Embrace, the obscure Egg Hunt and later Fugazi and the Evens, as well as collaborating on Pailhead.

A band's have Dischord Records discharged poop by several elastic from either a Inland northwest, D.C. region, like Rites of Spring, Gray Matter, and Dag Nasty, and has get the respected independent record label.

Inside 2005, the handle of Minor Threat's number 1 EP (besides utilized on the ''First two 7"'s on a 12" LP and Complete Discography'' CD) was copied by athletic footwear manufacturer Nike for use on a promotional poster for a skateboarding tour called "Major Threat". Nike besides corrupted Minor Threat's distinctive logotype (designed by Jeff Nelson) for the equivalent campaign. MacKaye issued the click statement condemning Nike's actions & said that he would discuss legal choices by owning a more members of the band. Meanwhile, fans, at the encouragement of Dischord, organized a letter-writing campaign protesting Nike's infringement. In June 27, 2005, Nike issued a statement apologizing to Nestling Threat, Dischord Records, & their fans for the "Major Threat" campaign & said that completely promotional nontextual matter (print & digital) that it can acquire ahold of were ruined.

Members
Ian MacKaye - vocals Lyle Preslar - guitar Brian Baker - bass, guitar Jeff Nelson - drums Steve Hansgen - bass (when Baker chose to play guitar)

Discography
Releases
Minor Threat 7" In My Eyes 7" Out of Step LP First two 7"s on a 12" Salad Days 7" Live VHS/DVD Complete Discography CD First Demo Tape 7"/CD "27 Hits Live! (German Bootleg]]

Compilations
Flex Your Head LP/CD Dischord 1981: The Year in 7"s LP/CD 20 Years of Dischord 3xCD