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Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C., by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson. MacKaye and Nelson had played in several other bands together, and recruited bassist Brian Baker and guitarist Lyle Preslar to form Minor Threat.
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Apr 27, 2023 · Straight edge may be the shorthand legacy, but on Out Of Step, Minor Threat define hardcore as a force for good. It’s the antithesis of tired rock’n’roll tropes that prize self-destruction as a means of enlightenment.
Minor Threat. When their former band, The Teen Idles, broke up, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson decided to form a new band with Ian on vocals. In 1980, they started playing with Lyle Preslar, who sang for the Extorts and wanted to switch to guitar.
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Minor Threat is a Washington D.C.–based punk rock band that influenced a whole generation of artists and political thinkers. Their straight edge sober lifestyle, largely associated...
Apr 16, 2014 · Best known as the frontman of Minor Threat and Fugazi and as the co-founder of Washington DC's influential Dischord record label, Ian MacKaye has an iconic reputation within the punk rock world, his name a by-word for uncompromised integrity, independent thought and principled self-determination.
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Ian MacKaye, Lyle Preslar, Brian Baker, and Jeff Nelson formed Minor Threat in Washington, DC in 1980. The band released three 7" singles and an EP on Dischord before breaking up in 1983.
Minor Threat formed in 1980 by Ian MacKaye (vocals), Jeff Nelson (drums), Lyle Preslar (guitar) and Brian Baker (bass), after the disbanding of MacKaye's and Nelson's previous band The Teen Idles. They released EP's Minor Threat & In My Eyes in 1981, before going on a hiatus the next year.
