Band Name: Minor Threat
Music Album: Complete Discography
Album Release Date: January 1970
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Dischord Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 26 Tracks CD Repress
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 pl (...)
| 1 | Filler | 1:32 |
| 2 | I Don't Wanna Hear It | 1:13 |
| 3 | Seeing Red | 1:02 |
| 4 | Straight Edge | 0:45 |
| 5 | Small Man, Big Mouth | 0:55 |
| 6 | Screaming At A Wall | 1:31 |
| 7 | Bottled Violence | 0:53 |
| 8 | Minor Threat | 1:27 |
| 9 | Stand Up | 0:53 |
| 10 | 12XU | 1:03 |
| 11 | In My Eyes | 2:49 |
| 12 | Out Of Step (With The World) | 1:16 |
| 13 | Guilty Of Being White | 1:18 |
| 14 | Steppin' Stone | 2:12 |
| 15 | Betray | 3:02 |
| 16 | It Follows | 1:50 |
| 17 | Think Again | 2:18 |
| 18 | Look Back And Laugh | 3:16 |
| 19 | Sob Story | 1:50 |
| 20 | No Reason | 1:57 |
| 21 | Little Friend | 2:18 |
| 22 | Out Of Step | 1:20 |
| 23 | Cashing In | 3:44 |
| 24 | Stumped | 1:55 |
| 25 | Good Guys (Don't Wear White) | 2:14 |
| 26 | Salad Days | 2:44 |
Printed on the back cover of this version: "This compact disc is only $10 (within USA) from Dischord."
Recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Va.
Previously released as Dischord No. 3: Filler,
Dischord No. 5: In My Eyes,
Dischord No. 7: Flex Your Head,
Dischord No. 10: Out Of Step,
Dischord No. 12: Minor Threat and
Dischord No. 15: Salad Days.
Tracks 1-10 recorded April '81
Tracks 11-14 recorded August '81
Tracks 15-23 recorded January '83 (this is the original mix)
Tracks 24-26 recorded December '83
This release compiles all Minor Threat's material which was previously available on various 7" and 12" releases.
It was remastered and re-released in 2003.
The sleeve is available in different colours.
File download is hosted on Megaupload
