MINOR THREAT at D Buff hall 9 30 club (dvd)

MINOR THREAT

Live at DC SPACE , BUFFALO HALL , 9:30 CLUB

Minor threat played its first show in november 1980, shortly after the breakup of the Teen Idles, singer Ian MacKaye and the drummer Jeff Nelson´s previous band. The two other members, guitarist Lyle Preslar and bassist Brian Baker, were new to the small circle of teenage Washington DC punks that had fielded such bands as the Untouchables and SOA.
The latter group´s lead singer was soon to change his surname to Rollins and move to L.A. tojoin Black Flag. Another DC punk band, Bad Brains, was Minor Threat that defined the style that came to be called \"harDCore\". The music was speedy, precise and melodic, and MacKaye commanded attention with a declamatory style and lyrics that critiqued not only adult society but also himself and his fellow punks.
Some listeners rejected the message of songs like \"Straight Edge\" and \"Out of Step\", but Minor Threat´s following grew, nationally as ewll as locally.
The band recorded two 7\"EPs, a 12\"EP, and a single during a run that lasted less than three years --- considerably less, considering that the band split from September ´81 to april ´82, while Preslar was in college.
The reconstituted group briefly expanded to a quintet (with Baker on second guitar and Steve Hansgen on bass) before returning to its original lineup.
Although Minor Threat remained popular -- a 1982 Flipside Magazine reader´s poll named it \"band of the year\" -- internal tensions unraveled the band the following year.
It´s final show was september 23, 1983.


Enjoy ! / Peter Ramone