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Minor Threat
Minor Threat were a Washington DC-based Hardcore Punk band who were short-lived but influential, and notable both for their disciplined, DIY approach and their embrace of a no drugs/no alcohol ethic. Formed by high school friends Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, the band emerged in 1980, amidst a wave of Hardcore Punk bands that included fellow pioneers Bad Brains (also from DC) and Black Flag. Minor Threat's rage-driven music was often set to furiously fast tempos, with many songs clocking in not far past the one-minute mark. Beyond the group's anti-establishment lyrical content, they championed a clean-living ethos that put...