A brief look into punk legends Minor Threat

Ian MacKaye actually is the definition of punk to me. 100% has kept to his morals. Minor Threat meant so much to me as a kid. Had I kept to what I took from Minor Threat, ethically I'd have been a lot better off.

I was a few years late to Minor Threat. I probably discovered them and got Out of step in 7th grade around 86-87 or so. I remember seeing skaters in magazines wearing their shirts and since that was my “internet” at the time I checked them out. One of my all time favorite things to do after school was pop Out of step in my Walkman and play RC ProAm on my Nintendo over and over. That and blast it on a boom box by the curb we would skate.

Bad Brains is like the Jimi Hendrix of punk—there’s before Bad Brains and there’s after Bad Brains

I subscribed for a future Bad Brains video. Don’t disappoint me.

A fugazi video would be badass🙌

"Ian's the only one (who never sold out his punk ideals." - Joe Strummer

The first album is one of the best hard-core albums of all time.

Thank you Ian McKaye and thx for Discord and so much good music and Bands.

Lucky to see Minor threat as a kid in SF at the on broadway theater. Think was 1982 or 83. Great show great band. Fugazi was another great show.

Definitely do one on fugazi.. It’s nice to seen the younger gens show interest in great bands like Minor threat.

Really well done. Thanks for authoring an expository piece without injecting opinion. And thanks for answering all the questions folks would have. Out of Step along with a Cramps and a Bad Brains album changed my life. Great to finally know more of why such an inspired album was mostly a one off.

Good job. I grew in Baltimore and started attending punk/hardcore shows in the spring of '84. I saw many discord bands so I'm very familiar with the subject but you research unearthed some things I didn't know. So good job. You did forget to mention "Embrace" Ian's band between Minor Threat & Fugazi.

all Ian's stuff has a huge impact on me musically. I saw fugazi 4 times in like a year and half span during the "end hits" time just before the release of "INSTRUMENT " when I watched that... well I figured they got me on video in a very unstable and insecure time of my life... sweet goodness, I've been playing avidly and still trying to have a healthy and positive reaction to the whole experience. what a trip it's been

I was listening to the out of step ep today while playing catch with my 12 year old son…i remember buying it on cassette when I was not much older than him. Good times.

Fugazi were my favorite band for years , i still love them now. A video about them would be neat.

Fantastic. Loved that and would definitely be interested in a Fugazi video.

Glad you started out mentioning Bad Brains. Without them, so much of what we know as hardcore and punk would be different. They blew minds. And Dischord, unlike a certain SST Records (one of most important labels of its time), still is releasing good stuff.

I was privy to Fugazi even before really knowing Minor Threat in the early 90s. Got to see Fugazi in 92. After my obsession with Fugazi and introduction to Minor Threat, I really admired McKaye for not giving in to societal pressures and resisting conformity and doing what he saw fit to do. Really admirable, especially among young people. Nobody have the fvcking balls to do what he was doing even today. I may not agree with everything he stands for, but I can agree with his attitude and respect him for it. 🙏

So many iconic pics of minor threat but the pic of Alec MacKaye on the minor threat ep is my favorite

I’m a big admirer of Ian Mackaye and have been for a long time but I can only imagine what a nightmare it would have been to have be in a band with him back then.