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Minor Threat

Formé en 1980 · Séparé en 1983

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Minor Threat est un groupe de punk hardcore américain, originaire de Washington, D.C.. Minor Threat est surtout populaire pour avoir fondé le mouvement straight edge. Ce groupe marque profondément l'histoire de la musique punk malgré la courte durée de son existence (1980-1983). Toutefois, Ian MacKaye refusera plus tard de se considérer comme le leader de la scène straight edge.

Minor Threat définit la forme musicale qu'adopteront de nombreux groupes punk hardcore des années 1980 et 1990 : ils produisaient des chansons de courte durée, parfois avec une étonnante rapidité, mais toujours jugées d'excellente qualité. Minor Threat était indépendant des grandes maisons de disques : tous leurs CD sortent sur le label Dischord Records qui est fondé par Ian MacKaye lui-même.

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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. They added a fifth member, Steve Hansgen, in 1982, playing bass, while Baker switched to second guitar.

The band was relatively short-lived, disbanding after only three years together, but had a strong influence in the emerging American hardcore punk scene, both stylistically and in helping to further establish the "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and concert promotion. Minor Threat's song "Straight Edge" was the basis of the straight edge movement, which emphasized a lifestyle without alcohol or other drugs, or promiscuous sex. AllMusic said the band's music was "iconic" and noted that it "ha[d] held up better than [that of] most of their contemporaries."

Along with the fellow Washington, D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains and California band Black Flag, Minor Threat set the standard for many hardcore punk bands in the 1980s and 1990s. All of Minor Threat's recordings were released on MacKaye's and Nelson's own label, Dischord Records. The EPs, Minor Threat (1981) and Out of Step (1983), have received a number of accolades and are cited as landmarks of the hardcore punk genre.

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