Minor Threat bio

Minor Threat was a hardcore punk band from Washington DC from the 1980s. While the band was short-lived, it had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene in the United States. Minor Threat were early advocates of the anti-drug, anti-alcohol straight edge movement. Critics have called Minor Threat's music "iconic," and have noted that their "groundbreaking" music "has held up better than [that of] most of their contemporaries." Along with the fellow Washington DC hardcore band Bad Brains, Minor Threat set the standard for many hardcore punk bands in the 1980s and 1990s. They produced short, often astonishingly fast songs, eventually with high production quality, which at the time was lacking in most punk and alternative rock. All of Minor Threat's records were released on the band's own Dischord Records label.

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