Minor Threat

Exploding turbulence thrusts forth eight new MINOR THREAT proficient arrangements. Increase the velocity of their first two powerful releases, step Brian up to 2nd guitar, add new bassist Steve, and still more potent lyrical blitzes, and this 12"s non-hesitant progression outbursts into the blazing best DISCHORD yet. Don't miss.--Pushead, from MRR #5, 1983

When Embrace got called "emo-core" Ian pointed out that hardcore has always been emotional. The prevailing emotion in hardcore lyrics and music is usually anger, and that's true of the first two Minor Threat 7"s, which were some of the most pissed off records ever. This EP is no different, with most of the songs being angry accusations at some unnamed "you," but the fury is tinged throughout the record with a lot more subtle, though no less visceral emotions. The change in Minor Threat's delivery is best expressed in "Little Friend," one of their best songs: "There are no words for what I want to say / No description for what I feel / It's a non-emotion / It's something gray / Way down inside of me." Without sacrificing much of his pose as an accusatory preacher, Ian's lyrics manage to express regret, self doubt, nostalgia, and other ambiguous or contradictory feelings. The new melodic elements in the music compliment this new complexity perfectly without yeilding any of the band's power.
While "Little Friend" may be the emotional core of the record, its message can be summed up by the call to "Think Again."--KFTH

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TRACK LISTING

1. Betray
2. It Follows
3. Think Again
4. Look Back and Laugh
5. Sob Story
6. No Reason
7. Little Friend
8. Out of Step

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FEATURED on TRACK NUMBER 6 on the "MUST HAVE" AMERICAN HARDCORE - THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN PUNK ROCK COMPILATION on the FIRST PAGE.

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's song "Straight Edge" was the basis for the Straight edge movement, though the band has had no involvement with the movement itself. 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.

First two 7"s on a 12", also known as the Minor Threat LP, was a combination of punk group Minor Threat's first two EPs, Minor Threat (originally released June 1981) and In My Eyes (originally released December 1981). It had the same cover as their first release, an image which has become an iconic image in punk culture. "Straight Edge," a song on the first EP, inadvertently inspired the straight edge movement. The song seemed to be a call for abstinence from drugs and alcohol — a new thing in rock music, which initially found a small, but dedicated following. "In My Eyes" is an anti-smoking, anti-peer pressure song which has been covered by such bands as Rage Against the Machine and UK straight edge band Admit You're ~love~. This song, along with "Straight Edge" and "Out of Step", helped to solidify views of Minor Threat as a band with an anti-drug platform.

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TRACK LISTING

1. Filler
2. I Don't Wanna Hear It
3. Seeing Red
4. Straight Edge
5. Small Man, Big Mouth
6. Screaming at a Wall
7. Bottled Violence
8. Minor Threat
9. In My Eyes
10. Out of Step
11. Guilty of Being White
12. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

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