Minor Threat

Minor Threat

Out of Step Outtakes

Dischord

***In January 1983, Minor Threat went into Inner Ear Studio for the first time as a five-piece (Brian Baker had moved from bass to second guitar and Steve Hansgen was now playing bass). They had six new songs that would end up being the center piece of what became the Out of Step 12" EP. The band had also decided to re-record the song "Out of Step" with some extra language to try to clarify the lyrics, as well as "Cashing In", a tongue-in-cheek song about the DC punk scene which they had only played live once. After much debate, "Cashing In" was added as a hidden track on the original vinyl release though not listed on the cover or label. There was still blank tape on the reel, so they decided to record an instrumental with the working title, "Addams Family" and then recorded new versions of "In My Eyes" and "Filler" to hear what they sounded like with two guitars. "Addams Family" ended up being used as a coda to "Cashing In", but the other two songs were never mixed and largely forgotten for over 35 years until the multitrack tapes were taken into the studio to be digitized in 2021. Surprised by the discovery, Ian and Don Zientara mixed the two songs along with the complete take of "Addams Family". These outtakes are now being released on a 7" to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of Out of Step. The 7" will be available on...

Minor Threat

Out Of Step

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***BACK IN PRINT ON BRAND NEW WHITE VINYL!!! MINOR THREAT’s classic 1983 Out of Step album remastered and re-released. 

Minor Threat

Salad Days

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***BACK IN STOCK!!!  REMASTERED AND REISSUED!!! The classic Salad Days 7-inch from DC hardcore legends MINOR THREAT. Three stellar tracks.

Minor Threat

S/t (first 2 7”s)

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***NOW AVAILABLE ON SPECIAL GRAY/SILVER VINYL (WITH GRAY JACKET)!!!  MINOR THREAT’s classic self-titled album remastered and re-released with a digital download coupon inside.

Minor Threat

Live - Dc Space, Buff Hall, 9:30 Club

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***NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD!!! A cleaned-up, expanded, and generally kick-ass new version of the live video from legendary hardcore heroes MINOR THREAT. Includes all the footage from the band's June, 1983 performance at the 9:30 Club, along with a 35-minute video of a 1982 gig in Camden, New Jersey, a 12-minute clip of the band's second ever show at the DC Space (December, 1980), and excerpts from a 1983 interview with IAN MACKAYE. Features an on-screen menu with notes by Mackaye about each show. Packaged with a 16-page booklet with a brief historical essay by MARK JENKINS (Dance of Days, Washington Post), photos, song titles and lyrics.

Minor Threat

First Demo Tape 1980-1983

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***BACK IN STOCK!!!  An absolute necessary release of MINOR THREAT's very first demo recordings, unearthed while compiling the 20 Years of Dischord box set. Recorded during band's first trip to the studio in 1981, they were not satisfied with the tapes, went back to rehearsing, and later re-recorded the tracks for their legendary debut EP. All eight of those original songs mixed for the first time by DON ZIENTARA in 2001, and presented here in blistering form. Essential.

Minor Threat

Complete Discography

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***ON SALE 15% THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR!!!   When their former band, The Teen Idles, broke up, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson decided to form a new band with Ian on vocals. In 1980 they started playing with Lyle Preslar, who sang for the Extorts and wanted to switch to guitar. Lyle introduced them to Brian Baker who started playing bass in November and the band played its first show a month later.    Minor Threat and SOA were part of a small wave of new kids and bands in DC, many of whom were not into drugs and alcohol. Some of the bands made mention of this in their lyrics, and Minor Threat's song "Straight Edge" coined the phrase that is now used to describe a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle.    The band played regularly but broke up at the end of the summer of 1981 when Lyle left DC to go to college. Six months later, dissatisfaction with school and a sense of unfinished business prompted Lyle to drop out and Minor Threat reformed in April '82. That fall, Steve Hansgen joined to play bass while Brian moved to second guitar and...