Minor Threat
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Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington DC in 1980. Short-lived but very influential, critics have called the band and their work "iconic," and have noted that their "groundbreaking" music "has held up better than [that of] most of their contemporaries." Minor Threat is credited with unintentionally starting the "straight edge movement" from a handful of song lyrics. They and fellow Washington DC residents Bad Brains set the standard for many hardcore punk bands in the 1980s and 1990s.
Influenced by: Bad Brains, Black Flag, The Teen Idles
- Label:
- Dischord
- Active:
- 1980-1983
- Scene:
- DC/Baltimore
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