Minor Threat

Minor Threat, from Washington, D.C., was not just the quintessential American hardcore punk band of the 1980s; it also was the best that hardcore ever produced. Germs and Black Flag, from Los Angeles, set the tone of the music; D.C.'s Bad Brains expanded its boundaries; and Southern California politicos Minutemen brought in the funk. But their recorded output was spotty. In Minor Threat's brief ca...