What is Minor Threat?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Minor Threat | Img = Minor-threat-malcolm-riviera.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Minor Threat performing at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., 1981 | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Washington, D.C.]], United States | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Hardcore punk]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1980–1981<br/>1982-1983 | Label = [[Dischord Records|Dischord]] | Associated_acts = [[Fugazi]], [[Embrace (American band)|Embrace]], [[The Teen Idles]], [[Egg Hunt]], [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]], [[Bad Religion]], [[Government Issue]] | URL = | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Ian MacKaye]]<br/>[[Jeff Nelson (musician)|Jeff Nelson]]<br/>[[Brian Baker (musician)|Brian Baker]]<br/>[[Lyle Preslar]]<br/>[[Steve Hansgen]] }} [[File:Minor-threat-malcolm-riviera.jpg|thumb|Minor Threat (1981)]] '''Minor Threat''' was a [[hardcore punk]] band from [[Washington DC]] from the 1980s. Many other bands which played hardcore punk music in the [[United States]] were influenced by Minor Threat's music. Minor Threat's songs were usually short and fast. All of Minor Threat's records were released on the band's own [[Dischord Records]] label.<ref>{{cite web | last = Hargus | first = Billy Bob | url = http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/fugazi.html | title = Ian MacKaye Interview | work = [[Perfect Sound Forever (magazine)|Perfect Sound Forever]] | accessdate = Jan 22, 2010 | archive-date = June 9, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070609021806/http://www.furious.com/perfect/fugazi.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Minor Threat told their listeners they did not use [[illegal drugs]] or drink [[alcohol]], wh