First demo tape

First demo tape
Extended Play by Minor Threat
Publication (s)	2003
Label (s)	Dischord Records
Format (s)	EP, CD
Genre (s)	Hardcore punk
Title (number)	8th
running time	8:56
occupation	Singing: Ian MacKaye Guitar: Lyle Preslar Bass: Brian Baker Drums: Jeff Nelson
production	Minor Threat, Skip Groff
Studio (s)	Inner Ear in Arlington County
chronology Complete Discography (1989) First demo tape -

First Demo Tape is an EP from the hardcore punk band Minor Threat . It was released in 2003 as 7 '' and in CD format and contains recordings from 1980.

History of origin

During the making of the compilation 20 Years of Dischord (2000), Ian MacKaye searched the old, archived recordings of his label Dischord Records and listened to all old recordings. He also discovered a cassette with old recordings of Minor Threat that had been made before the Minor Threat EP was released. The recordings were made in February or March 1981, shortly after the band was formed, and, like all recordings by Minor Threat, were made in the Inner Ear Studio in Washington, DC . Henry Rollins (Henry Garfield at the time) was a guest singer. The tape was then produced by Minor Threat and Skip Groff and then disappeared in the archives. In 2001 the recordings were remastered and released in 2003 as 7 '' and CD. Although these were only old recordings and no undiscovered, new songs, the songs differed significantly from the original versions.

Track list

1. Minor Threat - 1:36
2. Stand Up - 0:49
3. Seeing Red - 1:02
4. Bottled Violence - 0:56
5. Small Man, Big Mouth - 0:59
6. Straight Edge - 0:48
7. Guilty of Being White - 1:18
8. I Don't Want to Hear It - 1:28

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} First Demo Tape at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 12, 2011.
2. ^ First demo tape. Discogs , accessed August 12, 2011 .