In My Eyes (EP)
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| Extended Play by Minor Threat | ||||
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Publication |
1981 |
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| Label (s) | Dischord Records | |||
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Format (s) |
7 '' |
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Title (number) |
4th |
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running time |
6:38 |
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Minor Threat / Skip Groff |
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Studio (s) |
Inner Ears Studio, Arlington County |
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In My Eyes is the second Extended Play of Minor Threat and only appeared a few months after Minor Threat EP . It is the fifth release by Dischord Records .
History of origin
Like its predecessor, In My Eyes was recorded by Skip Groff in Don Zientara's Inner Ear basement studio in Arlington County .
At the time of publication, Minor Threat was already resolved. After a failed tour with Youth Brigade , guitarist Lyle Preslar decided to go to Northwestern University . There were also disputes within the band.
Track list
- In My Eyes - 2:49
- Out of Step (With the World) - 1:20
- Guilty of Being White - 1:18
- Steppin 'Stone ( Tommy Boyce , Bobby Hart ) - 2:11
Music style and influence
Musically, the band was able to improve compared to the debut release. According to Mark Anderson and Mark Jenkins in their book Punk, DC, "they even came close to the performance of their idols Bad Brains ." Out of Step is certainly the most influential song on the record. Together with Straight Edge, it forms the blueprint for the subsequent Straight Edge movement .
The title Guilty of Being White , which dealt with reverse discrimination , was controversial . He was later Slayer on their cover album Undisputed Attitude gecovert . Slayer added "guilty of being right" as the last line, which made the sense of the text interpretable into the opposite.
My Eyes later gave its name to the band of the same name .
Steppin 'Stone is a cover version of Boyce and Hart . Minor Threat, however, was clearly based on the cover version of the Sex Pistols from 1979 ( The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Mark Anderson / Mark Jenkins: Punk, DC . Ventil Verlag, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-931555-86-3 , p. 106 .
- ^ Gabriel Kuhn: Straight Edge. History and politics of a movement . Unrast Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-89771-108-2 , pp. 8th f .
- ↑ Rock Hard Special: The Titans of Thrash, Rock Hard , Number 243 ISSN 1437-8728 .