"Formed in 1980 by a bunch of furious teenage outcasts from D.C.'s Wilson High School and led by the infernally charismatic Ian McKaye, Minor Threat found artistry in economy, pumping the bottomless teenaged well of rage − against the establishment, against the cops, against apathy and each other − to fuel blistering, ferociously short sharp sonic shocks in the form of songs. The beats were monochromatic and the instruments were raced as fast as they could possibly go − the goal was catharsis through the passionate expenditure of energy."