Minor Threat

1982-04-30

USA - Washington, DC
Wilson Center

Version: SBD

01. instrumental-little friend
02. straight edge
03. filler
04. stand up
05. 12xu
06. bottled violence
07. i dont wanna hear it
08. out of step
09. small man big mouth
10. i'm seeing red
11. screaming at a wall
12. guilty of being white
13. no reason
14. minor threat
15. stepping stone

Length: 35:00 min
Source: FLAC
Recording Type: Soundboard
File Size: 228mb

Transferer: tenfoot

notes: received in a cassette trade sometime during 1989-1991. can't be more than 3rd or 4th gen. priceless, mid-career minor threat gig. as dubbed to my cassette, the set began with "no reason" cutting in, played through to "stepping stone," then cut back to "instrumental-little friend." it ended with the intro to "no reason" cut. i've corrected the sequence for this seed, as well as applying the normal noise reduction. enjoy.

pandemonious first night of minor threat's spring 82 tour: there's a guy waving a gun on the front steps of the venue, the bad brains' gear is being looted from their van outside, paul's gotta go to the hospital, and the phone is broken. one of the reasons im in this game to begin with...

i remember someone mentioning before that tom lyle from government issue recorded this gig, and many others from the era.

from 'banned in dc':

'this guy was at the wilson center sitting in a foldout chair looking for trouble. i walked by, he pinched me on my behind. so i turned around and kicked him with my steel toed boots and he stood up and punched me in the throat and tried to break my windpipe. so i stood up and went outside to cry to everybody. i couldn't breathe. i couldn't talk. i was totally hysterical. danny ingram went out and fought with the guy - danny knew karate or something, and the guy knew kung-fu or something. the guy left and came back with a gun. danny and chris bald switched clothes so the guy wouldn't recognize danny. minor threat played. no one was dancing. i was so mad. i was the only one dancing: it was great.' -linda ely-wilson center-minor threat, faith, artifical peace, iron cross, double o, void 4-30-82

'i heard through the grapevine that there was someone outside with a gun. so me, jay, micro, john hargedon ran outside to see what's going on. to hell with getting shot, i wanna see someone with a gun. the guy was there, standing up on the steps. i saw him take two shots. those were my heavy drug days. why would anyone go outside to see a guy with a gun?' billy mackenzie-wilson center 4-30-82