# Minor Threat — Every Record We Rank

Minor Threat appears 3 times in our Hardcore Punk and The Eighties lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 3
- **Appears on:** Hardcore Punk and The Eighties
- **Year:** 1981
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Hardcore Punk
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/minor-threat/

## Appears on

### [Straight Edge](https://waxonia.com/track/minor-threat--straight-edge/)

*1981 · Dischord · No. 2 in [Hardcore Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/hardcore-punk/)*

Forty-six seconds that accidentally founded a movement Ian MacKaye spent the next decade disowning. He was describing himself, not issuing instructions.

Also on: [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Minor%20Threat%20Straight%20Edge) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gsAu-nOg3Tw)

### [Filler](https://waxonia.com/track/minor-threat--filler/)

*1981 · Dischord · No. 5 in [Hardcore Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/hardcore-punk/)*

MacKaye complaining that a friend has found religion, in under two minutes, with a bass tone like a dropped plank. Dischord's whole aesthetic in one cut.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Minor%20Threat%20Filler) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=m3mUUupDtVA)

### [Straight Edge](https://waxonia.com/track/minor-threat--straight-edge/)

*1981 · Dischord · Picked by [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/)*

Forty-six seconds, on a label the band started to release it, which still caps its record prices four decades later. The clearest case here of the economics and the content being the same argument.

Also on: [Hardcore Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/hardcore-punk/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Minor%20Threat%20Straight%20Edge) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gsAu-nOg3Tw)

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