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Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being the guitar player and songwriter for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Before that, he was the vocalist for The Extorts, who later became State of Alert after he quit.
Apr 27, 2023 · After a brief hiatus to accommodate guitarist Lyle Preslar’s semester of college, the band reunited to record in Don Zientara’s Inner Ear Studios basement in Arlington, Virginia. Adding extra bite to Preslar’s signature attack, Brian Baker switched from bass to second guitar.
Lyle Preslar is a staff attorney at TuneCore and a private practice attorney specializing in entertainment, media, business strategy and marketing. He has worked for MTV Networks, Razor & Tie Entertainment, Sire Records and Caroline Records, and was a founding member of Minor Threat.
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Mar 3, 2023 · “Lyle [Preslar, Minor Threat guitarist] and I were both pretty proficient at our instruments at that time, and that was unusual for punk. Some of the best bands learned to play instruments to be the band.
Eager to start a new band after the Teen Idles, MacKaye and Nelson recruited guitarist Lyle Preslar and bassist Brian Baker. They played their first performance in December 1980 to fifty people in a basement, opening for Bad Brains, The Untouchables, Black Market Baby and S.O.A., all D.C. bands.
Jul 3, 2020 · In March 1982, at the urging of Bad Brains’ vocalist, H.R., Preslar left college to reform Minor Threat. The reunited band featured an expanded lineup Steve Hansgen joined as the band’s bassist and Baker switched to second guitar.
Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being the guitar player and songwriter for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Before that, he was the vocalist for The Extorts, who later became State of Alert after he quit.
