History YMMV / MinorThreat

* MisaimedFandom: "Guilty Of Being White" was written about Ian [=MacKaye's=] experiences of being bullied for his skin color in a predominantly black high school, using slavery as an excuse. However, racists have seen the song as a rejection of the notion of white privilege and have adopted it as a white supremacist anthem.

* CoveredUp: Punk fans will either associate "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" with either them or Music/TheSexPistols - it's somewhat debatable what the "original" is, since it's a Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart composition that was first recorded by The Liverpool Five, first ''released'' by Paul Revere & The Raiders, and first became a hit for Music/TheMonkees, all within the same year (1966). Ian himself has admitted that when they first recorded the song, he thought they were covering the Pistols.

* ShortLivedBigImpact: The band only lasted about 3 years total. In that time, they became one of the most important HardcorePunk bands of all time and [[TropeMaker kickstarted]] the UsefulNotes/StraightEdge subculture to boot.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The lyrics ain't subtle, but they're all the stronger for this, and then again, [[WordOfGod Ian MacKaye repeatedly stated]] that he preferred to encourage people to [[BeYourself think for themselves]] rather than being preachy.

* AwesomeMusic: There's a reason their self-titled EP/compilation album is so well-regarded.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The lyrics ain't subtle, but they're all the stronger for this, and then again, [[WordofGod Ian MacKaye repeatedly stated]] that he preferred to encourage people to [[BeYourself think for them themselves]] rather than being preachy.

* ShortLivedBigImpact: The band only lasted about 3 years total. In that time, they became one of the most important HardcorePunk bands of all time and [[TropeMaker kickstarted]] the StraightEdge subculture to boot.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The lyrics ain't subtle, but they're all the stronger for this, and then again, [[WordofGod Ian MacKaye repeatedly said]] that he preferred to encourage people to [[BeYourself think for them themselves]] rather than being preachy.

* SignatureSong: "Straight Edge," with "Guilty of Being White" being a close second.

* UnfortunateImplications: "Guilty Of Being White", starting with the title itself, seems blatantly racist, or at least like a wholesale rejection of the idea of white privilege - representative lyrics include "You blame me for slavery, 100 years before I was born" and "I'm a convict of a racist crime / I've only served 19 years of my time"[[note]]19 being Ian [=MacKaye's=] age at the time of recording[[/note]]. However, Ian [=MacKaye=] has said it was specifically written about his experiences going to a high school where the majority of the other students were black, and they would use what they had learned about slavery in class as an excuse to bully him; According to him, no larger implications about race relations in general were intended.

* UnfortunateImplications: "Guilty Of Being White", starting with the title itself, seems blatantly racist - representative lyrics include "You blame me for slavery, 100 years before I was born" and "I'm a convict of a racist crime / I've only served 19 years of my time"[[note]]19 being Ian [=MacKaye's=] age at the time of recording[[/note]]. However, Ian [=MacKaye=] has said it was specifically written about his experiences going to a high school where the majority of the other students were black, and they would use what they had learned about slavery in class as an excuse to bully him; According to him, no larger implications about race relations in general were intended.