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The Teen Idles
Washington, D.C., United States • 1979-01-01 – 1980-01-01
The Teen Idles is credited on 22 releases across 7 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2013 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
22
Pressings credited
7
Albums
4
Decades active
14
In collections
Biography
The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in September 1979. Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek, Geordie Grindle, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, they recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 Minor Disturbance EP before breaking up in November 1980. The influential independent record label Dischord Records was originally created with the sole purpose of releasing The Teen Idles Minor Disturbance 7" record. They were an early landmark in the D.C. hardcore movement, and MacKaye and Nelson would later form the seminal punk rock outfit Minor Threat. The Teen Idles were among the first punk groups from the early 1980s hardcore movement to break out of their regional scene to tour and sell nationally. Inspired by other American punk bands like the Cramps and Bad Brains, the Teen Idles' music was an early version of hardcore punk, and an attempt, in the words of MacKaye, "to get away from a really corrupted music". Their appearance, lyrics and musical style sought to revive a punk movement that they believed had lost its original zeal.
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Credited work
22 releases · 7 albums · active 1981–2013
- Performance · 33
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Inner Ear Studios · Hit And Run Studios · 9:30 Club · Lennon Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Mad Rats
- Walk Aside
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