History

Formed by Boyd Farrell and Paul Cleary of Snitch (Cleary was also in Trenchmouth), with Keith Campbell of D. Ceats and Tommy Carr from the Penetrators.

In 1986, Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye

Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk bands Minor Threat and The Teen Idles, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well...

 of Minor Threat

Minor Threat

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and...

 recorded what would have been their second LP. When the band couldn't find a label to release the album they broke up, playing a farewell gig in January 1988. They loosely re-formed in 1993, playing the occasional show and recording sparingly before calling it quits again in 1997.

Albums

• Senseless Offerings LP, Fountain of Youth, 1983
• Coulda Shoulda Woulda CD, Dr. Strange, 2006 (compilation of 1980s recordings)

Singles

• "Potential Suicide" 7", Limp
  Limp Records
  Limp Records was an independent record label based out of Rockville, Maryland that operated from 1978 until 1982. Run by Skip Groff out of his Yesterday and Today Records store, Limp was one of the first labels releasing music from the nascent D.C. punk scene...
  
  , 1981
• "Drunk and Disorderly" 7", Yesterday and Today, 1990 (recorded 1986)

Compilation appearances

• v/a - Connected LP, Limp, 1981 (2 songs)
• v/a - Bouncing Babies LP, Fountain of Youth, 1983 (1 song)
• v/a - Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol.1 LP, Flipside
  Flipside (fanzine)
  Flipside was a punk rock fanzine published in Los Angeles, California from 1977 to 2000.As one of the first and longest running US punk rock fanzines, this publication extensively chronicled the world of independent and underground music during this era. Known for its highly opinionated cast of...
  
  , 1984 (1 song)
• v/a - 9:30 Live - A Time, A Place, A Scene 2-CD set, 1997, recorded live at the 9:30 Club
  9:30 Club
  Foo Fighters Promise to come back to D.C. and play the 9:30 ClubNightclub 9:30 is a nightclub and concert venue in Washington, D.C. Originally located at 930 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C., in the 1970s it was called the "Atlantis Club", and hosted primarily rock, New Wave, and punk bands...