American Hardcore

00:00:13 When we first got started

00:04:29 We'd been made all these promises. You go to school, you do your homework

00:08:06 ...that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States.

00:12:13 It was just that there wasn't that guilt of Iistening to a Led Zeppelin song

00:15:09 "We're the opposite of that."

00:18:34 The first shows we played were parties, free parties in the South Bay.

00:22:05 You know, it was... You know, it was Iiterally to Iash out at that.

00:25:34 And we go on and the kids totally took over the pit.

00:29:45 As a teenager I was into acrobats.

00:33:39 I understand a Iot of people, they're Iike, "Well, Minor Threat's such a simple band."

00:38:15 "You want to be the singer for BIack FIag?" And... He moved to LA.

00:42:33 In DC, of course, any band will help you out because, you know

00:45:56 We were kids and we were fucking pricks.

00:49:51 They were definitely a movement.

00:54:52 Eighteen songs.

00:58:13 Sometimes there would even be concerts that we would do, you know.

01:02:58 There is a bunch of other bands, be they punk or whatever

01:08:45 and we got out of the truck on Hollywood and Vine and Iooked around and we're Iike

01:13:05 So, you know, it was basically just about work.

01:16:47 Last night we played DC and we had live sex happen on stage.

01:20:30 Forty-one people, most of them juveniles, were arrested and 10 law officers were hurt.

01:23:52 Or your time was up, whichever is first.

01:28:27 You know, this band really could have been out there

01:32:36 It was incredibly radical.