Minor Threat - Salad Days
Original Release Date
1985
Release Information
UK 7" 1985 (Dischord - DISCHORD FIFTEEN)
1 Salad Days 2:44
2 Stumped 1:55
3 Good Guys 2:14
Chart Placings
UK Indie Hit: 20, 2 wksCredits
Recorded 12-14-83 at Inner Ear Studios
Engineer: Don Zientara
Mix: Jeff, Lyle, Don
Ian
Brian
Jeff
Lyle
Additional Credits
Ian MacKaye - vocals
Lyle Preslar - guitar
Brian Baker - bass
Jeff Nelson - drums
Reviews & Opinions
JEFF BALE, MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL #25, MAY/JUNE 1985: For some reason, listening to this record makes me feel like shit (though it has little or nothing to do with the music itself). It's just that it reminds me of the not-so-old days when one could feel genuinely enthusiastic and positive about the hardcore scene. Ironically, Ian seems to be dealing with this very issue in the great title cut, which is as bittersweet as it is reflective. The flip songs seem pretty lackluster by comparison, but then screaming at a wall apparently isn't going to bring the motherfucker down after all.
ROAR DECEMBER ‘85/JANUARY ‘86: A motley crew this - one looks like a psychotic Oi-boy and the other three could only be accountants who joined the group by accident. The A-Side (there are 2 so-so tracks on the B) is a hard-hit "American punk" song in which he band bemoan the loss of their boyhood innocence. Too much TV at an early age, that's what I say.Additional Notes
All pressings were made in France.
