18. What do the bands Minor Threat, The Slinkees, Egghunt, Skewbald/Grand Union, Embrace, Teen Idles, Fugazi, The Evens and Pailhead all have in common?
From Quiz Punk Rock 1980s and 90s
Answer:
All involved Ian Mackaye
Ian Mackaye played in all these bands. Most notably, Minor Threat, Fugazi and Teen Idles. Some seem to think he played bass in Rites Of Spring but that is actually untrue. The Rites Of Spring bassist was called Mike Fellows. Ian played in The Slinkees when he was very young. This was prior to him setting up Dischord Records in 1980 which still runs today. I think he played very very briefly with The Untouchables towards the end of their tenure on the DC scene but essentially, The Untouchables was Ian's brother, Alec's band. Jeff Nelson drummed for Minor Threat, The Slinkees, Egghunt, Skewbald/Grand Union and Teen Idles. Brendan Canty played drums for Fugazi, Ivor Hanson for Embrace. The Evens was a collaboration of Ian Mackaye singing and playing baritone guitar with Amy Farina, who played with Alec Mackaye in The Warmers, on drums. They recorded 12 songs in the summer of 2004 released in March 2005, Other than Fugazi, The Evens is Mackaye's only band to have lasted into 2005. Pailhead was just Mackaye and some guy from Ministry but they only released two singles (on Wax Trax records) anyway so it doesn't matter.