However, I had never heard of one of MacKaye's lesser-known groups, Pailhead, which I, actually, just heard about for the first time yesterday. Now, I know Minor Threat/Fugazi frontman and DC-based Dischord Records co-founder Ian MacKaye-like most well-traveled Punk/Hardcore musicians-has always been part of a slew of short-lived bands, such as Teen Idles, The Evens, Embrace, Egg Hunt, Skewbald/Grand Union, Pailhead, and most recently, an as-yet-unnamed band with his wife/drummer Amy Farin and one-time Fugazi bassist Joe Lally. For me, personally, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Misfits, and Samhain were my bread and butter while exploring Hardcore/Punk as an angsty 15/16-year-old during the age of Napster and P2P sites.
but what I do know is that the column title is inspired by a Nottz Raw-produced Asher Roth track of the same name, which expertly samples The Misfits' 'Return of The Fly.' Minor Threat were East Coast Straight-Edge Hardcore/Punk contemporaries of both The Misfits and Glenn Danzig's next band, Horror Punk pioneers Samhain, which even briefly featured Minor Threat guitarist Lyle Preslar. Run It Back is one of the more infrequently published 'recurring' columns here at The Witzard: honestly, I don't even know when we published one of these last.
