Editing Minor Threat (section)

===Hiatus===
In the time between the release of the band's second seven-inch EP and the ''[[Out of Step (album)|Out of Step]]'' record, the band briefly split when guitarist Lyle Preslar moved to Illinois to attend college for a semester at [[Northwestern University]]. Preslar was a member of [[Big Black]] for a few tempestuous rehearsals. During that period, MacKaye and Nelson put together a studio-only project called [[Skewbald/Grand Union (band)|Skewbald/Grand Union]]; in a reflection of the slowly increasing disagreements between the two musicians, they were unable to decide on one name. The group recorded three untitled songs, which would be released posthumously as [[Skewbald/Grand Union (EP)|Dischord's 50th release]]. During Minor Threat's inactive period, Brian Baker also briefly played guitar for [[Government Issue]] and appeared on the ''Make an Effort'' EP.

In March 1982, at the urging of Bad Brains' [[H.R. (musician)|H.R.]], Preslar left college to reform Minor Threat. The reunited band featured an expanded lineup: [[Steve Hansgen]] joined as the band's bassist and Baker switched to second guitar.

When the "Out of Step" was re-recorded for the LP ''Out of Step,'' MacKaye clearly sang "I don't drink/smoke/fuck", as was the intent of his words all along, in response to what many saw as his imperious attitude on the song. The band also inserted an overdubbed spoken section into the instrumental break before the last chorus with MacKaye stating, "This is not a set of rules, I'm not telling you what to do..." Recording engineer Don Zientara had inadvertently recorded an argument between drummer Nelson and lyricist/singer MacKaye that captured the message perfectly, so this was used. According to Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins' ''Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital'', this argument was over exactly what would be said in the message that Nelson wanted MacKaye to record, stating essentially what he said without knowing it was being recorded.