Minor Threat performing at the Wilson Center, April 4, 1981

ID: 5349 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons ~ Creator: Malcolm Riviera ~ Date: 4 April 1981

This file appears in: Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center

Minor Threat performing at the Wilson Center, April 4, 1981

Photograph: A black and white photograph of Minor Threat's guitarist during a performance at the Wilson Center. The lead singer can be seen in the lower right corner, also performing.

This file appears in: Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center

Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center

Despite its location in the basement of a Presbyterian church tucked between the Mount Pleasant Historic District and Columbia Heights, the Wilson Center became a popular punk venue in the 1980s because bands could play loudly and without…