Teen Idles was an extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by Dischord Records

Dischord Records

Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...

 to commemorate the label's one hundredth release. The EP contains material from the two demo sessions the band recorded in February and April 1980. Tracks 1 and 3 are originally by "The Slinkees", the original name of the band before Nathan Strejcek joined on vocals.

Track listing

1. "Adventure" -2:26
2. "Teen Idols" -1:11
3. "Sneakers" -1:39
4. "Trans Am" -2:12
5. "Fiorucci Nightmare/Getting In My Way" 2:18

Personnel

• Nathan Strejcek − vocals
• Geordie Grindle − guitar
• Ian MacKaye
  Ian MacKaye
  Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk bands Minor Threat and The Teen Idles, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well...
  
   − bass
• Jeff Nelson
  Jeff Nelson (musician)
  Jeff Nelson is best known as the drummer for the hardcore punk rock band Minor Threat. He and friend Ian MacKaye formed their first band, The Slinkees, in 1979. Their next band was The Teen Idles. Nelson and MacKaye founded Dischord Records in 1980, whose first record was the Teen Idles. They...
  
  − drums

External links

• [ Allmusic: Teen Idles]