Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being a guitar player and song writer for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Before that, he was the vocalist for The Extorts, whom later became State of Alert after he quit.[1] Despite not performing on State of Alert's only EP No Policy, Preslar received a co-writing credit on the track "Draw Blank".
After Minor Threat dissolved, he played guitar in The Meatmen and the first incarnation of Samhain.[2][3]
After retiring from performing, he ran Caroline Records, signing Ben Folds, Chemical Brothers, and Fat Boy Slim; he was later a marketing executive for Elektra Records and Sire Records.[4][3] In 2007, he graduated from Rutgers School of Law-Newark.[4] He is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.
He is married to Sandy Alouete, an executive at VH1 and they have a child named Romy.[4]
Preslar also won the Grammy Law Initiative Writing Prize in 2007 with an article about the RIAA vs. XM Satellite Radio.[4]
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References [link]
- ^ Azerrad 2001, p. 127
- ^ Cogan 2008, pp. 192–193
- ^ a b Blush 2001, p. 146
- ^ a b c d Cantor 2007
Bibliography [link]
- Azerrad, Michael (2001). Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-78753-1.
- Blush, Steven (2001). George Petros. ed. American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 978-0-922915-71-2.
- Cantor, Carla (2007). "Successful punk artist, former music industry executive-turned-law-student earns accolades in new arena". Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. https://news.rutgers.edu/focus/issue.2007-05-29.3499861600/article.2007-05-29.8588010620/articlepage.2007-05-30.0885624356. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- Cogan, Brian (2008). The Encyclopedia of Punk. Sterling. ISBN 978-1-4027-5960-4.
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