Lyle Preslar

Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being the guitar player and songwriter for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Before that, he was the vocalist for The Extorts, who later became State of Alert after he quit. Despite not performing on any State of Alert recordings, Preslar received co-writing credit for the songs "Draw Blank" from the No Policy EP and "I Hate the Kids" from the Dischord Records compilation Flex Your Head.

When Minor Threat dissolved, he played guitar in The Meatmen and the first incarnation of Samhain.

After retiring from performing, he ran Caroline Records, signing Ben Folds, the Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim; he was later a marketing executive for Elektra Records and Sire Records. In 2007, he graduated from Rutgers School of Law–Newark. 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.

Preslar also won the Grammy Law Initiative Writing Prize in 2007 with an article about the RIAA vs. XM Satellite Radio.

His guitar playing was praised by bandmate Ian Mackaye, who stated "Lyle Preslar, the guitar player, I mean he's one of the most unsung guitar players. He's playing full, six-string-position barre chords at that speed—that's just insane. His accuracy and his rhythms are so incredible."

Bands

 * The Extorts
 * Minor Threat
 * Samhain
 * The Meatmen

Original material

 * Minor Threat (EP, 1981)
 * In My Eyes (EP, 1981)
 * Out of Step (studio album, 1983)
 * Salad Days (EP, 1985)

Compilation albums

 * Minor Threat (1984)
 * Complete Discography (1989)
 * First Demo Tape (2003)

Compilation appearances

 * Flex Your Head (1982) – "Stand Up", "12XU"
 * Dischord 1981: The Year in Seven Inches (1995) contains the first two EPs
 * 20 Years of Dischord (2002) – "Screaming at a Wall", "Straight Edge" (live), "Understand", "Asshole Dub"