Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being the guitar player and songwriter for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat.
[2] 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.
"[3][4] After Minor Threat dissolved, he played guitar in the first incarnation of Samhain circa 1983, and with The Meatmen 1983-88.
[5][6] Preslar was briefly involved with an early version of Big Black in 1981, but soon departed due to personality clashes with Steve Albini.
[8] Preslar also won the Grammy Law Initiative Writing Prize in 2007 with an article about the RIAA vs. XM Satellite Radio.