Egg Hunt

The Profile

Egg Hunt was a 1986 studio project by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson (co-founders of Dischord Records and former Minor Threat members). Recorded at Southern Studios in England with producer John Loder, the duo released a two-song single on Dischord featuring Me and You and We All Fall Down.

Members: Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson. Label: Dischord Records (catalog no. 20). Recorded spring 1986 at Southern Studios (England) with John Loder. Release: two-song single commonly known as Me and You / We All Fall Down. Context ties to Washington, D.C.’s post-hardcore/Revolution Summer milieu. Briefly explored expanding with Geoff Turner and Steve Niles (later forming Three with Nelson).

A single impassioned review celebrates Egg Hunt’s brief 1986 spark: Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson’s two-song single on Dischord. It traces the project’s England session with John Loder, links to Revolution Summer, and unpacks the tracks Me and You and We All Fall Down. The tone is reverent and lyrical, framing Egg Hunt as a small but meaningful chapter in D.C. post-hardcore.