Ditching much of hardcore’s macho aggression, bands like Hüsker Dü and the Minutemen established early variants of the sound in the early '80s by hanging onto the genre’s anti-rock-star ethics and thrifty touring model while nudging the music itself back to its twin roots of no-frills rock and punk. Given vocalist Ian MacKaye’s previous role in hardcore progenitors Minor Threat, Fugazi remain perhaps the most prominent example of post-hardcore, injecting a distinct melodicism into their music while adhering strictly to hardcore’s populist principles. Naked Raygun took the sound back to the garage with rock 'n’ roll exuberance as two of its members joined then-burgeoning super-producer Steve Albini in Big Black, whose abrasive ruminations were propelled by a drum machine. Noise rock figured prominently in post-hardcore’s salad days—see Killdozer, Jawbox and The Jesus Lizard—while Girls Against Boys got handsome with pulsing grooves and the come-hither vocals of Scott McCloud. The post-hardcore tradition proliferates today with groups like Metz and Cloud Nothings.