Jeff Nelson (born 1962, in
South Africa) is an American drummer and graphic designer. He is best known as the drummer for the Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band
Minor Threat. Nelson and friend
Ian MacKaye formed their first band, The Slinkees, in 1979. Their next band was The
Teen Idles. He also co-founded the independent record label
Dischord Records along with MacKaye in 1980, whose first record was the Teen Idles. They continue to run Dischord together. The duo also comprised the bands
Egg Hunt and
Skewbald/Grand Union; both bands recorded only one single. Nelson has also played in the bands Feedbag,
Three, Wonderama, Senator Flux,
High Back Chairs, and Fast Piece of Furniture. He founded
Pedestrian Press]in 1988 and
Adult Swim Records]in 1989. An aficionado and collector of
Jeep Wagoneers and Victorian architecture, Nelson currently lives in the historic "Old West End" of
Toledo, Ohio. In 2008 he formed a community organization called Save Our Scott, which led the fight to save Toledo's oldest high school, built in 1912. (Jessup W. Scott High School was saved, and underwent a $42 million renovation).