Make an Effort EP released

John Barry left the band to move to Bulgaria, while Baker moved from bass to guitar and Lyle became their full-time bassist. Baker later remarked that his guitar style did not fully suit the band, recalling: “I wasn’t a bass player and Government Issue was a chance to play guitar. They were better with John Barry on guitar but they were biggest when I was in the band. Their whole sound was his insane guitar playing, which I played nothing like. I played like Ace Frehley .” The Stabb/Baker/Lyle/Alberstadt lineup recorded the Make an Effort EP, released in 1982 on Fountain of Youth Records. Baker then rejoined Minor Threat in early 1982, later describing his departure as “amicable after John Stabb calmed down” and noting that “everyone else understood and didn’t have a problem.”