Our occasional series “Secret History” features profiles of classic D.C. albums as a way of looking back at the District’s contributions to music over time. This installment finds DCist speaking with members of Chisel about their debut LP, 8 A.M. All Day (Gern Blandsten, 1996). Before the Pharmacists ever prescribed their first dose of politically-infused, Thin Lizzy-informed indie rock, Ted Leo headed up the D.C.-by-way-of-South Bend neo-mod-punk outfit Chisel. Filtering post-punk and hardcore through…