D. Boon in 1985.

D. Boon, born Dennes Dale Boon (April 1, 1958 - December 22, 1985) was the guitarist and lead singer of punk rock group The Minutemen. Image File history File links Dboon. ... Image File history File links Dboon. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Minutemen were a punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ...

Born in San Pedro, California, Boon formed the band in January 1980 with childhood friend Mike Watt on bass from the remnants of their previous band, The Reactionaries, later adding former Reactionaries drummer George Hurley. San Pedro is a community within Los Angeles, California, annexed in 1909 and a major seaport of the area. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. ... The Reactionaries, 1978. ... George Hurley(b. ...

Boon's guitar style is very distinct; he frequently set the equalization on his amplifier so that only the treble frequencies were heard - the bass and midrange frequencies would be turned off completely. In audio processing, equalization (EQ) is the process of modifying the frequency envelope of a sound. ... Treble is a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system, as opposed to the bass, the lower or grave part. ...

Boon is responsible for the writing and composition of the Minutemen's most anthemic songs, including This Ain't No Picnic, Corona, The Price Of Paradise, and Courage. A lifelong artist, Boon also created drawings or paintings for the Minutemen releases Joy, The Punch Line, What Makes a Man Start Fires?, The Politics of Time, Project: Mersh and 3-Way Tie (For Last). This Aint No Picnic is a song by influential punk/alternative band The Minutemen. ... The corona is the luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but also observable in a coronagraph. ... Joy is a three-song seven-inch EP by The Minutemen. ... The Punch Line is the first full-length album and third record release by influential punk/alternative trio The Minutemen, and the fourth-ever release from SST Records. ... What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second full-length album and fifth release overall by influential punk/alternative power trio The Minutemen. ... The Politics of Time is the seventh overall release, third album-length release, and first compilation by influential punk/alternative trio The Minutemen. ... 3-Way Tie (For Last) was the fourth and final full-length album recorded by The Minutemen. ...

The Minutemen continued until December 22, 1985, when Boon was killed in a van accident in Tucson, Arizona. Because he had been sick with a fever, Boon was lying down in the rear of the van without a seatbelt when the van ran off the road. Boon was thrown out the back door of the van and died instantly from a broken neck. He was only twenty-seven years old, an age at which many other singers (such as Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, etc.) had died. The band immediately dissolved, though Watt and Hurley would form the band fIREHOSE soon after. The live album Ballot Result was released in 1987, two years after Boon's death. December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Official website: http://www. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ... For other people named James or Jim Morrison, see James Morrison James Douglas Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was a singer, songwriter, writer, and poet. ... Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously released live album In Concert Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and cultural icon. ... Indoor firehose A firehose is a thick, high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. ... Ballot Result is a posthumous live compilation album by The Minutemen. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From the first fIREHOSE album up to the present, Mike Watt has dedicated every record he has worked on - be it fIREHOSE, solo, or otherwise - to D. Boon's memory.

In 2003, former D. Boon roommate Richard Derrick released the CD D. Boon And Friends, a collection of jam session tapes he did with D. Boon, and rare Boon solo performances, as the first release on his Box-O-Plenty Records label. Mike Watt authorized the release and provided technical assistance and liner notes. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Derrick was born in Torrance, California in 1961, and is a lifelong resident of nearby San Pedro. ... D. Boon And Friends is a CD compiling various jam session and live recordings featuring the late Minutemen guitarist and frontman D. Boon. ... [Box-O-Plenty Records] was started by Richard Derrick, a musician based in San Pedro, California, in 2003. ...

He is number 89 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[1] The Rolling Stone logo, designed by Rick Griffin. ...

References

• Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (USA: Little Brown, 2001).