The Minutemen
The Minutemen, 1983: L to R: D. Boon, George Hurley, Mike Watt
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Country	San Pedro, California, USA
Years active	1980–1985
Genre(s)	Punk/Alternative
Label(s)	SST Records
Members	D. Boon Mike Watt George Hurley
Past members	Frank Tonche (early 1980)

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They recorded in the late 1970s and early 1980s, never finding (or even seeking) much mainstream success, but influencing many subsequent musicians. The group ended when Boon died in a car accident in December 1985. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989, however in a pop cultural sense The Eighties sometimes includes at least some aspects of 1979 and 1990, or more or less the era between the end of the Disco era of the 1970s and... This article is about the year. ...

Influences and creativity

They were influenced heavily by bands such as Wire, The Pop Group, and The Urinals, and nearly all of their early songs had unusual structures and were less than a minute long — even later when the Minutemen's music became slightly more conventional, their songs rarely passed the three-minute mark. Though somewhat influenced by the speed, brevity and intensity of hardcore punk, the Minutemen are generally not classificed in the genre. Wire is a British punk/experimental rock band formed in 1976 by Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), Colin Newman (vocals, guitar) and Robert Gotobed (drums). ... The Pop Group were a post-punk band from Bristol, United Kingdom whose uncompromising, dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz and dub reggae. ... The Urinals were a three-piece punk rock band formed in 1978 in Los Angeles. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ...

Boon and Watt split songwriting fairly evenly (and Hurley made many contributions as well), though Watt rarely sang, and Hurley even less so. Boon's songs were typically more direct and progressively political in nature, while Watt's were often abstract, self-referential "spiels". Lyrics and themes would thus often veer from surreal humor, as in "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs" and "One Reporter's Opinion", to the frustrations of blue collar life in California, as in the enduring "This Ain't No Picnic". While many contemporaries displayed a sense of humor, the Minutemen were generally more light-hearted and whimsical. One example of this can be found in the title of their legendary album Double Nickels on the Dime, which poked fun at Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55" by implying that the Minutemen preferred to take risks with their music rather than behind the wheel of a car. Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet. ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... This Aint No Picnic is a song by influential punk/alternative band The Minutemen. ... Double Nickels on the Dime is an album recorded by The Minutemen on the SST label in 1984. ... Hagar performing live in his classic red color scheme Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California), better known as Sammy Hagar, is a U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and composer. ...

The Minutemen were fans of Captain Beefheart, and echoes of his distinctive music can be heard in their songs, especially their early output. Through most of their career they ignored standard verse-chorus-verse song structures, in favor of experimenting with musical dynamics, rhythm and noise. Later in their career they blended in more traditional song elements they had initially avoided. They also played covers of classic rock songs by bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steely Dan and Blue Öyster Cult. Their covers were done out of appreciation for those bands' work rather than to be ironic, thereby diverging dramatically from hardcore punk orthodoxy of the 1980s. Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941 in Glendale, California), is a musician and painter, best known under the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... Creedence Clearwater Revival album cover Creedence Clearwater Revival, frequently referred to as CCR (or by older generations, simply Creedence) was the name of an American rock band, fronted by John Fogerty. ... Walter Becker (left) and Donald Fagen accepting the Grammy Award for the album Two Against Nature (2000) Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band based around musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Blue Öyster Cult is a psychedelic/heavy metal band probably best known for two songs: their 1976 single (Dont Fear) The Reaper from the album Agents of Fortune and their 1981 single Burnin For You from the album Fire of Unknown Origin. ... Adolf Hitler: layered visual irony? Irony is a form of expression in which an implicit meaning is concealed or contradicted by the explicit meaning of the expression. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ...

History

They originally called themselves The Reactionaries, with additional band member and singer Martin Tamburovich. According to Watt, the name came from a Mao Tse-Tung quote about how all reactionaries are actually "paper tigers". After the Reactionaries disbanded, Boon and Watt formed The Minutemen in January of 1980; the band's name was derived partly because of the fabled minutemen militia of colonial times, and partly to take the name back from a right-wing reactionary group of the 1960s that used to harass figures like Angela Davis through the mail. After a month with no drummer — during which Boon and Watt wrote the first batch of tunes, the band rehearsed and played a couple of early gigs with local welder Frank Tonche on drums. The group originally wanted George Hurley to join, but he had joined a new wave band after the Reactionaries disbanded. Tonche quit the group, citing a dislike of the audience the band initially drew, and Hurley took over the drum seat in June of 1980. (Rehearsal recordings with Tonche on drums later appeared as the posthumous EP Georgeless in 1987.) The Reactionaries, 1978. ... Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893—September 9, 1976) was the chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1935 until his death. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Lexington Minuteman representing John Parker Minutemen is a name given to members of the militia of the American Colonies, who would be ready for battle in a minutes notice. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an African American radical activist and member of the Black Panther Party, primarily working for racial and gender equity and for prison abolition. ... Frank Tonche was the original drummer for The Minutemen. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Greg Ginn of Black Flag and SST Records produced the Minutemen's first 7" EP, Paranoid Time, which solidified their eclectic style. At first, they completely avoided guitar solos, choruses, and fade-outs. Later, they were known for hybridizing punk rock with forms of jazz, funk, acid rock, and R&B in novel ways, perhaps best exemplified on 1984's double-album, Double Nickels on the Dime. This paved the way for later bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers. Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. ... Black Flags logo, often found spraypainted in various places in L.A. in the 1980s Black Flag was a hardcore punk group formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ... An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Rhythm and blues (or R&B) was coined as a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine, used to designate upbeat popular music performed by African American artists that combined jazz and blues. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Double Nickels on the Dime is an album recorded by The Minutemen on the SST label in 1984. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Californian rock band who have combined aspects of funk and hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneering funk metal. ...

The group's early recordings (up until their 1985 12" EP Project: Mersh) were recorded as "econo" (Pedro slang for inexpensive, short for "economic") as possible - the group would book studio time after midnight at cut rates, rehearse the songs prior to going into the studio, record on less expensive used tape, and record the songs in the order they intended to have them on the record rather than waste time editing the master tape during the sequencing phase. This article is about the year. ... An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ...

Several Minutemen album sleeves and covers, such as the Paranoid Time EP and What Makes a Man Start Fires? LP and the inner gatefold jacket for Double Nickels, feature drawings by noted artist Raymond Pettibon, who was at the time associated with the SST label, providing sleeves for Black Flag. Other album covers, like on The Punch Line and 3-Way Tie For Last, featured paintings by D. Boon. Raymond Pettibon (born 1957) is an artist known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous captions. ... Black Flag can refer to: Black Flag was a punk rock band. ... 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. ...

On Double Nickels, they co-wrote some songs with other musicians, notably Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski and Joe Baiza. Surviving members Watt and George Hurley (drums) later played in fIREHOSE and have had solo projects since the Minutemen disbanded. Watt has done three acclaimed solo albums, toured briefly as a member of Porno for Pyros in 1996 and J Mascis and The Fog in 2000 and 2001, and became the bassist for the reformed Iggy Pop & The Stooges in 2003. George Hurley has produced work with Mayo Thompson and The Red Krayola (Red Crayola), further indulging the free-form and off-the-wall leanings showcased on Double Nickels. Henry Rollins Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961) is an American rock music singer and songwriter; hes also been active as a storyteller, author, actor and poet. ... Chuck Dukowski is the stage name of Gary McDaniel (Febuary 1, 1954) He was a founding member and original bass player for Black Flag. ... 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. ... Porno for Pyros is a US musical group and was Perry Farrells and Stephen Perkins next project after their former band Janes Addiction. ... See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 16 - Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffetts seaplane, mistaking it for a drug traffickers plane. ... See also: 1999 in music, 2000 in music (UK), other events of 2000, 2001 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music // Events John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues January 1 - Hum disbands. ... Not to be confused with The Three Stooges. ... See also: 2002 in music, 2003 in music (UK), other events of 2003, 2004 in music, list of years in music, 2000s in music // Events January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500... As the brains behind the band Red Crayola (Krayola) Mayo Thompson is also known for one solo work of particular importance, Corkys Debt to His Father. ... The Red Crayola was a psychedelic, avant-garde rock band from Houston, Texas, formed by art students in the late 1960s and led by singer/guitarist and visual artist Mayo Thompson. ...

Legacy

From 1999 until the show's cancellation, an instrumental version of the Minutemen's song "Corona" (off Double Nickels) was the theme song of the MTV television show Jackass. 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Corona is a song by American punk/alternative trio The Minutemen, which was composed by the bands lead singer and guitarist D. Boon. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Jackass is a half-hour television series, originally shown on MTV and first produced in 1999 in which a group of grown men do various humiliating, dangerous and/or ridiculous stunts for fun. ...

In 2000 Watt, as administrator of the Minutemen's publishing, allowed the auto maker Volvo to use the D. Boon instrumental "Love Dance" (from Double Nickels...) in a car ad. Watt's motivation for licensing the song was actually generosity rather than greed, as Boon's royalties at the time were being paid to his father, who was suffering from emphysema; Watt simply refers to the decision as a way for D. Boon to help his father from beyond the grave. This article is about the year 2000. ... AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a Swedish world leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ...

George Hurley (behind drum kit) and Mike Watt performing Minutemen songs as a guitarless duet, Los Angeles, 2001.

Since 2001 Watt and Hurley have done occasional gigs, mainly in the L.A. area except for two December 2004 shows in England, playing Minutemen songs as a duet with no guitarist. At some of these gigs, Watt would set up one of D. Boon's old guitars and amps on the side of the stage where Boon used to stand. Rather than cheapen or "vampire" the Minutemen name, these performances, at Watt's insistence, are to be billed strictly as "George Hurley and Mike Watt". They are also now involved in an improvisational music group, Unknown Instructors, with members of Saccharine Trust and Pere Ubu. Image File history File links George Hurley and Mike Watt performing Minutemen songs as a duet without a guitarist, The El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2001. ... Image File history File links George Hurley and Mike Watt performing Minutemen songs as a duet without a guitarist, The El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2001. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Hurley (behind drum kit) and Mike Watt, Camber Sands, England, 2004. ... Front cover of the first Unknown Instructors album, The Way Things Work. The Unknown Instructors are an all-star improvisational rock outfit that features the former rhythm section of The Minutemen and fIREHOSE, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley; Saccharine Trust members, guitarist Joe Baiza and vocalist Jack Brewer... Pere Ubu are an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. ...

The group's career is chronicled in the book Our Band Could Be Your Life, a study of several important American underground rock groups whose title is taken from the lyrics to the Double Nickels track "History Lesson Pt.2"; and the film We Jam Econo — The Story of the Minutemen, which charts the band's history through interviews with Watt, Hurley, Henry Rollins, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and other California punk rock contemporaries (Billboard Review). The film premiered at the Warner Grand Theatre in the Minutemen's hometown of San Pedro in February 2005. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad (ISBN 0-316-78753-1). ... Underground rock is a term sometimes used to describe forms of rock and roll music which have little or no mainstream appeal, visibility or commercial presence. ... Michael Balzary aka Flea Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary on October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia) is the bassist for the alternative funk band Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... The Warner Grand Theatre is an art-deco theater which opened to the public on January 20, 1931. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief Upcoming events • March 11: Red Nose Day 2005 in the UK. Deaths in February • 26 – Jef Raskin • 25 – Hugh Nibley • 25 – Peter Benenson • 21...

In 2003, Watt released his own book on the Minutemen, Spiels of a Minuteman, which contains all of Watt's song lyrics from the Minutemen era as well as the tour journal he wrote during the Minutemen's only European tour with Black Flag, essays by former SST co-owner Joe Carducci, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Blue Öyster Cult lyricist and longtime Watt hero Richard Meltzer, and illustrations by Raymond Pettibon that had been used in all of the Minutemen's album artwork. The book, released by Quebec-based publisher L'ole De Cravan, is published in both English and French. 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (July 25, 1958 – ) is an American musician, probably best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Blue Öyster Cult is a psychedelic/heavy metal band probably best known for two songs: their 1976 single (Dont Fear) The Reaper from the album Agents of Fortune and their 1981 single Burnin For You from the album Fire of Unknown Origin. ... Richard Meltzer was one of the earliest rock music critics. ... Raymond Pettibon (born 1957) is an artist known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous captions. ... The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The Minutemen track "Sickles and Hammers" (from Paranoid Time) was covered by Sebadoh on 1991's Sebadoh III. Paranoid Time is the first EP, and first ever recording, by influential punk/alternative rock band The Minutemen. ... Sebadoh were an indie-rock band formed in Massachusetts by former Dinosaur Jr. ...

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Sublime sampled "History Lesson Part II" from Double Nickels... as part of their song "Waiting For My Ruca" in 1992. Watt repaid this salute by appearing in Sublime's video for "Wrong Way" in 1996. Sublime also sampled George Hurley's drum intro from "It's Expected I'm Gone" for their "Get Out! (remix)" on their posthumous release "Second Hand Smoke." On their eponymous debut LP, San Diego-based indie rockers Pinback also used the same drum loop from "It's Expected I'm Gone"; in his honor, the band named the track "Hurley." Sublime was a garage punk, ska band from Long Beach, California, playing a mix of reggae and dub, ska, punk, and hip hop. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Rob Crow and Zach Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego. ...

Discography

(all on SST Records except where noted)

Albums

• The Punch Line (1981)
• What Makes a Man Start Fires? (1983)
• Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
• 3-Way Tie (For Last) (1985)
• Ballot Result (1986, live)

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. ... Double Nickels on the Dime is an album recorded by The Minutemen on the SST label in 1984. ... Ballot Result is a posthumous live compilation album by The Minutemen. ...

45s/EPs

• Paranoid Time (1980)
• Joy (1981, New Alliance; reissued 1987 by SST)
• Bean-Spill (1982, Thermidor)
• Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat (1983)
• Tour-Spiel (1984, Reflex)
• Project: Mersh (1985)
• Minuteflag (1985, collaboration with members of Black Flag)
• Georgeless E.P. (1993, Forced Exposure, Authorized free download available)

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Compilations

• The Politics of Time (1984, New Alliance — outtakes and unreleased material; reissued 1987 by SST)
• My First Bells (1984, cassette)
• Post-Mersh Vol. 1 (1987)
• Post-Mersh Vol. 2 (1987)
• Post-Mersh Vol. 3 (1989)
• Introducing the Minutemen (1998)
• D. Boon and Friends (2003, Box-O-Plenty. The Minutemen are featured only on six songs on this CD, in a 1985 gig with a substitute drummer. Various living room jams and Boon solo live appearances make up the bulk of the CD.)

The Politics of Time is the seventh overall release, third album-length release, and first compilation by influential punk/alternative trio The Minutemen. ... D. Boon And Friends is a CD compiling various jam session and live recordings featuring the late Minutemen guitarist and frontman D. Boon. ...

Bootlegs

• Jonathan L. Presents The Incredible Minutemen Live But . . . just a Minute Men, You Forgot To Tell Them It Was exclusively Recorded By and For The Virgin Vinyl Show - 96 Rock, KLPX, Tucson (LP) (1985)
• Jam "Schtik" To Do For Gigs (LP) (1988)
• Live In 1985: Acoustic Blowout (VHS video) (1999)
• Acoustic Blowout (CD, different show than above video) (1999)
• Live At Flynn's Ocean 71 (CD) (2005)

Music videos

• "This Ain't No Picnic" (from Double Nickels on the Dime, 1984)
• "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (from Double Nickels on the Dime, 1984)
• "King Of The Hill" (from Project: Mersh, 1985)
• "Ack Ack Ack" (from 3-Way Tie for Last, 1985)

Further reading

• Joe Carducci, Rock and the Pop Narcotic (Los Angeles: 2.13.61, 1993).
• Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (USA: Little Brown, 2001).
• Mike Watt, Spiels of a Minuteman (Quebec, Canada: L'ole De Cravan, 2003)

External links

• Mike Watt's Hoot Page (contains a lot of Minutemen information as well as Watt's other projects)
• Minutemen Live Music Archive
• Corndogs.org - Various Minutemen and other Watt-related rare recordings