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Post-Mersh Vol. 3
The discography for the Minutemen (band), Minutemen, an American punk rock band, includes four studio albums, eight extended plays, one live album and seven compilations. Formed in 1980 by guitarist D. Boon and bassist Mike Watt, the Minutemen (band), Minutemen signed to the Californian independent record label SST Records at their second concert. Their first extended play, ''Paranoid Time'', appeared later that year, followed by the ''Joy (EP), Joy'' EP (on their own label, New Alliance Records) and their first studio album, ''The Punch Line''. The Minutemen continued to release new material throughout 1982 and 1983 to a mostly local audience. In 1984, the band released ''Double Nickels on the Dime'', their only double album and best-selling release. They continued to release more material, including the commercially oriented ''Project Mersh, Project: Mersh'' and ''3-Way Tie (For Last)'', until Boon's untimely death in December 1985. Following the band's breakup, SST Records purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minutemen (band)
Minutemen were an American punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California, in 1980. Composed of guitarist/vocalist D. Boon, bassist/vocalist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley, Minutemen recorded four albums and eight EPs before Boon's death in an automobile accident in 1985; the band broke up shortly thereafter. They were noted in the California punk community for a philosophy of "jamming econo"—a sense of thriftiness reflected in their touring and short, tight songs as well as their eclectic style drawing on hardcore punk, funk, jazz, and other sources. History Formation Minutemen began when D. Boon and Mike Watt met at age 13. Watt was walking through a park in their hometown of San Pedro, California when Boon, playing a game of "army" with other boys, fell out of a tree right next to him and found that his friends, one named Eskimo, must have ditched him. Both boys shared a passion for music; Boon's mother taught D. to play the guitar and suggested Watt learn to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |