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Minutemen – History Lesson - Part II
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Biography
San Pedro, California, United States (1980 – 1985)
The group played funk influenced punk rock music in the early 1980s never finding (or even seeking) much mainstream success, but influencing many subsequent musicians. The group ended when Boon died in an automobile accident in Arizona in December 1985.
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They were influenced heavily by bands such as Wire, Gang of Four, The Pop Group, The Urinals and also funk bands of the late ’60s and ’70s were an important influence. 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.
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”.
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D Boon forever.
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Happy Birthday D. Boon.
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No other fat guy can move onstage like D Boon.
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mint innit m8s
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great, great band
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sorry but i know plenty austuralians who only know who the band is from the bafamous televiison show s https://soundcloud.com/dharnyk/lime-green-saint-valentines
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cool as hell.
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iamholgerczukay
Fucking corndogs.
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flowersonthewal
inspired by the lovely minutemen :) http://ryanfrailich.bandcamp.com/track/you-fell-into-my-grave
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Led_Zayatts
So this is where NoMeansNo got their ideas from?
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Mechayoshi
Burned-out wreck spotted on the beach A symbol of my life how can I believe in books When by heart lies to me?
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HeroinVelvet
Mike Watt is out of this world.
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gummishark
minute men spoken word piece - Liberal Man meets Conservative Man Conservative Man wears his myth on his skin Liberal Man has to explain his and keeps his shirt all buttoned up Conservative Man greets Liberal Man with a well-rehearsed cold stare Liberal Man replies by issuing forth horseshit Conservative Man retaliates by taking the concrete reality of the situation and lodging it,like a wedge,right between both sides of Liberal Man's brain Liberal Man is caught off gaurd by this apparent non-abstraction There is one full minute of confusion Liberal Man becomes Conservative Man Conservative Man becomes Liberal Man War is declared Liberal Man cheats by calling in reinforcements Conservative Man is set upon by a mob and murdered Said mob then turns on Liberal Man and he dies a broken man
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no one,janes addiction stole the riff on pigs in zen.wtf
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more than just a band
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coolest dudes ever
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