Related Research Articles
Dennes Dale Boon was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Boon was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the American punk rock trio Minutemen. In 1985, he died in a van crash at the age of 27.
George Hurley is a drummer noted for his work with Minutemen and fIREHOSE.
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by American punk trio Minutemen, released on the California independent record label SST Records in 1984. A double album containing 45 songs, Double Nickels on the Dime combines elements of punk rock, funk, country, spoken word and jazz, and references a variety of themes, from the Vietnam War and racism in America, to working-class experience and linguistics.
Joy is a three-song seven-inch EP by American hardcore punk band Minutemen. Recorded not long after the release of their first EP Paranoid Time, it was the first release that Minutemen had issued on their own New Alliance Records label in 1981. Their first full-length album The Punch Line hit record store shelves three months after the release of Joy although Joy was recorded after The Punch Line.
The Punch Line is the first 12-inch studio album and third overall release by American punk rock band Minutemen, and the fourth-ever release from SST Records. After their previous release, Paranoid Time, sold out its 300-copy pressing, Greg Ginn invited the band to record another album. Less than half the length of most LPs, the total playing time for all 18 songs is a mere 15 minutes. The album was an early milestone release for the band and SST. The Punch Line hit record store shelves three months after the release of Joy although Joy was recorded after The Punch Line.
Bean-Spill is the third extended-play single and fourth release overall by American hardcore punk band Minutemen.
What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second full-length album and fifth release overall by influential American punk rock band Minutemen.
The Politics of Time is the seventh overall release, third album-length release, and first compilation by American hardcore punk band the Minutemen.
Frank Tonche was the original drummer for The Minutemen.
Martin Tamburovich was the co-founder of New Alliance Records and vocalist for the short-lived punk/new wave band The Reactionaries. Tamburovich, along with his San Pedro High School classmates D. Boon, Mike Watt, and George Hurley, formed the band in 1978; they disbanded a year later. Boon and Watt then formed Minutemen, and Hurley joined them soon after, but Tamburovich would continue to collaborate with his former band members. Since then, he played with such bands as The Slivers and later The Plebs. He resided near San Francisco and still kept in touch with the surviving members of The Reactionaries.
Joe Carducci is an American writer, record producer, and former A&R executive, formerly most closely associated with the influential record label SST Records.
Saccharine Trust is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza. The band would frequently perform with SST labelmates Minutemen and Black Flag. However, Baiza described Saccharine Trust as the "black sheep" of the SST roster. Drummer Rob Holzman appeared on their 1981 debut Paganicons but left the band to play in Slovenly, replaced by drummer Tony Cicero. After a ten-year hiatus circa 1986 to 1996, the band re-formed and began performing around the West Coast.
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 tragic 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 presentation—while their eclectic and experimental attitude was instrumental in pioneering alternative rock and post-hardcore.
Paganicons is the debut EP of post-hardcore band Saccharine Trust, released on December 10, 1981 through SST.
Earl Liberty is best known for being the bass player for Saccharine Trust from 1980–82, playing on the South Bay/San Pedro-based band's 1981 debut album, Paganicons, and participating in touring with SST labelmates Black Flag. His stage name was coined when Minutemen's D. Boon declared "Jesus Christ, you're fucking huge! You're as big as the Statue of Liberty!" which was then wedded to his earlier nickname of "Earl."
Joaquin "Jack" Brewer is an American musician known as the singer and lyricist for the Los Angeles post-hardcore band Saccharine Trust which he cofounded with guitarist Joe Baiza.
A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977-1985 is a non-fiction oral history of the San Pedro punk scene of the late 70s to the mid-1980s. Authored by Craig Ibarra, the book consists of 70+ interviews with band members, photographers, and punk fans.
Craig Ibarra is an American author and show promoter, and co-owner of the record label Water Under the Bridge Records. Ibarra is the author of A Wailing of a Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977–1985, a non-fiction oral history of the San Pedro punk scene of the late 70s to the mid-1980s. The book was self-published by Ibarra's publishing house, END FWY Press.
Mood of Defiance was an American punk rock band from San Pedro, California. Dave Markey described their music as "very atypical for Southern California hardcore—almost psychedelic, but still really aggressive."
New Underground Records was an American independent record label founded by Danny Phillips and Gary Kail. Phillips and Kail were influenced by D. Boon and Mike Watt's New Alliance Records label and decided to create their own to promote bands they knew. Alongside New Alliance, New Underground was one of the first DIY labels in the South Bay punk scene of the 1980s.
References
- 1 2 Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977–1985 . END FWY. pp. 32–38. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2.
- ↑ Gnerre, Same (December 19, 2015). "30 years later, D. Boon of the Minutemen remains a San Pedro legend". Daily Breeze . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- ↑ Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977–1985 . END FWY. pp. 85–87. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2.
- ↑ Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977–1985 . END FWY. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2.
- ↑ Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977–1985 . END FWY. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2.
- ↑ Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977–1985 . END FWY. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2.
- 1 2 Margasak, Peter (March 15, 2010). "Pre-Minutemen Foursome the Reactionaries Surface on Vinyl". Chicago Reader . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
