10-04-2008, 05:26 PM
FWIW, the Minutemen are pretty far from punk rock, in terms of sound.
They were very DIY & upbeat. You may know their song Corona as the opening theme to Jackass... #19 on Double Nickels.
Take a listen to #20, very catchy. Taped it off college radio in the 80s, and for years didn't know who it was, only that I liked it a lot.
This Ain't No Picnic (#33) got a bit of MTV airplay on 120 Minutes.
Read the reviews at the bottom.
I'm still waiting on Blockbuster to ship me We Jam Econo on DVD.
http://corndogs.org/ has "live and rare audio and video from various Mike Watt incarnations" including Minutemen.
Mike Watt has gone on to fill in for a few years as bassist for Iggy & The Stooges. His site is http://www.hootpage.com/
R.I.P. D. Boon
They were very DIY & upbeat. You may know their song Corona as the opening theme to Jackass... #19 on Double Nickels.
Take a listen to #20, very catchy. Taped it off college radio in the 80s, and for years didn't know who it was, only that I liked it a lot.
This Ain't No Picnic (#33) got a bit of MTV airplay on 120 Minutes.
Read the reviews at the bottom.
I'm still waiting on Blockbuster to ship me We Jam Econo on DVD.
http://corndogs.org/ has "live and rare audio and video from various Mike Watt incarnations" including Minutemen.
Mike Watt has gone on to fill in for a few years as bassist for Iggy & The Stooges. His site is http://www.hootpage.com/
R.I.P. D. Boon