Band Name: Minutemen
Music Album: "My First Bells" 1980-83
Album Release Date: April 1986
Music Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: SST Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 62 Tracks Cassette
The Minutemen were a band from San Pedro, California, formed in 1980 by childhood friends Dennes "D." Boon (vocals, guitar) and Mike Watt (bass, vocals) following the break-up of their previous band, The Reactionaries. Although technically considered a punk rock band, the group frequently added elements of funk and jazz into their songs and would also incorporate classic rock covers into their records and live sets, most notably covering Steely Dan, Van Halen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Blue Öyster Cult (the latter two were huge influences on a young Boon and Watt). The band was known for the brevity of their songs, freeing them from solos, choruses, breakdowns, and fade-outs. Also, D. Boon was known for his very trebly guitar tone, believing in a "democratic" sound, in which all instruments would (...)
| Paranoid Time | |
| A1 | Validation |
| A2 | The Maze |
| A3 | Definitions |
| A4 | Sickles And Hammers |
| A5 | Fascist |
| A6 | Joe McCarthy's Ghost |
| A7 | Paranoid Chant |
| Cracks In The Sidewalk | |
| A8 | 9:30 May 2 |
| Chunks | |
| A9 | Clocks |
| Joy | |
| A10 | Joy |
| A11 | Black Sheep |
| A12 | More Joy |
| The Punch Line | |
| A13 | Search |
| A14 | Tension |
| A15 | Games |
| A16 | Boiling |
| A17 | Disguises |
| A18 | The Struggle |
| A19 | Monuments |
| A20 | Ruins |
| A21 | Issued |
| A22 | The Punch Line |
| A23 | Song For El Salvador |
| A24 | History Lesson |
| A25 | Fanatics |
| A26 | No Parade |
| A27 | Straight Jacket |
| A28 | Gravity |
| A29 | Warfare |
| A30 | Static |
| Bean-Spill EP | |
| A31 | Split Red |
| A32 | If Reagan Played Disco |
| A33 | Case Closed |
| A34 | Afternoons |
| A35 | Futurism Restated |
| Life Is Beautiful, So Why Not Eat Health Foods? | |
| A36 | Prelude |
| What Makes A Man Start Fires? | |
| B1 | Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs |
| B2 | One Chapter In The Book |
| B3 | Fake Contest |
| B4 | Beacon Sighted Through Fog |
| B5 | Mutiny In Jonestown |
| B6 | East Wind/Faith |
| B7 | Pure Joy |
| B8 | '99 |
| B9 | The Anchor |
| B10 | Sell Or Be Sold |
| B11 | The Only Minority |
| B12 | Split Red |
| B13 | Colors |
| B14 | Plight |
| B16 | The Tin Roof |
| B17 | Life As A Rehearsal |
| B15 | This Road |
| B18 | Polarity |
| Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat | |
| B19 | Self-Referenced |
| B20 | Cut |
| B21 | Dream Told By Moto |
| B22 | Dreams Are Free, Motherfucker! |
| B23 | The Toe Jam |
| B24 | I Felt Like A Gringo |
| B25 | The Product |
| B26 | Little Man With A Gun In His Hand |
Cassette only release. Compilation of EPs, LPs, and compilation tracks from 1980-1983.
Previously released as:
A1-A7 Paranoid Time SST Records SST-002 (Dec. '80)
A8 Cracks In The Sidewalk New Alliance Records NAR-001 (Nov. '80)
A9 Chunks New Alliance Records NAR-003 (Jul. '81)
A10-A12 Joy New Alliance Records NAR-004 (Aug .'81)
A13-A30 The Punch Line SST Records SST-004 (Nov. '81)
A31-A35 "Bean-Spill" E. P. Thermidor Records T-8
A36 Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods? New Underground Records – NU-44
B1-B18 What Makes A Man Start Fires? SST Records, SST-014 (Jan. '83)
B19-B26 Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat SST Records SST-016 (Aug. '83)
All song are published by New Alliance Music (BMI) except "Little Man With A Gun In His Hand" Cesstone/New Alliance Music (BMI) & "Prelude" Lupis Music, Ltd. (BMI) ℗ 1984 SST Records
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