Band Name: Minutemen
Music Album: The Punch Line
Album Release Date: January 1970
Music Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: SST Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 18 Tracks Vinyl Album 12" Reissue Remastered
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 (...)
| A1 | Search | 0:54 |
| A2 | Tension | 1:20 |
| A3 | Games | 1:04 |
| A4 | Boiling | 0:58 |
| A5 | Disguises | 0:48 |
| A6 | The Struggle | 0:42 |
| A7 | Monuments | 0:52 |
| A8 | Ruins | 0:49 |
| A9 | Issued | 0:41 |
| B1 | The Punch Line | 0:41 |
| B2 | Song For El Salvador | 0:32 |
| B3 | History Lesson | 0:38 |
| B4 | Fanatics | 0:31 |
| B5 | No Parade | 0:52 |
| B6 | Straight Jacket | 1:00 |
| B7 | Gravity | 0:57 |
| B8 | Warfare | 0:55 |
| B9 | Static | 0:52 |
Recorded at Media Art in Hermosa Beach, California.
©1981 New Alliance Music (BMI)
℗1981 SST Records
Includes "Fundamentals Of Design" insert.
Mastered as 18 separate cuts rather than 7 as on the original release.
SST catalog number and lacquer cutting engineer and studios are half covered by labels.
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