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The polka-tinged “Corona,” later immortalized as the theme song to MTV’s Jackass, is a protest song reflecting on poverty informed by a trip the band took to Mexico. “This Ain’t No Picnic” saw D. Boon venting his frustrations on the prejudice of the working class, detailing an incident where a boss at his auto parts job refused to ...
Nov 14, 2016 · That’s why the Minutemen, after Georgie stops writing songs, after Double Nickels On The Dime, the band changes. The last two records, Project Mersh and 3-Way Tie (For Last) , are really, in my opinion, lamer records.
Sep 18, 2014 · At the risk of being overly reductive, if you’re wondering who wrote a song in The Minutemen, the anthems were usually D., the poetics were usually Mike, and Georgie’s lyrical contributions fell somewhere between, though probably closer to Watt.
May 12, 2015 · Taking this as a challenge, the band spent the next couple of months writing enough music to fill out their own double—and given that the average Minutemen song back then ran about 90...
Jan 10, 2013 · The Minutemen, thirty years before file sharing and mp3s, envisioned a business model that seems to be just as relevant today as then: keep expenses low and tour – a lot. When they released their 1984 45 song masterpiece Double Nickels on the Dime, the band played 57 shows in 63 days. They hauled their own equipment, conducted their own sound ...
Nov 13, 2016 · The Minutemen’s classic double album is unlike any punk record, or double album, before or since. It is a compact explosion of ideas and a prism for the energies coursing through the ’80s ...
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The remaining Minutemen (Mike and drummer George Hurley) morphed into fIREHOSE for a while, but Mike has also had a successful solo career, working his bass into the sound of too many musical...
