Start your own band, paint your own picture, write your own book.
— Mike Watt - David Rees: What Would D. Boon Do?
The Minutemen’s catalytic philosophy—that “punk is whatever we make it to be,” that any group of kids could pick up instruments and make artistic, innovative, impossible music without worrying about cliques, categories, or condemnation; even working-class kids from San Pedro like Boon and Watt—is the greatest band philosophy of all time.
— David Rees: What Would D. Boon Do?
The Minutemen - WE JAM ECONO - History Lesson Part II (live performance from documentary)
The quality here stinks but I think this performance is also on We Jam Econo, the FREAKING EXCELLENT Minutemen documentary.
Seriously.
I cried.
And learned the button for camera angle actually does something (on this DVD!).
The Minutemen - The Tour - (Live - March 1, 1985)
SST Records
Live at The Stone in San Francisco
- “Corona”
- “Beacon Sighted Through Fog”
- “The Only Minority”
- “Badges”
- “The Cheerleaders”
- “Lost” (Meat Puppets cover)
