How the Minutemen changed punk music

No idea why I wanted to call everyone Mike in this video

"double nickels on the dime" absolutely CLASSIC

"Meat Puppies" LOL. Minutemen were a great band - thanks for the video. I saw them on their tour with Black Flag and the Stains from ELA at the 10th Street Hall in SF (still there - still a church) Most of us hardcore punk kids loved the Minutemen and they really opened our ears to nonstandard ways of musical thinking. RIP D.BOON but not General George A Custer. I still sometime 'sing' the 2 verses to their classic song Punch Line out loud in public much to the embarrassment of my family.

The Minutemen were special, one of my favorite bands of all time. The documentary We Jam Econo is a really good summation of the band and it's history, with a number of notable interviews.

Saw their last show ever (Charlotte NC/REM tour) D Boon died just a few weeks later. I saw Firehose a few years later and had the opportunity to meet Mike Watt. He confirmed that was in fact the minutemen’s last show. Thanks for this video, they deserve to be remembered! Plus…George Hurley is one the best drummers ever. Criminally underrated!

I just met Watt last year on tour, he's very cool and happy to talk with fans, best documentary of the Minutemen is called " We jam econo"

Thank you for doing this, RIP D. Boon, Minutemen forever! ✌

In 1982 I worked at the same place as D Boon and someone told him I played Guitar and he asked me. " Auto, do you play guitar? " and I said " well, I'm just starting but it's a struggle for me right now, I don't know if I can do it." at lunch time he pulled a blue note pad out, wrote D Boon then his phone number. and he said "call me wednesday or tuesday around 10 AM and you can come over and I'll show you some exercises that will help allot." But I was a lazy teen and I'll regret to the here-after not taking him up on that. The only reason I still play Guitar now is the Guitarist from Pennywise "Fletcher" (who lived up the street from me) asked me the same thing in 83 And I told him the same thing I told D Boon and he said " Dude, anybody can play guitar." He came over to my house and showed me bar cords and how to integrate them with scales etc.

So glad you did this one The Minutemen are my favorite punk band ever there is a really good documentary about The Minutemen that anybody interested should check out

I met the Minutemen in Minneapolis when they were on tour in 84. Just the nicest most generous guys you’d ever meet. Martin was there too!

Thanks for doing this video about The Minutemen. I am from L.A. and graduated high school in 1983. I went to school with a couple of guys who played in Suicidal Tendencies. I was always a fan of the Minutemen and have a couple of their records. I have a demo 45 rpm that I got from one of the DJs at KXLU radio (Loyola Marymount University) station. One of my friend's mom was the school nurse on campus so we got to cruise around and I also played baseball in a league that used LMU'S baseball field for our games so if the radio station was playing the punk/college radio stuff I'd go and hang out with the DJs and listen to music and I would get some demos a couple of times. Some years later a friend was driving a delivery freight truck and he delivered cases of albums for SST records and he would kick down albums that were extra on his truck. I got to see The Minutemen open for Black Flag and another punk rock show back in high school. They are a big part of punk history in Los Angeles.

I got to see Mike as my birthday present from my dad in October of 2023 at the Spacebar in Columbus with mssv. Mike was adamant about carrying his own gear in, after the show rolling his bass cab out to his van and saying to the person trying to help him load it "it doubles as a walker". When the person trying to help him tried taking it away to load it up he said again, almost punctuating, "It Doubles As A Walker". I knew then he meant what he said. Mike is the epitome of do it yourself to this day. My dad was lucky enough to get Mike's setlist from that show that has his imprint from his Converse after fanboying next to him all night

Minutemen is one of my favorite bands ever, from their music to their politics, they had a huge impact on me (and plenty of others). And one small correction, they're just "Minutemen". Not "the" Minutemen, but otherwise, great video, thanks for making it!

Saw them at Goin Bananas in Richmond, VA…changed my life..4/16/85….punk rock changed my life..

That was great! Thank you for the upload!

I love that you cover important underground bands and explore their histories in depth! Much more interesting than hearing the same classic rock stories I've already heard over and over again. (No hate to those channels tho.) Subbed.

When I was young and discovered the Minutemen it felt like I had unearthed punk with a manifesto. It had brains, heart and direction.

They did a major US tour with Black Flag in 82, which got them instant fans. Also, their live sets were nonstop- every song back to back with no countoffs.

Ned from Spain here to say thank you so much for this. Minutemen were and always will be one of my top 5 favorite bands. I was part of the Punk/Hardcore scene in NYC in the early 1980s and did tour several times in a van full of equipment and people. It broke my brain and heart when D Boon died. As a drummer I loved their music and George's powerful playing. Mike Watt is a bass God too. BTW why didn't you mention Buzz or Howl ?? In any case a great video and solid history lesson of a legendary band.

Thanks for the story! I'll be looking for4ward to more.