I was a good friend of George's before Minutemen. He taught himself how to play the drums. I remember trolling garage sales with him to find pieces to put his drum set together. He would lock himself in a shed in his backyard and play for hours on end. He was so passionate, I had doubts but he proved me wrong....
Man, losing your soulmate at such a young age and carrying that weight for the majority of your life has to hurt so much. I commend Mike for managing to endure and live econo.
When I lived in Pedro I loved that there was a mural of the Minutemen up on the wall in Trader Joes. But of course THE monument is D. Boon's grave at Green HIlls Cemetery, up the hill in RPV.
Just saw Mike Watt tonight, talked to him about the minutemen… he was so genuine and nice, signed my minutemen album and remembered my name when the show was over. Thankful I got to see him. RIP D Boon.
I was getting the basement ready to paint last week and found a post card from my friend Matt Adams. (It was a post card in name only. If you can put an address and postage on something they'll deliver it) On the front he wrote YOU MISSED DOG AID and told me about a benefit show for sombody's pooch before giving me a rundown on Minutemen. "They are simply the best band in this town. In addition to their own songs they play smokin' versions of Creedence's "Have you ever seen the Rain", "Green River" and "Don't Look Now", BOC's "The Red and the Black" Steppenwolf's "Hey Lawdy Mama." D.Boon is one big man with a monster guitar sound to match, Mike Watt plays jazzy/RB bass all over the place and Georges drums are hit harder than Martin Chamber's" I went out and bought "Three Way Tie' the next day. Thanks Matt, I miss you.
Double Nickels On The Dime is one of the greatest albums of the 80's, period. I am currently on my 6th copy of it...I currently own it on vinyl and CD; one of my other LP's was destroyed in a fire, another LP and a CD were stolen, and my first LP bought in '84 was played to death and worn out... that's how great that album is!
Idk why im commenting. I've seen this 20 times but tonight the D. Boon stuff hit hard. His ideas,lyrics,singular guitar style, it all makes me miss a guy i never knew. I'm in the age bracket that found Minutemen through Firehose. I am a Watt die hard but tonight Boon hit me hard. Tragedy. Anyway ive loved all things Watt since 90 and im an old fuck now but i am definitely gonna jam more Minutemen in the future. Usually ive just stuck with paranoid time and double nickels. Time to get it all. Funny as i was watching this i was thinking how simply derivative and boring alot of the "punk" and hardcore i loved for years realy is and how alot of it has fallen by the wayside for me. I never lost Watt though. Then again since age 13 i was the kid that wasn't a punk but loved punk rock. I read alot of rock journalism all my life and flipside and mrr as well as some lesser known more underground zines but as many records as i got or shows i saw while i was blown away i just could never be into just punk. I think thats why this film resonates with me. I was never against spikes and mohawks or whatever but i always found the most Radical sounds or original art to be made by folks who look like they work everyday at a wharehouse or some blue collar non descript shit. I like alot of people that do the dress up thing i just never felt the urge. Also you know scenes have unwritten rules about how to live and i think thats real fucking opposite of what Punk and early hardcore were about. I think that bleeds through alot of this documentary,and ive always noticed i can get a jam band kid or metal kid into Watt 10 times quicker then the punks ive hung with in the last 30 years. Enough of my yappin. If somebody reads this feel free to hate down below or hopefuly suggest some new music that a guy who loves Slayer, csny, black flag, and Hank Williams. Ice Cube lives with Frank Zappa. The Grateful Dead get as much love from me as The Stooges. Curtis Mayfield lives next to Circle Jerks. I'm gonna stop you get it. Turn me on with new suggestions. RIP D. BOON. A true artist way ahead of his time.
Some might call it yappin but that doesn't change the fact that you're spitting truth... nice to hear someone else sees the trappings of clothing and hairstyles for the surface gloss they are compared to the sincere meat of it, the artistry and the soul that lay deep in the heart of any great music. Cheers!
Try out Jagged Leaves, especially the songs; never been born, city parks, low and wet, and ziplock torsos. Guy named Dan Penta is the man behind this band. He started out in a band called cockroach around 20 years ago, playing many of the same songs he recorded as Jagged Leaves on their album Nightmare Afternoon. Another recommendation is a band called Paw, out of Lawrence Kansas. They were on A&M for 2x albums in early 90s, but also had a minor label release after those and some good live recordings and comparations. Hope you like.
I also got into the Minutemen after getting into firehose first. I saw them play a show at the Green Door in Orange county somewhere back in the late 80's I think after From Ohio came out. There were like 10 people there. It was insulting but it didn't matter. Those guys ripped it up and it was an incredible show. Still listen to both bands. I think they're one of the most original in music history. I don't even know what to call their music. Anyway you asked for recs so figuring you'd be interested in more punk stuff you might like The Men and check out the album Fits by White Denim.
Never got the chance to see my favourite US band live in the UK, but got to meet Mike and George and Ed when they stayed at my house after fIREHOSE supported Sonic Youth in Glasgow. It's was surreal listening to Watt talking to Ed about D Boon, in my fucking kitchen ! Mike Watt is larger than life, and George Hurley is a total gentleman.
@@headfuel I was bootlegging the gig with a Sony Pro Walkman and during the Sonic Youth set I looked to my right and Mike Watt was standing right next to me! So I said “great gig mate” etc etc, and Watt asked me if I knew anyone who could put them up for the night, and fortunately our folks were away for the weekend so they came back to ours! The cool thing is the i’ve got that entire conversation right in the middle of the Sonic Youth tape with them playing on stage!
I traveled up to NYC, for the East Coast “premiere”, movie theater next to Lincoln Center, seemed like a lot of people who would have gone to whatever was playing there, not minutemen fans. That was a good night
I've always found it weird this documentary doesn't talk more about D.Boon and Watt falling out of the fact D.Boon wanted to leave Watt behind and do his own thing.
I loved these guys…and still do. Saw them play live in Madison, Wisconsin and didn’t know their music as well then as I do now..they were just such likable people that I would have gone to see them over and over again.
I've watched this 4 times straight through over the course of a few years and I tear up at the end every time... and I'm also super happy I got to listen to these 3 guys who were destined to come together. It's all perfect and if you are reading this..u are perfect. We are all where we need to be. We all jam econo
Minutemen is one of the greatest punk bands to ever exist. Seriously, I've never been able to relate to a band more than these guys. The fact that they all come from pretty humble upbringings and hardships is what connects me to Minutemen. Plus, their tight musicianship is something so fresh, something I wish more bands had now (And I listen to a lot of modern music too, I'm not those born in the wrong generation kids).
I feel you. My buddy plays guitar and I play bass, and we’ve known each other since grade school. Skateboarding together all the time too. The chemistry is very relatable.
True a lot of the time music documentaries assume the audience know the whole story before hand and show time chronologically but this one is perfect and easy to follow ans never gets boring and the perfect amount of pictures and footage
My first exposure to Watt was in '88 . I was in the Air Force tech school to be a fire fighter and fIREHOSE was playing a show at the University of Illinois. I went because their name related to my job thing. I still have the flier from that show. The 'Side-Mousin' tour 1988
My older brother has shaped my musical passion since I was a little little kid. When I was in kindergarten the song I loved most was "People are Strange" by the Doors. Tonight he told me to watch this video. Thank you David, I love you. David McClure is the coolest man I've ever met and my big brother. I love you man.
I started recently listening to Double Nickels on the Dime while doing my boxing workout. One of the most perfect albums to train to because the Minutemen provide inspiration to keep moving.
have this on DVD. thanks for posting it here so others can see it. it's important. D BOON..love you forever. mike watt & george hurley...love you guys. thanks for everything.
I'd never have guessed Buzz or Howl was recorded the way it was. If I understand correctly, "live to two-track" is basically just recording a live performance, with no mixing and no overdubs? Wow. Songs like "Cut", "The Product", they sound fucking HUGE. The drums on "Cut" sound like they were done in a thousand-dollar-a-day studio. And the dynamics on "Little Man"...Good God. Minutemen prove all you really need to make a great recording is talent.
It's how all the sounds fit together that matters and recording live allows an engineer to take everything into consideration right then and there. That's why a blues recording from 1949 sounds incredible while the layered sounds of Johnny DAW in his bedroom is a confused mess.
D. Boon is my hero, and the Minutemen are my favorite band. They were and are the most unique sounding entity of creativity I’ve ever heard. Their band could be my life, and it is. When I’m writing this, it is December 22, 2019. Today is when D. Boon passed in 1985. Rest In Peace D. Boon.
Yesterday at a local record store I found out a used copy of Mike Watt's Ball-Hog or Thug-Boat and I listened to it carefully. Obviously I knew The Minutement by their masterpiece Double Nickel being also a fan of Beefheart, Pop Group and Gang of Four and I was pushed to search the documentary (I remember discussing about it with other music lovers about two decades ago). Thanks for sharing!
How would you rate that Watt record after spending some time with it? I've never heard any of his solo stuff, but love Double Nickels and What Makes a Man Start Fires, along with enjoying some of fIREHOSE's music that I've heard.
@@johnmatthew8710 I'd rate it 7.5/10 while I'd rate Double Nickel 9/10. It's a great record but tuo much discontinuous... jazzy tunes, some poppish songs, a great 12 minutes cover of Maggot Brain by J Mascis ... it can be also a little bit difficult to follow but I found it intriguing in the end
own this on DVD, highly recommend it, watch it about once a couple of months, drives my wife nuts, but i freakin love it! its like my way of seeing them a hundred times after D Boone's death, they owed me a lot great concerts that never happened, this DVD makes up for it, i guess! saw them open for rem and jason and scorchers as part of their possible last tour as minutemen, in 1990s saw mike watt with eddie veder, mike grohl and the guitarist for foo fighters, Watt Rocked!
I checked this due to Mike's connection with Graham Lewis of Wire. I didn't know anything about the Minutemen. I loved the documentary, and wow, they could really play.
Saw em in 84 Detroit. D sleeping in the van before the show, how can you sleep knowing you have to play? They were playing a lot of songs off Double tho it hadn’t been released yet. Bought a campaign 84 t shirt that was kinda offensive to some folk. So they were playing an all ages show and about two-thirds through their set between songs, this black guy pokes his head through the stage door and scolded everyone in attendance about having to work the next morning. They were almost done anyway. Lastly, George was listed in Rolling Stone as one of the best 100 drummers in the last year or two.
Great band, great guys, representing Pedro and making locals proud. RIP D. Boon. If only you were still alive to share those amazing thoughts and words. The world would still be a shitty place but at least there'd be a little bubble of sanity to turn to.
the Minutemen were great, "remember that time we we're trying to remember, remember?" I still listen to them, SST Records was great back then, Ginn's label I think back then. SST put out some great shit, Black Flag's label, but the Minutemen were the best band on it, I miss those days. I grew up on Motown, Stax, c&w, Stooges, Velvets/Lou, the Kinks, and the Minutemen remain one of my favorite bands.
D. Boon was truly one of a kind. Irreplaceable. A legend. No musician, punk or otherwise, has ever been like him since. The Minutemen are one of the most important bands of all time and their legacy will live on long after all those shitty thrash-and-burn Black Flag ripoffs are forgotten.
Being a So Cal native. What a creative force. Right along side Brian Wilson. Thank you Minutemen for providing so much joy in an otherwise boring as shit LA suburb.
What a great film - thanks for uploading this. Back at the time, I actually never really dug Minutemen that much (it's only really with the Mike Azerrad book that I started to appreciate them more). For me, their sound was always too thin somehow - even though I always loved George's drumming - which stood out as exemplary. My first love was Husker Du - who I thought had a much fuller sound (what with Bob's all-encompassing guitar tone, and the way Spot got that fizzing DI distortion). And of course, and through Grant especially, Du created a great/horrific mixture of abrasive noise and pop sensibility. But I think what marked the Minutemen out perhaps more than anything in hardcore was arguably their moral compass. Which as was noted by some interviewees, was never preachy - and what comes across in hearing Mike Watt speak here is his unaffected outlook. Still fresh even now - perhaps more so than ever, in fact.
I greatly enjoy this documentary ! they were a kick ass band that pushed the envelope and did what they loved. I remember the first time I heard 'Cut' man.. "Cut loose"!!!
I love hearing stories about my old neighborhood and Mike doesn't ever seem to tire of telling them. I used to live on Park western too. The neighborhood is unrecognizable now.
i get teary eyed every time i see that letter henry wrote.. no matter how many times i watch this.. and to hear the raw emotion in mikes voice.. it always gets me all teary eyed..
Mike Watt has to be one of the best bass players I’ve ever heard. I wonder if he’ll ever be recognized for his awesome playin? My friends were into the minutemen but I’m still not. But another friend of mine played firehose for me an I’ve been hooked on firehose ever since. An I don’t know but I’m just starting to watch this now, I might have seen this video before, I can’t remember for sure. But does anybody know if the drummer from minutemen is the same drummer that’s in firehose? Cuz he’s priddy f’n good drummer too!
+jacob johnson well les may be the most technical bass player to walk the earth, althought im not a huge fan, his stuff with bucket head is out of this world reguarding mike watt, theres just something different about him, and all the minuet men.
Mike is the coolest dude! Before and after the show he will actually make himself available to the fans. After a show we were hanging out talking about what we just witnessed and Mike walks up and joins in on the conversation as a music fan himself. It was so comfortable to be around him. Suddenly my buddy and I felt like we were on the right musical path.
I first heard the Minutemen in 1981 on a compilation cassette entitled 'the future looks bright ahead" Then met them when they played Godzillas in Sun Valley, CA.
D..Boon's untimely death was the beginning of the death of underground alternative music. That wonderful spontaneous organic period before the major labels could exploit it. Perhaps one can only grasp if you were living during that time and conscious of it. I listen to 98% of the shat music today (2024) and I can only say.... We miss you D.Boon 😢
So glad I was there to see D Boons brilliance gone way to young RIP many shows all epic memories for numerous reasons my favorite was Sin 34 Johanna Went And The Minutemen at the Whiskey one of my cherished childhood memories another was playing with George Hurley 30 od years later with Kevin Freeze at Dennis McGiverns studio in Pedro . Mike is a solid bass player.Cheers to another band gone way to soon
I've been a fan for years, just found the doc and I'm 15 minutes in. The commentary by Mike at 13:10 about the nature of counter culture is brilliant! Unfortunately the saying is true that history is written by the victor, and counter culture like punk rarely succeeds in that respect. Sure, there are many examples of well documented punk artists, but hearing about the perspective of a punk-listening outsider of the past is very uncommon. Great insight, cant wait to watch the rest of the doc! edit: oh my god these guys are so fucking cool, i knew the music was great but they were so in touch with the essence of the scene! and to me, the essence of the punk scene is the essence of so many people, like the music or not. rip D. Boone, you're a fuckin legend
I was a good friend of George's before Minutemen. He taught himself how to play the drums. I remember trolling garage sales with him to find pieces to put his drum set together. He would lock himself in a shed in his backyard and play for hours on end. He was so passionate, I had doubts but he proved me wrong....
I read he practiced 8 hours a day to learn the drums...was that true?
8 hours a day... For how many months?
@piper q that's a made up story
@@chasegaddis418 what the dude said was true. Hurley literally lived in that shed learning drums
@@chasegaddis418 So is your life.
Never heard of this band. Just listened to double nickels. Instant fan. All 3 guys were so talented.
Their catalogue is all good to great. One of their favorite bands of that era is No Means No from Western Canada.
Welcome aboard. 😀
They're great, listen to fIREHOSE too. A band they formed after the guitarist and singer D Boon died
One of the best albums ever made. Vietnam into Cohesion is one of my favorite pieces of music.
Let's make a band, I'm not joking... U play something? Waiting for the respond. Goodspeed!
Our band could be your life. Real names'd be proof. Me and Mike Watt played for years. Punk rock changed our lives.
RIP D Boon
We were fuckin corndogs.
(Humility at its best)
Man, losing your soulmate at such a young age and carrying that weight for the majority of your life has to hurt so much. I commend Mike for managing to endure and live econo.
dont soulmates usually fuck sometimes
@@dpclerks09 dont grown ups fuck?
Soul mates are not sexual by nature they are sold by nature.
One of the most under appreciated bands in the history of music.
Criminally
There needs to be one of those historical markers at the tree Dee and Mike met at.
total truth! its just "D." tho ;)
When I lived in Pedro I loved that there was a mural of the Minutemen up on the wall in Trader Joes.
But of course THE monument is D. Boon's grave at Green HIlls Cemetery, up the hill in RPV.
Great idea. Let’s get a fund together for a plaque.
‘member you meeting me?
Thatsas gay as it gets
Seriously, has there ever been a more loveable band?
Not many. HORSE the band is one of the few maybe. For a lot of the same reasons as this band
Not many. Descendents is one of those
Somic Youth. Until Thurston turned heel
The answer you seek is "no." They were "us" and we were them. There was no division. Man, I sound like that woman in Spinal Tap.
No😁
George Hurley is just an amazing, intuitive drummer. He is just so “in the pocket”.
It's the hair.
Intuitive, precisely.
When he said “I was quite smitten with him”. That is very sweet, his friend has been gone for a long while now.
Man, that footage of the band playing Fake Contest at Irvine Meadows to a crowd of ten is crazy poignant. I've only ever seen that place packed out.
Just saw Mike Watt tonight, talked to him about the minutemen… he was so genuine and nice, signed my minutemen album and remembered my name when the show was over. Thankful I got to see him. RIP D Boon.
1:11:50 "You don't fight with a stranger the way you fight with someone you love..."
What a great mom.
Amazing mom. She should be considered a role model for mothers.
I was getting the basement ready to paint last week and found a post card from my friend Matt Adams. (It was a post card in name only. If you can put an address and postage on something they'll deliver it) On the front he wrote YOU MISSED DOG AID and told me about a benefit show for sombody's pooch before giving me a rundown on Minutemen. "They are simply the best band in this town. In addition to their own songs they play smokin' versions of Creedence's "Have you ever seen the Rain", "Green River" and "Don't Look Now", BOC's "The Red and the Black" Steppenwolf's "Hey Lawdy Mama." D.Boon is one big man with a monster guitar sound to match, Mike Watt plays jazzy/RB bass all over the place and Georges drums are hit harder than Martin Chamber's"
I went out and bought "Three Way Tie' the next day. Thanks Matt, I miss you.
The Minutemen and The Meat Puppets were probably the two most unique bands on the SST roster.
And Dinosaur Jr.
Sonic Youth
Saw both of them, and I concur.
Husker du and saccharine trust as well.
And Saccharine Trust!
Double Nickels On The Dime is one of the greatest albums of the 80's, period. I am currently on my 6th copy of it...I currently own it on vinyl and CD; one of my other LP's was destroyed in a fire, another LP and a CD were stolen, and my first LP bought in '84 was played to death and worn out... that's how great that album is!
Idk why im commenting. I've seen this 20 times but tonight the D. Boon stuff hit hard. His ideas,lyrics,singular guitar style, it all makes me miss a guy i never knew. I'm in the age bracket that found Minutemen through Firehose. I am a Watt die hard but tonight Boon hit me hard. Tragedy. Anyway ive loved all things Watt since 90 and im an old fuck now but i am definitely gonna jam more Minutemen in the future. Usually ive just stuck with paranoid time and double nickels. Time to get it all. Funny as i was watching this i was thinking how simply derivative and boring alot of the "punk" and hardcore i loved for years realy is and how alot of it has fallen by the wayside for me. I never lost Watt though. Then again since age 13 i was the kid that wasn't a punk but loved punk rock. I read alot of rock journalism all my life and flipside and mrr as well as some lesser known more underground zines but as many records as i got or shows i saw while i was blown away i just could never be into just punk. I think thats why this film resonates with me. I was never against spikes and mohawks or whatever but i always found the most Radical sounds or original art to be made by folks who look like they work everyday at a wharehouse or some blue collar non descript shit. I like alot of people that do the dress up thing i just never felt the urge. Also you know scenes have unwritten rules about how to live and i think thats real fucking opposite of what Punk and early hardcore were about. I think that bleeds through alot of this documentary,and ive always noticed i can get a jam band kid or metal kid into Watt 10 times quicker then the punks ive hung with in the last 30 years. Enough of my yappin. If somebody reads this feel free to hate down below or hopefuly suggest some new music that a guy who loves Slayer, csny, black flag, and Hank Williams. Ice Cube lives with Frank Zappa. The Grateful Dead get as much love from me as The Stooges. Curtis Mayfield lives next to Circle Jerks. I'm gonna stop you get it. Turn me on with new suggestions. RIP D. BOON. A true artist way ahead of his time.
Some might call it yappin but that doesn't change the fact that you're spitting truth... nice to hear someone else sees the trappings of clothing and hairstyles for the surface gloss they are compared to the sincere meat of it, the artistry and the soul that lay deep in the heart of any great music. Cheers!
Try out Jagged Leaves, especially the songs; never been born, city parks, low and wet, and ziplock torsos. Guy named Dan Penta is the man behind this band. He started out in a band called cockroach around 20 years ago, playing many of the same songs he recorded as Jagged Leaves on their album Nightmare Afternoon. Another recommendation is a band called Paw, out of Lawrence Kansas. They were on A&M for 2x albums in early 90s, but also had a minor label release after those and some good live recordings and comparations. Hope you like.
I also got into the Minutemen after getting into firehose first. I saw them play a show at the Green Door in Orange county somewhere back in the late 80's I think after From Ohio came out. There were like 10 people there. It was insulting but it didn't matter. Those guys ripped it up and it was an incredible show. Still listen to both bands. I think they're one of the most original in music history. I don't even know what to call their music. Anyway you asked for recs so figuring you'd be interested in more punk stuff you might like The Men and check out the album Fits by White Denim.
It's good to re-watch this every now and again...!
Never got the chance to see my favourite US band live in the UK, but got to meet Mike and George and Ed when they stayed at my house after fIREHOSE supported Sonic Youth in Glasgow. It's was surreal listening to Watt talking to Ed about D Boon, in my fucking kitchen ! Mike Watt is larger than life, and George Hurley is a total gentleman.
Cool as terry. Nae fuckin' danger! Big up from Liverpool. What year was this?
Wow. Killer story!
@@headfuel I was bootlegging the gig with a Sony Pro Walkman and during the Sonic Youth set I looked to my right and Mike Watt was standing right next to me! So I said “great gig mate” etc etc, and Watt asked me if I knew anyone who could put them up for the night, and fortunately our folks were away for the weekend so they came back to ours!
The cool thing is the i’ve got that entire conversation right in the middle of the Sonic Youth tape with them playing on stage!
@@triplesevensix291 It was June 1987, mate! Sorry I never got back sooner but I only just saw your reply.
Cool!
These guys embody the punk ethos so beautifully- this chemistry will probably never be seen again-
this is fucking sick. i'd never heard of these guys til today, what a good first impression this doco was haha. what a piece of history this is
I traveled up to NYC, for the East Coast “premiere”, movie theater next to Lincoln Center, seemed like a lot of people who would have gone to whatever was playing there, not minutemen fans. That was a good night
Just listening to Mike for this whole documentary, It still seems like he's deeply disturbed by D Boons death. It's sooooo sad.
***** I'm wondering if it's like the Blues Brothers.
They were practically brothers, man.
I've always found it weird this documentary doesn't talk more about D.Boon and Watt falling out of the fact D.Boon wanted to leave Watt behind and do his own thing.
@@medes5597 It's probably because that was not true.
@@elmoblatch9787 literally everyone but Mike Watt says it's true. Literally everyone who knew them at the time.
I love how Mike always calls D. "D. Boon".
I loved these guys…and still do. Saw them play live in Madison, Wisconsin and didn’t know their music as well then as I do now..they were just such likable people that I would have gone to see them over and over again.
His Telecaster punk rock guitar sound was very unique, what a great band!
I've watched this 4 times straight through over the course of a few years and I tear up at the end every time... and I'm also super happy I got to listen to these 3 guys who were destined to come together. It's all perfect and if you are reading this..u are perfect. We are all where we need to be. We all jam econo
I've watched it several times as well and I've cried every time. Thank you for the inspirational words.
I’m with you guys only watched 10 minutes and having anxiety as I know it will break me down. Not sure I’m ready for it....
Amen !!!! I Jam Econo...
Minutemen is one of the greatest punk bands to ever exist. Seriously, I've never been able to relate to a band more than these guys. The fact that they all come from pretty humble upbringings and hardships is what connects me to Minutemen. Plus, their tight musicianship is something so fresh, something I wish more bands had now (And I listen to a lot of modern music too, I'm not those born in the wrong generation kids).
Yo elvis ur covers are awesome!
chlum Thank you!! I’ll be starting some fIREHOSE bass covers so stay tuned for that 😉
Eliv Gonzales your bass playing is badass
@@trollvidde Thank you!!!!
I feel you. My buddy plays guitar and I play bass, and we’ve known each other since grade school. Skateboarding together all the time too. The chemistry is very relatable.
By the way, this doco is beautifully edited. A very logical, fluid progression of interviews and information.
Very true!
True a lot of the time music documentaries assume the audience know the whole story before hand and show time chronologically but this one is perfect and easy to follow ans never gets boring and the perfect amount of pictures and footage
That's true! One of the better docs I've seen like this. Creates a fluid narrative without being intrusive or obvious about it.
are you actually john doe
@@liamcallahan495 I am indeed *A* John Doe.
My first exposure to Watt was in '88 . I was in the Air Force tech school to be a fire fighter and fIREHOSE was playing a show at the University of Illinois. I went because their name related to my job thing. I still have the flier from that show. The 'Side-Mousin' tour 1988
My older brother has shaped my musical passion since I was a little little kid. When I was in kindergarten the song I loved most was "People are Strange" by the Doors. Tonight he told me to watch this video. Thank you David, I love you. David McClure is the coolest man I've ever met and my big brother. I love you man.
Your brother IS super cool. When I have kids, I'm going to make them watch this.
Minutemen has always been one of my favorite bands. This documentary is incredible! Thank you! RIP D Boon. You were a legend!
This documentary really introduced me to the world of the Minutemen and now they're one of my favorite bands. Short lived but way iconic
check out fIREHOSE too.
we need more D. Boone's in the world
This is so beautiful and so sad. What a great great band. I just became a fan yesterday. Wow.
This group was really really smart and really, really, really good at picking out good musical influences.
This is a fantastic documentary about an awesome band.
I started recently listening to Double Nickels on the Dime while doing my boxing workout. One of the most perfect albums to train to because the Minutemen provide inspiration to keep moving.
I could listen to Watt tell stories all day long. There's just such a humor and internal rhythm to his speech.
He’s got a podcast now.
have this on DVD. thanks for posting it here so others can see it. it's important. D BOON..love you forever. mike watt & george hurley...love you guys. thanks for everything.
I'd never have guessed Buzz or Howl was recorded the way it was. If I understand correctly, "live to two-track" is basically just recording a live performance, with no mixing and no overdubs? Wow. Songs like "Cut", "The Product", they sound fucking HUGE. The drums on "Cut" sound like they were done in a thousand-dollar-a-day studio. And the dynamics on "Little Man"...Good God. Minutemen prove all you really need to make a great recording is talent.
Raymond Arcangel nearly 90% of the music of this time was done that way.
Definitely not, dude.
they recorded Punchline all in one take straight thru I read
Yup, no overdubs. Mixing was done live (also can't discredit Spot's amazing engineering) and it was essentially a soundboard recording.
It's how all the sounds fit together that matters and recording live allows an engineer to take everything into consideration right then and there. That's why a blues recording from 1949 sounds incredible while the layered sounds of Johnny DAW in his bedroom is a confused mess.
"playing blues to punks. That's pretty punk" omg
Ana Marie I think that dude was stoned... lmfao I laughed out loud haha
The best always leave us early. All 3 of these dudes are my heroes. Thanks fellas.
D. Boon is my hero, and the Minutemen are my favorite band. They were and are the most unique sounding entity of creativity I’ve ever heard. Their band could be my life, and it is.
When I’m writing this, it is December 22, 2019. Today is when D. Boon passed in 1985.
Rest In Peace D. Boon.
"Avant garage"
Pere Ubu?
My band opened for Mike Watt once. He was the nicest guy ever.
Don't know who in the hell would dislike this. These guys are the real deal. Salt of the Earth man
Yesterday at a local record store I found out a used copy of Mike Watt's Ball-Hog or Thug-Boat and I listened to it carefully. Obviously I knew The Minutement by their masterpiece Double Nickel being also a fan of Beefheart, Pop Group and Gang of Four and I was pushed to search the documentary (I remember discussing about it with other music lovers about two decades ago). Thanks for sharing!
How would you rate that Watt record after spending some time with it? I've never heard any of his solo stuff, but love Double Nickels and What Makes a Man Start Fires, along with enjoying some of fIREHOSE's music that I've heard.
@@johnmatthew8710 I'd rate it 7.5/10 while I'd rate Double Nickel 9/10. It's a great record but tuo much discontinuous... jazzy tunes, some poppish songs, a great 12 minutes cover of Maggot Brain by J Mascis ... it can be also a little bit difficult to follow but I found it intriguing in the end
Beautiful documentary. Such astounding creativity, musicianship and such solid dudes. Man, this floors me every time.
This documentary is so inspiring and uplifting, and then you get to the end and... it's like having a hole where a heart was. To quote George.
own this on DVD, highly recommend it, watch it about once a couple of months, drives my wife nuts, but i freakin love it! its like my way of seeing them a hundred times after D Boone's death, they owed me a lot great concerts that never happened, this DVD makes up for it, i guess! saw them open for rem and jason and scorchers as part of their possible last tour as minutemen, in 1990s saw mike watt with eddie veder, mike grohl and the guitarist for foo fighters, Watt Rocked!
I checked this due to Mike's connection with Graham Lewis of Wire. I didn't know anything about the Minutemen. I loved the documentary, and wow, they could really play.
Saw em in 84 Detroit. D sleeping in the van before the show, how can you sleep knowing you have to play? They were playing a lot of songs off Double tho it hadn’t been released yet. Bought a campaign 84 t shirt that was kinda offensive to some folk. So they were playing an all ages show and about two-thirds through their set between songs, this black guy pokes his head through the stage door and scolded everyone in attendance about having to work the next morning. They were almost done anyway. Lastly, George was listed in Rolling Stone as one of the best 100 drummers in the last year or two.
Thank you. Such a very special band. The music means so much to me. The concert performances are great.
For some reason this isn't streaming on Netflix anymore, and its $50 on Amazon. Thanks for posting this!
They were the jazz of punk. Amazing.
Great band, great guys, representing Pedro and making locals proud. RIP D. Boon. If only you were still alive to share those amazing thoughts and words. The world would still be a shitty place but at least there'd be a little bubble of sanity to turn to.
I own this DVD, but every few months I find myself on UA-cam and looking it up after midnight, and staying up to recapture the 1980s
Fantastic way to spend a Sunday here. One of the greats
ShellacSoup YOU LIKE MINUTEMEN AND QUAS?? AWW YEAH
Nick Aguilar Absolutely, good sir
+ShellacSoup and sonic youth too
Aidan D Yep, they're fantastic as well
While n-s pushing on (minute) men to rise, straight manifest I be catchin’ da vibe
I like how so much of this doc is just live footage of them, their music really speaks for itself
Double Nickels on the Dime is a classic in any version, R.I.P. D. Boon. Shout out to Mike Watt.
I will never forget this. Punk Rock changed my life.
the Minutemen were great, "remember that time we we're trying to remember, remember?" I still listen to them, SST Records was great back then, Ginn's label I think back then. SST put out some great shit, Black Flag's label, but the Minutemen were the best band on it, I miss those days. I grew up on Motown, Stax, c&w, Stooges, Velvets/Lou, the Kinks, and the Minutemen remain one of my favorite bands.
"you don't fight with a stranger the way you fight with someone you love"
Saw Watt last night with Jom&Terry. Dude still rocks the thunder stick. What a hoot! Sail on brother, sail on.
Minuteman very underrated band rip d boon
Wow!, This definitely ain't no picknick, this simply is one of the best music documentaries I've seen in a long time.
Saw them in Ann Arbor at the Blind Pig in 1985. The crowd was wild - I was afraid of getting knocked down but loved the show!
There's a strange variety of California accent at play in this doc that is throwing me through a loop!
Sam Snider - "Spiel" it's from all the squid.
D. Boon was truly one of a kind. Irreplaceable. A legend. No musician, punk or otherwise, has ever been like him since. The Minutemen are one of the most important bands of all time and their legacy will live on long after all those shitty thrash-and-burn Black Flag ripoffs are forgotten.
Being a So Cal native. What a creative force. Right along side Brian Wilson. Thank you Minutemen for providing so much joy in an otherwise boring as shit LA suburb.
What a great film - thanks for uploading this. Back at the time, I actually never really dug Minutemen that much (it's only really with the Mike Azerrad book that I started to appreciate them more). For me, their sound was always too thin somehow - even though I always loved George's drumming - which stood out as exemplary. My first love was Husker Du - who I thought had a much fuller sound (what with Bob's all-encompassing guitar tone, and the way Spot got that fizzing DI distortion). And of course, and through Grant especially, Du created a great/horrific mixture of abrasive noise and pop sensibility. But I think what marked the Minutemen out perhaps more than anything in hardcore was arguably their moral compass. Which as was noted by some interviewees, was never preachy - and what comes across in hearing Mike Watt speak here is his unaffected outlook. Still fresh even now - perhaps more so than ever, in fact.
Watched this when it first came out; like rereading a classic book, this is such a real and powerful documentary. So honest and good!
I greatly enjoy this documentary ! they were a kick ass band that pushed the envelope and did what they loved. I remember the first time I heard 'Cut' man.. "Cut loose"!!!
Such an absorbing doc. Greatest band! Unfortunately, there are no bands like this toady...
no age
I love hearing stories about my old neighborhood and Mike doesn't ever seem to tire of telling them. I used to live on Park western too. The neighborhood is unrecognizable now.
Fugazi & Minutemen: Giants of Ethical Thought.
✊
They gave/give me hope! Thank you Minutemen for everything! The legacy and the spirit. Love you guys!
What a beautiful band.
i get teary eyed every time i see that letter henry wrote.. no matter how many times i watch this.. and to hear the raw emotion in mikes voice.. it always gets me all teary eyed..
I am thankful I was able to tell D Boon what he meant to me,tell him he was the whole scene in one big happy agile guy.
Edward Feltch you bet D Boon? You lucky fucker 😍😍
This is a wonderfully made documentary about an amazing band.
George is my dad such a different man in real life
Now he's more rap music and hip hop
Yeah
Garrett H Danggg
is he actually your father?
Does he still play his drum kit? He was such a tasty drummer! Do you play any instruments, Garrett? I see your birthday is in July; Happy Birthday!
Mike Watt has to be one of the best bass players I’ve ever heard. I wonder if he’ll ever be recognized for his awesome playin? My friends were into the minutemen but I’m still not. But another friend of mine played firehose for me an I’ve been hooked on firehose ever since. An I don’t know but I’m just starting to watch this now, I might have seen this video before, I can’t remember for sure. But does anybody know if the drummer from minutemen is the same drummer that’s in firehose? Cuz he’s priddy f’n good drummer too!
Same drummer.
I had no idea there was a connection between Joe Baiza and Minutemen, but in retrospect it makes so much sense.
"Our Band Is Scientist Rock...."
Beyond... Just amazing. Saw them at Maxwell's in Fall of '85. And Watt is still making great music.
Mike Watt is the coolest bass player to walk the earth. Thay is all.
+Jeremy Simpson Les Claypool is pretty great too.
+jacob johnson
well les may be the most technical bass player to walk the earth, althought im not a huge fan, his stuff with bucket head is out of this world
reguarding mike watt, theres just something different about him, and all the minuet men.
rob wright is still no.1 (c) mike watt
Jeremy Simpson i mean yeah,love mm....but,victor wooten aint a bad bassist either
Mike is the coolest dude! Before and after the show he will actually make himself available to the fans.
After a show we were hanging out talking about what we just witnessed and Mike walks up and joins in on the conversation as a music fan himself. It was so comfortable to be around him. Suddenly my buddy and I felt like we were on the right musical path.
Every few months I watch this. I always tear up when we hear about d boons death 😞
Feel honored that I was lucky enuff 2 c 'em open for Flag sometime In the early '80s. Highly enjoyable,heartfelt,doc.
This was an awesome reminder of how MUSIC SHOULD BE!!!!! Thanks to the poster! And of course the legendary Minutemen!!!!!
Check out Watts album “Contemplating the Engine Room” from 1997. Its a concept album about the minutemen with the navy as a metaphor. Amazing album.
Ragin Full On. One of my favorite CDs ever
It's a shame that they will never get enough credit for what they archived. Such is the course of the truly original and creative band
I first heard the Minutemen in 1981 on a compilation cassette entitled 'the future looks bright ahead" Then met them when they played Godzillas in Sun Valley, CA.
Watt is a fucking engine. Best bassist ever.
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Wow, some great memories! The shows @ the old 9:30 were epic. Hit all the R.E.M. shows when they were opening, totally different but they were great.
D..Boon's untimely death was the beginning of the death of underground alternative music. That wonderful spontaneous organic period before the major labels could exploit it. Perhaps one can only grasp if you were living during that time and conscious of it. I listen to 98% of the shat music today (2024) and I can only say.... We miss you D.Boon 😢
So glad I was there to see D Boons brilliance gone way to young RIP many shows all epic memories for numerous reasons my favorite was Sin 34 Johanna Went And The Minutemen at the Whiskey one of my cherished childhood memories another was playing with George Hurley 30 od years later with Kevin Freeze at Dennis McGiverns studio in Pedro . Mike is a solid bass player.Cheers to another band gone way to soon
hahahahaha - "they were probably born in the same hospital at the same time.... not from the same mother though"
Never been into punk. But the fact all these musicians can't really put their finger on the minutemen music says it all to me.
Madrrrrrrrrrrr They were truly unique in the scene. Especially considering they were signed to SST records.
what have you listened to that turned you away?
I've been a fan for years, just found the doc and I'm 15 minutes in. The commentary by Mike at 13:10 about the nature of counter culture is brilliant! Unfortunately the saying is true that history is written by the victor, and counter culture like punk rarely succeeds in that respect. Sure, there are many examples of well documented punk artists, but hearing about the perspective of a punk-listening outsider of the past is very uncommon. Great insight, cant wait to watch the rest of the doc!
edit: oh my god these guys are so fucking cool, i knew the music was great but they were so in touch with the essence of the scene! and to me, the essence of the punk scene is the essence of so many people, like the music or not. rip D. Boone, you're a fuckin legend