Album Info

Introducing the Minutemen

Rock - 1998

The Minutemen were working-class intellectuals whose commitment to DIY ethics made them one of the most influential groups of the... more

Tracklist

1

Definitions

1:14 min
2

Joe McCarthy's Ghost

1:01 min
3

Paranoid Chant

1:19 min
4

Search

0:53 min
5

Punch Line

0:42 min
6

Fanatics

0:32 min
7

Straight Jacket

1:00 min
8

Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs

1:30 min
9

Fake Contest

1:44 min
10

Anchor

2:33 min
11

Split Red

0:53 min
12

Life As a Rehearsal

1:36 min
13

Cut

2:03 min
14

Dream Told By Moto

1:46 min
15

I Felt Like a Gringo

1:58 min
16

Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing

1:30 min
17

Maybe Partying Will Help

1:56 min
18

Toadies

1:39 min
19

Corona

2:26 min
20

History Lesson Part 2

2:13 min
21

This Ain't No Picnic

1:58 min
22

King of the Hill

3:24 min
23

Tour Speil

2:49 min
24

Price of Paradise

3:37 min
25

Big Stick

2:33 min
26

Courage

2:34 min
27

Spoken Word Piece

1:07 min
28

Just Another Soldier

1:58 min
29

If Reagan Played Disco

1:19 min
30

Case Closed

1:30 min
31

Futurism Restated

0:57 min
32

Joy

0:55 min
33

Black Sheep

1:09 min
34

Badges

0:36 min
35

Party With Me Punker

0:56 min

About Introducing the Minutemen

The Minutemen were working-class intellectuals whose commitment to DIY ethics made them one of the most influential groups of the '80s punk underground. This primer illustrates their faculty for packing as many ideas as possible into songs that typically lasted less than two minutes, including rousing anthems of social unrest ("This Ain't No Picnic"), funk-informed cultural shockers ("Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs"), and poetic monologues set to sunny Cali-twang guitars (“History Lesson Part 2”).