Tag: D. Boon

Vintage Video: Minutemen throw down 37 songs in 73 minutes at this 1985 show

Vintage Video: Minutemen throw down 37 songs in 73 minutes at this 1985 show

This week’s installment of Vintage Video delivers some real bang for the buck: It’s a 37-song, 73-minute set by the Minutemen filmed at a San Francisco club in May 1985, about seven months before the tragic death of frontman D. Boon in an automobile crash. Watch it in all its glory via uploader KILLTHATCATarchives.

Mike Watt to publish ‘On and Off Bass,’ play with J Mascis at NYC book launch

Mike Watt to publish ‘On and Off Bass,’ play with J Mascis at NYC book launch

Legendary Minutemen bassist Mike Watt this May will publish a new book called ‘On and Off Bass’ that combines his 2000s-era tour diaries with his nature photography, and he’ll launch the memoir with a pair of release parties — including a New York show that’ll find him jamming with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Murph.

fIREHOSE books 11-date reunion tour of western U.S. around Coachella appearances

fIREHOSE books 11-date reunion tour of western U.S. around Coachella appearances

The reunited fIREHOSE — the band formed by Mike Watt and George Hurley following the 1985 death of their Minutemen bandmate D. Boon — will precede its appearances at April’s two-weekend Coachella Festival with an 11-date club tour of the western U.S. — the trio’s first concerts since splitting in 1994.

Video: ‘We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen’ — full 90-minute documentary

Video: ‘We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen’ — full 90-minute documentary

If you’ve haven’t seen director Tim Irwin’s 2005 documentary ‘We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen,’ now’s your chance — the full 90-minute film has made its way onto YouTube. The film features interviews with surviving members Mike Watt and George Hurley.

Milestones: Minutemen, Black Flag recorded ‘Minuteflag’ EP 25 years ago this week

Milestones: Minutemen, Black Flag recorded ‘Minuteflag’ EP 25 years ago this week

The four-track ‘Minuteflag’ EP was recorded 25 years ago this week as a one-off jam by the members of Black Flag and the Minutemen, but not released until a year later following the death of the latter band’s D. Boon.