setlist: 0:42 - The World According to Nouns 2:42 - D's Car Jam / Anxious Mo-Fo 3:54 - Toadies 5:31 - The Big Foist 6:48 - Retreat 8:47 - Corona 11:04 - Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? 12:59 - King of the Hill 16:02 - Maybe Partying Will Help 17:52 - Take Our Test 20:00 - The Cheerleaders 23:25 - Surfin' with the Shah (Urinals cover) 25:30 - Hey Lawdy Mama (Steppenwolf cover) 28:13 - The Product 30:00 - Dream Told by Moto 32:28 - Theatre Is the Life of You 33:43 - June 16th 35:48 - God Bows to Math 36:59 - Please Don't Be Gentle with Me 37:39 - Spillage 39:25 - One Reporter's Question 41:13 - West Germany 43:21 - Jesus and Tequila 46:43 - I Felt Like a Gringo 48:27 - No Exchange 50:21 - There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight 51:52 - Nothing Indeed 53:10 - Mr Robot's Holy Orders 54:53 - Don't Look Now (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) 56:32 - Tour-Spiel 59:36 - Two Beads at the End 1:01:15 - Beacon Sighted Through Fog 1:02:03 - The Only Minority 1:03:00 - History Lesson Part II 1:05:19 - Little Man with a Gun in His Hand encore: 1:09:15 - Substitute (The Who cover) 1:11:13 - Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)j
Bought a used car in the early 90s with double nickels loaded in the cassette player. I played the shit out of it having no idea who they were. Just loved it to death
And today (Dec. 22, 2020) marks the 35th anniversary of d. Boone’s death at the age of 27 in a traffic accident. The axel fell off of his van while he was resting in the back. For punk rock in Los Angeles, that is the day the music died. Mike Watt did amazing work with fIREHOSE (and other bands) after that, but it definitely broke a part of his heart forever.
The worst loss in modern music was arguably D. Boon. Purely because it was tragedy. He did nothing to shorten his life or kill himself. He simply died in a freak accident.
The world would have been better with more D.Boon. Life is cruel sometimes, many people worse than Boon lives long lives, while many greats get cut short. Just glad they did what they did when they did. The minutemen are the best band of all time
One of the best comments ever written about the Minutemen was Gerard Cosloy in Conflict zine .His review of Buzz or Howl record went like this. No great departure here,except for the fact that their entire style of music is a departure from all other music. Succint,sublime and completely true,to this great band.
The story of this is that I had gotten to know the Minutemen over the previous year from seeing shows and usually taping them. Separately friends of mine had become friends of the guys who did sound and lights at the Stone. I had recorded them twice before there and knew the Stone had a 3 camera house video system so for this occasion I brought a blank VHS tape along with my audio recording gear. It was oked by the band to video along with audio record. The lighting guy did the lights and ran the video system. The 3 ceiling mounted cameras were remotely controlled from the lighting booth. I did a cassette audio master using a Marantz PMD-430 with dbx noise reduction at the front of house soundboard. The video just had auto level edge track sound on it which wasn't very good quality. It was back in 2008 that I brought the audio and video masters to a friend who authored a DVD and synched the far superior dbx cassette audio to the video. I shared it freely on a torrent website in November 2008. From there it made it's way around being re-torrented regularly since. At first only single songs appeared on RUclips but then the post limits were extended and the full show is now here.
One of the saddest things to me is the fact that the scene was finally starting to come around to the Minutemen and bands like them when they tragically ended. They endured getting booed and spat on and getting beer cans thrown at them by the hardcore scene that hated anything that was new and different, but watching this performance, you see the crowd is catching on and genuinely liking what they're doing, and knowing D. Boon would die only seven months later when it seemed like they were just on the cusp of becoming something even greater (and perhaps having an even bigger fanbase), it's actually heartbreaking.
My friends and I finally went to see them in Orange County, Ca. that summer. They did an acoustic set. It was mesmerizing. They were leaving to tour and we vowed to see them as soon as they got back but it wasn't to be. I sorely wish we could have seen an electric set, but no complaints, we were lucky we saw them at all ~ RIP d. Boon
Growing up near Boston in the 1980s I knew of the Minutemen and bought a copy of Double Nickels on the Dime at my local Newbury Comics, and I was really sad when I heard about D. Boon's death. But they never made a ripple on the E. Coast...despite their positive press from the music critics there. John Bernhardt of WMBR's "Breakfast of Champions" program (the first show that ever played Nirvana anywhere) *adored* the Minutemen and used to play their music...but, sadly, that flame never took. fIREHOSE fared the same.
Watching D Boon going non stop on the guitar/singing at the same time is so surreal. That guy was so talented, so much energy yet he plays so clean. One of a kind frontman and one of the very best from Punk music.
0:48 The World According To Nouns 2:44 Anxious Mofo 3:55 Toadies 5:31 The Big Foist 6:50 Retreat 8:49 Corona 11:07 Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth? 13:00 King Of The Hill 16:04 Maybe Partying Will Help 17:53 *Take Our Test 20:05 The Cheerleaders 23:26 *Surfin’ With The Shah (Urinals) 25:31 Hey Lawdy Mama 28:14 The Product 31:02 Dream Told By Moto 32:31 Theatre Is The Life Of You 33:55 June 16th 35:50 God Bows To Math 37:01 Please Don’t Be Gentle With Me 37:41 Spillage 39:29 One Reporter’s Opinion 41:14 West Germany 43:23 Jesus And Tequila 46:12 (Announcement) 46:50 I Felt Like A Gringo 48:28 No Exchange 50:24 There Ain’t Shit On TV Tonight 51:53 Nothing Indeed 53:11 *Mr. Robot’s Holy Orders 54:56 Don’t Look Now 56:34 Tour-Spiel 59:38 Two Beads At The End 1:01:16 Beacon Sighted Through Fog 1:02:05 The Only Minority 1:03:00 History Lesson Part 2 1:05:20 Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (Encore) 1:09:21 Substitute (The Who) 1:11:16 Green River (CCR) If you know the ones i missed pls comment
I was born in 1992 and didn't start listening to the minutemen till like 2007 but man just thinking about D Boon's untimely death makes me so upset on a regular basis. I know he had so much more to give. So sad I couldn't see them live. RIP
Worst loss in music. He wasn't a druggie or a poser or a partier like others who died close to him. The axle of his van broke and he died. Simple tragedy.
The end of History Lesson, Part 2, is one of the most pure things, ever. D. Boon was gone shortly after this, but what the three of them did not that night is timeless. As Watt says, "This is what it's all about."
This to me is what music is all about. D. Boon and Mike Watt meeting at age 13, best friends, a true once in a lifetime connection. George Hurley joins them and they form this absolutely incredible band. It's mystical, long live the Minutemen!
A punk band in the truest sense. Punk wasn't just a uniform to them, it was an opportunity to explore and evolve. One of my favorite bands of all time, one I wished I'd been able to see. Damn, I still miss D. Boon.
I didn't appreciate the Minitemen in my younger days. I liked everything fast and violent, now I'm older still love chaos. But man they're so great and they're timing is ridiculously good. And no one sounds like em.
Agreed 100% , i remember listening to them back in the day and expecting black flag and thinking wtf is this. Now 45 years old I listen to them daily , just couldn't appreciate what is was back and sadly knew about firehouse back then and didn't make the connection, someone I was friends with back in like 91 introduced me to firehose...
They played Dallas twice that year. I saw both shows and still have the t-shirt from the last ever show here in October of '85. I wear it whenever I see Mike Watt.
@@RataStuey It was a design by D Boon that had someone carrying a sandwich board that said 'Project Mersh'. I recently sold it with seven other shirts for $550
D Boon's dancing at the end of "No Exchange" is one of those really special moments to witness. You know them when you see them. Always loved this video, one of the first VHS tapes I traded for as a teenager.
Wow. This is pretty freaking amazing. Every few years I try to find some Minutemen material online. I didn't think I'd find a greatest hits video from 85.
Same. Discovered them a few months ago and have been playing Double Nickles on The Dime everyday. Such a great album. A really fun listen. One of the best albums I’ve heard in my life so far!
They were amazingly profligate - such wonderful tunes they barely developed and tossed off as anxiously as they begin them - stuff other bands would have dwelled upon and made careers out of, the Minutmen took as momentary inspiration and rushed off ...
They are unreal. Think of all the bands that had longevity. When you look back at their early material it is like this. I wish we could see where they could have gone and looked back at this as a reference point instead of a dead end. Heartbreaking is an understatement.
This video should have at least 5 million views. The audio is absolutely incredible, especially for how long ago this was. It captures the band at their peak.
This is my second time watching through this video, and wow. Such legendary musicians. D. Boone and Mike Watts together have this insane chemistry that is unlike any other. I wish i could go back in time and experience this in person
They call themselves punk rock but to me this is pure jazz. Has a guitar drums and bass ever flowed around each other so intricately yet effortlessly? After the one hour mark or so when they leave the stage I wouldn't have had the nerve or audacity to call them back for an encore. How could anyone need or expect more from the band after that??? They gave everything. Best show ever. Can you imagine doing that every night? Mind blowing
I saw them about a month after this in the Kendall Cram Room in the Tulane University Center. (Hard to imagine it was also where my high school senior class photo was taken four years earlier... it was a conference room) I had been playing the hell out of their amazing double LP “Double Nickels on the Dime” on WTUL-FM so to see them performing all these great songs live was just amazing. Great video - but I have to shake my head at the director’s decision to occasionally switch cameras repeatedly in time with the music on a few occasions... the video equipment that was used couldn’t handle it and the video wobbles horribly and it distracts from the performance... but this was 1985, people were still feeling their way around with video production - and we don’t see that sort of thing nowadays because we learned our lessons along the way. I’m so grateful this was shot and uploaded here... this was EXACTLY how I remembered them (along with George Hurley’s hairdo). I don’t think the horn player made the tour with them. Wish I still had the “Post-Mersh” T-shirt I bought at the show... gave it to my son when he was in a punk band a few years back - I don’t regret that one bit - and the shirt was lost somewhere along the way. Somehow I think D. Boon would approve of that wholeheartedly. (Oh, I got to talk to him before the show! I had no idea it was him at the time... nice guy. R.I.P. to a tremendous dude.)
Having attended Tulane '82-86 and worked for TUCP l recall a different timeline. So, unless I missed any Slam in the Cram Shows (which I doubt) here's when Minutemen were in NOLA: 1985 was indeed the Double Nickels tour and blasted our brains @ Jimmie's on Oak St (across from the street car station) while their only Cram show was 1983 for the Buzz or Howl tour for which I worked security in that tiny conference room: a musical game-changer! We all became instant fans. WTUL in 1985 would play the bass from Maybe Partying Will Help as one of their bumpers. They crushed both shows. Watt is now just finishing a tour as mssv.
I was at that show i think, hard to remember now, I think it was at one of there Hollywood shows that year, saw them about 25 or 30 time's, ok now i remember San Francisco i think because we went from la to San Francisco at all of there shows I was 21 I think because i was buying beer if you could have seen D Boon live then you would understand, I got to meet D Mike and George more than once, I'm from lomita next to San Pedro, D Boon is the God of punk guitar. 27 forever, love you D, miss you...
Thanks for sharing! Some of the best footage of these guys I have seen. This right here is the music that got me through college back in the day. "This is Bob Dylan to me!"
They're one of my all-time favorite bands too. But you know what? I wouldn't call them hardcore at all. They're punk - and indie before hipsters appropriated it into a wimpy sub-genre - in ethos and attitude; musically I would call them a forerunner to alternative rock.
@@arturoandrade9089 I'm 17 and these old bands are soooo much better than today (as far as I'm aware) so happy i found this band they are great. I love explaining to mates there is more than just smells like teen spirit.
Punk rock as it should be, no 10 guitars lined up on stage one for each song, intro, chorus, climax, next intro. No vaporous talk between the songs, just letting the music reach out to the music.
D Boone is a guitar God, ad Mike watt and George Hurley and you get a hurricane, a force of nature Just get out of the way, only the strong survive. I once had a conversation with Bill Zoom guitarist from X the greatest LA punk band of all time about D Boone when D was still alive and he told me D Boone is a living legend, we were at a Husker Du minutemen show in Hollywood I guess around 1982 or 1983 John Doe and Bill Zoom were checking out the show when i asked what he thought of D, Bill went on like he was waiting all night for someone to ask the question. It was awesome. Bill and myself became friends because of D Boone. Thanks D, 27 forever. Love you, miss you more...
And today (Dec. 22, 2020) marks the 35th anniversary of d. Boone’s death at the age of 27 in a traffic accident. The axel fell off of his van while he was resting in the back. For punk rock in Los Angeles, that is the day the music died. Mike Watt did amazing work with fIREHOSE (and other bands) after that, but it definitely broke a part of his heart forever.
Too true. There's a talk on YT given by Mugger and Joe Carducci at a NYC bookstore back in 2017 and Joe says flat out that Mike Watt became a different person after d. Boone died and the loss of the Minutemen kind of made the situation at SST go from bad to worse.
@@benweaver9151 thanks for reply...got me to go back and watch this clip again. And you obviously arent well versed in Jerry...but take another listen from the 'If Boon were from 60's Haight :) Enjoy!
Yeah well, it took an enormous amount of work to get it like this. The video system put a glitch at every camera change. Those were addressed as best we could and took a lot of time. The dbx cassette sbd was slightly different speed from the video so it required a lot of time to synch the audio. I don't think the DVD format could capture the full resolution of the video tape and then I bet RUclips did some data compression on the uploaded file to reduce the storage space needed. The VHS master is now 37 years old but it was a top quality premium Maxell so it is probably still pretty good. The audio is on a Maxell metal tape so also as good as was possible at the time. If Mike Watt is interested I'm ready to provide them.
"People ask me what kind of bass player I am. I tell them I'm D. Boon's bass player." - Mike Watt
Cool line but who asks "What kind of bass player are you"?
@@TreeLibrary Other musicians, for one. Some want to get an idea like "are you a funk bassist, a punk bassist, or...?"
setlist:
0:42 - The World According to Nouns
2:42 - D's Car Jam / Anxious Mo-Fo
3:54 - Toadies
5:31 - The Big Foist
6:48 - Retreat
8:47 - Corona
11:04 - Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
12:59 - King of the Hill
16:02 - Maybe Partying Will Help
17:52 - Take Our Test
20:00 - The Cheerleaders
23:25 - Surfin' with the Shah (Urinals cover)
25:30 - Hey Lawdy Mama (Steppenwolf cover)
28:13 - The Product
30:00 - Dream Told by Moto
32:28 - Theatre Is the Life of You
33:43 - June 16th
35:48 - God Bows to Math
36:59 - Please Don't Be Gentle with Me
37:39 - Spillage
39:25 - One Reporter's Question
41:13 - West Germany
43:21 - Jesus and Tequila
46:43 - I Felt Like a Gringo
48:27 - No Exchange
50:21 - There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight
51:52 - Nothing Indeed
53:10 - Mr Robot's Holy Orders
54:53 - Don't Look Now (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
56:32 - Tour-Spiel
59:36 - Two Beads at the End
1:01:15 - Beacon Sighted Through Fog
1:02:03 - The Only Minority
1:03:00 - History Lesson Part II
1:05:19 - Little Man with a Gun in His Hand
encore:
1:09:15 - Substitute (The Who cover)
1:11:13 - Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)j
Bought a used car in the early 90s with double nickels loaded in the cassette player. I played the shit out of it having no idea who they were. Just loved it to death
that is funny
Great story!
dude was bummed he forgot to take that tape out before selling the car..
Man, I’d really like to have my tape back.
this is objectively the best band of all time
And today (Dec. 22, 2020) marks the 35th anniversary of d. Boone’s death at the age of 27 in a traffic accident. The axel fell off of his van while he was resting in the back. For punk rock in Los Angeles, that is the day the music died. Mike Watt did amazing work with fIREHOSE (and other bands) after that, but it definitely broke a part of his heart forever.
Accurate
Yup
Objectively correct
and this is the proof by demonstration
The worst loss in modern music was arguably D. Boon. Purely because it was tragedy. He did nothing to shorten his life or kill himself. He simply died in a freak accident.
The world would have been better with more D.Boon. Life is cruel sometimes, many people worse than Boon lives long lives, while many greats get cut short. Just glad they did what they did when they did. The minutemen are the best band of all time
One of the best comments ever written about the Minutemen was Gerard Cosloy in Conflict zine .His review of Buzz or Howl record went like this. No great departure here,except for the fact that their entire style of music is a departure from all other music. Succint,sublime and completely true,to this great band.
I was at this show. I saw them perform twice in SF. It will always stay with me!
The story of this is that I had gotten to know the Minutemen over the previous year from seeing shows and usually taping them. Separately friends of mine had become friends of the guys who did sound and lights at the Stone. I had recorded them twice before there and knew the Stone had a 3 camera house video system so for this occasion I brought a blank VHS tape along with my audio recording gear. It was oked by the band to video along with audio record. The lighting guy did the lights and ran the video system. The 3 ceiling mounted cameras were remotely controlled from the lighting booth. I did a cassette audio master using a Marantz PMD-430 with dbx noise reduction at the front of house soundboard. The video just had auto level edge track sound on it which wasn't very good quality. It was back in 2008 that I brought the audio and video masters to a friend who authored a DVD and synched the far superior dbx cassette audio to the video. I shared it freely on a torrent website in November 2008. From there it made it's way around being re-torrented regularly since. At first only single songs appeared on RUclips but then the post limits were extended and the full show is now here.
wow. thanks for sharing. it's amazing how things happen
Thank you so much. This is the best performance of theirs I’ve ever seen.
Thanks so much, the energy is almost unbelievable!
You are legend man!
Thank you sharing this! I was there that night-still have my ticket stub!
i'm fucking overwhelmed
The big foist!
One of the saddest things to me is the fact that the scene was finally starting to come around to the Minutemen and bands like them when they tragically ended. They endured getting booed and spat on and getting beer cans thrown at them by the hardcore scene that hated anything that was new and different, but watching this performance, you see the crowd is catching on and genuinely liking what they're doing, and knowing D. Boon would die only seven months later when it seemed like they were just on the cusp of becoming something even greater (and perhaps having an even bigger fanbase), it's actually heartbreaking.
I think the Minutemen were perfect for their time and place. A product of it, actually.
My friends and I finally went to see them in Orange County, Ca. that summer. They did an acoustic set. It was mesmerizing. They were leaving to tour and we vowed to see them as soon as they got back but it wasn't to be. I sorely wish we could have seen an electric set, but no complaints, we were lucky we saw them at all ~ RIP d. Boon
It boggles my mind that people spit at D. Boon. Fuck whatever "scene" that is.
@@chiefobeef the nuts back then spit on people they loved
Growing up near Boston in the 1980s I knew of the Minutemen and bought a copy of Double Nickels on the Dime at my local Newbury Comics, and I was really sad when I heard about D. Boon's death. But they never made a ripple on the E. Coast...despite their positive press from the music critics there. John Bernhardt of WMBR's "Breakfast of Champions" program (the first show that ever played Nirvana anywhere) *adored* the Minutemen and used to play their music...but, sadly, that flame never took. fIREHOSE fared the same.
The jazziest hardcore band ever
Great description. I never thought of it that way but yeah, that’s pretty apt.
Off Minor
Yep, and I would add NoMeansNo too!
@@sutiszorny8039 fantastic fucking band. ill keep on playing sex mad until I’m senile
Watching D Boon going non stop on the guitar/singing at the same time is so surreal. That guy was so talented, so much energy yet he plays so clean. One of a kind frontman and one of the very best from Punk music.
are you serious? the only clean thing about his playing is that you can cleanly hear noise coming from the guitar
Not in any way a bad thing though. These guys are authors of absolutely timeless music
D Boon's dancing always makes me grin
I listen to them while doing dishes, always find myself swaying and bobbing with a big ol grin ... occasionally I pogo
0:48 The World According To Nouns
2:44 Anxious Mofo
3:55 Toadies
5:31 The Big Foist
6:50 Retreat
8:49 Corona
11:07 Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?
13:00 King Of The Hill
16:04 Maybe Partying Will Help
17:53 *Take Our Test
20:05 The Cheerleaders
23:26 *Surfin’ With The Shah (Urinals)
25:31 Hey Lawdy Mama
28:14 The Product
31:02 Dream Told By Moto
32:31 Theatre Is The Life Of You
33:55 June 16th
35:50 God Bows To Math
37:01 Please Don’t Be Gentle With Me
37:41 Spillage
39:29 One Reporter’s Opinion
41:14 West Germany
43:23 Jesus And Tequila
46:12 (Announcement)
46:50 I Felt Like A Gringo
48:28 No Exchange
50:24 There Ain’t Shit On TV Tonight
51:53 Nothing Indeed
53:11 *Mr. Robot’s Holy Orders
54:56 Don’t Look Now
56:34 Tour-Spiel
59:38 Two Beads At The End
1:01:16 Beacon Sighted Through Fog
1:02:05 The Only Minority
1:03:00 History Lesson Part 2
1:05:20 Little Man With A Gun In His Hand
(Encore)
1:09:21 Substitute (The Who)
1:11:16 Green River (CCR)
If you know the ones i missed pls comment
13 min mar is King of the hill
53:11 "Mr. Robot's Holy Orders"
17:53 is "Take Our Test." This footage is excellent, thank you!
The (Interlude) is a loose cover of "Surfin' with the Shah" by the urinals. Mike Watt still plays it live a lot.
yo, big thanks
I don't care what anyone sez-- Watt is the best bassist EVER
No one doubts that. Best bassist alive, period.
I was born in 1992 and didn't start listening to the minutemen till like 2007 but man just thinking about D Boon's untimely death makes me so upset on a regular basis. I know he had so much more to give. So sad I couldn't see them live. RIP
I was born in 92 too! And same. Good shit man 👍
95 boy here. Found them in 2015, but better late than never. I miss D. Boon a lot.
Worst loss in music. He wasn't a druggie or a poser or a partier like others who died close to him. The axle of his van broke and he died. Simple tragedy.
The end of History Lesson, Part 2, is one of the most pure things, ever. D. Boon was gone shortly after this, but what the three of them did not that night is timeless. As Watt says, "This is what it's all about."
This to me is what music is all about. D. Boon and Mike Watt meeting at age 13, best friends, a true once in a lifetime connection. George Hurley joins them and they form this absolutely incredible band. It's mystical, long live the Minutemen!
man, this is gold
A punk band in the truest sense. Punk wasn't just a uniform to them, it was an opportunity to explore and evolve. One of my favorite bands of all time, one I wished I'd been able to see. Damn, I still miss D. Boon.
god i love this band. i'd say underrated, but i feel as though most who know them rave about them. perhaps "unfortunately less unknown"
Aka underrated. They dont have enough ratings
Please dont say underrated-the most overused description of acclaimed bands, artists, etc of all time.
earinsound oh yes i know !! Guess i shouldve phrased better - i really just meant i wish there were more people who knew about them!
Double Nickel on the Dime is a masterpiece, many agree! But yes, they're less well known than they should be, for sure.
@@earinsound In the case of D. Boon's guitar playing, underrated is accurate.
I didn't appreciate the Minitemen in my younger days. I liked everything fast and violent, now I'm older still love chaos. But man they're so great and they're timing is ridiculously good. And no one sounds like em.
Agreed 100% , i remember listening to them back in the day and expecting black flag and thinking wtf is this. Now 45 years old I listen to them daily , just couldn't appreciate what is was back and sadly knew about firehouse back then and didn't make the connection, someone I was friends with back in like 91 introduced me to firehose...
I was at this show🔥Thanks for sharing this amazing document from almost 40 years ago!
They played Dallas twice that year. I saw both shows and still have the t-shirt from the last ever show here in October of '85. I wear it whenever I see Mike Watt.
That’s awesome. What’s the design on the t shirt? Is it the one with the anchor?
@@RataStuey It was a design by D Boon that had someone carrying a sandwich board that said 'Project Mersh'. I recently sold it with seven other shirts for $550
D Boon's dancing at the end of "No Exchange" is one of those really special moments to witness. You know them when you see them. Always loved this video, one of the first VHS tapes I traded for as a teenager.
d boon is the chunky punker
Wow. This is pretty freaking amazing. Every few years I try to find some Minutemen material online. I didn't think I'd find a greatest hits video from 85.
Profoundly underrated guitarist. One can only fathom the music we would have had he lived. Rip D.
The best band that ever was, and never was. Rest in peace D.
Wtf. Been digging through punk roots. Can’t believe I just found this band. I hate to give credit to Spotify, but thank you.
Dude, you should've started at Bradley from sublime's "Thank You Dub." He turned me on to so much shit with that song
Best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. Second best time is right now. Glad you found these guys!!!
Check out firehose. Watt and Hurley started another band with a fan who went to great lengths to audition for Mike Watt. He became known as edfromohio
Welcome!
Same. Discovered them a few months ago and have been playing Double Nickles on The Dime everyday. Such a great album. A really fun listen. One of the best albums I’ve heard in my life so far!
They were amazingly profligate - such wonderful tunes they barely developed and tossed off as anxiously as they begin them - stuff other bands would have dwelled upon and made careers out of, the Minutmen took as momentary inspiration and rushed off ...
true enough
Genuine, original, there's a purity to their music, and no pretense.
This was the best thing I saw in 1985.
They are unreal. Think of all the bands that had longevity. When you look back at their early material it is like this. I wish we could see where they could have gone and looked back at this as a reference point instead of a dead end. Heartbreaking is an understatement.
This video should have at least 5 million views. The audio is absolutely incredible, especially for how long ago this was. It captures the band at their peak.
Wow! Loving watching this right now. I think I need to get that telecaster. 😀
Best show in rock history... or one of them for sure...
This IS the greatest show in rock history by the GREATEST BAND in rock history.
This is fantastic! Thank you!
This is my second time watching through this video, and wow. Such legendary musicians. D. Boone and Mike Watts together have this insane chemistry that is unlike any other. I wish i could go back in time and experience this in person
Setlist here is simply unbeatable.
Thanks for the upload!
That made me smile! Nice how much their live performance here sounds like their recording. Also… Mike Watt in a suit!
Amazing band
They call themselves punk rock but to me this is pure jazz. Has a guitar drums and bass ever flowed around each other so intricately yet effortlessly? After the one hour mark or so when they leave the stage I wouldn't have had the nerve or audacity to call them back for an encore. How could anyone need or expect more from the band after that??? They gave everything. Best show ever. Can you imagine doing that every night? Mind blowing
Absolutely love Minutemen but no, please. It’s NOT jazz.
I saw them about a month after this in the Kendall Cram Room in the Tulane University Center. (Hard to imagine it was also where my high school senior class photo was taken four years earlier... it was a conference room) I had been playing the hell out of their amazing double LP “Double Nickels on the Dime” on WTUL-FM so to see them performing all these great songs live was just amazing.
Great video - but I have to shake my head at the director’s decision to occasionally switch cameras repeatedly in time with the music on a few occasions... the video equipment that was used couldn’t handle it and the video wobbles horribly and it distracts from the performance... but this was 1985, people were still feeling their way around with video production - and we don’t see that sort of thing nowadays because we learned our lessons along the way.
I’m so grateful this was shot and uploaded here... this was EXACTLY how I remembered them (along with George Hurley’s hairdo). I don’t think the horn player made the tour with them.
Wish I still had the “Post-Mersh” T-shirt I bought at the show... gave it to my son when he was in a punk band a few years back - I don’t regret that one bit - and the shirt was lost somewhere along the way. Somehow I think D. Boon would approve of that wholeheartedly. (Oh, I got to talk to him before the show! I had no idea it was him at the time... nice guy. R.I.P. to a tremendous dude.)
Having attended Tulane '82-86 and worked for TUCP l recall a different timeline. So, unless I missed any Slam in the Cram Shows (which I doubt) here's when Minutemen were in NOLA:
1985 was indeed the Double Nickels tour and blasted our brains @ Jimmie's on Oak St (across from the street car station) while their only Cram show was 1983 for the Buzz or Howl tour for which I worked security in that tiny conference room: a musical game-changer! We all became instant fans. WTUL in 1985 would play the bass from Maybe Partying Will Help as one of their bumpers.
They crushed both shows. Watt is now just finishing a tour as mssv.
Holy shit this is so God damn good. Minutemen, favorite band of all time.
Now that is drumming
this is history. thanks so much for posting it.
D. Boon is *the* reason that I picked up a Telecaster...
George is stellar. All ‘em are.
the guitar skills of D Boon are always incredible to watch. What a loss. R.I.P
I was at that show i think, hard to remember now, I think it was at one of there Hollywood shows that year, saw them about 25 or 30 time's, ok now i remember San Francisco i think because we went from la to San Francisco at all of there shows I was 21 I think because i was buying beer if you could have seen D Boon live then you would understand, I got to meet D Mike and George more than once, I'm from lomita next to San Pedro, D Boon is the God of punk guitar. 27 forever, love you D, miss you...
Only 40-ish songs? Well I guess we got our 5 bucks worth?
I sure love this band. Miss you D.
RIP D. Boon. Best band ever.
Also, the sound it really good on this for 1985!!!
Jesus and Tequila is easily one of the best songs ever
awesome that this is available, thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing! Some of the best footage of these guys I have seen. This right here is the music that got me through college back in the day. "This is Bob Dylan to me!"
Fucking great band rip D. Boon
holy shit. hell yes. thank you for this footage!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, this is great live. RIP D.
Great set list and recording. An official physical release of this would be cool
The Stone was such a great venue.
I really wanna see a video of Cohesion being played live 😍😍
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Since it’s an acoustic guitar it’s not often they play it cause it need 2 different guitars
Смотрю, все комменты свежие.. Это самое главное) D. с нами, enjoy!
Thanks for posting!
To whoever posted this… thank you.
Who breaks a bass string? Watt!!!!!!
What a great vid
Best 'punk/hardcore' genre trio ever imho
They're one of my all-time favorite bands too. But you know what? I wouldn't call them hardcore at all. They're punk - and indie before hipsters appropriated it into a wimpy sub-genre - in ethos and attitude; musically I would call them a forerunner to alternative rock.
@@arturoandrade9089 yep
@@arturoandrade9089 I'm 17 and these old bands are soooo much better than today (as far as I'm aware) so happy i found this band they are great. I love explaining to mates there is more than just smells like teen spirit.
@@casperhiscock4871 You're doing great. Keep it up dude
@@casperhiscock4871 listen to more music
i despise silky smooth perfect polished vocals that the pop world has been obsessed with since about. . . well, about 1985.
This is the best rock and roll of all time
By the only great rock band ever!!!
Punk rock as it should be, no 10 guitars lined up on stage one for each song, intro, chorus, climax, next intro. No vaporous talk between the songs, just letting the music reach out to the music.
great quality, many thanks
still love your work!!
Love from me. D Boon is energy and I wish he made more. epic
Aren't many band like this one.
This is and should be a national treasure!
International treasure, my man.
King of the Hill. Just fucking wow!
Hard to watch I miss D so much. Rock on!
Definitively A Massive Fan of the Minutemen (D Boon, Georges Hurley, Mike Watt)
Nearly named my first child “D.Boon” (one name) but then we had a girl.
Dennes is actually a great name!
That shouldn’t have stopped you. 😂
Felt like a gringo so tight and fast, makes my heart race just keeping up..rip d boon
Again, thx!
SoCal's finest. Miss you D Boon
Saw them at the 688 in Atlanta.Sure glad I did.
35 years ago today
What a setlist. Almost 40 songs in a little more than an hour
Thanks for postin!
Pioneers of Punk!
I wish the D's Guitar was a bit louder in the mix MIke always get props for his bass, but the guitar always drove the band for me.
D Boone is a guitar God, ad Mike watt and George Hurley and you get a hurricane, a force of nature
Just get out of the way, only the strong survive. I once had a conversation with Bill Zoom guitarist from X the greatest LA punk band of all time about D Boone when D was still alive and he told me D Boone is a living legend, we were at a Husker Du minutemen show in Hollywood I guess around 1982 or 1983 John Doe and Bill Zoom were checking out the show when i asked what he thought of D, Bill went on like he was waiting all night for someone to ask the question. It was awesome. Bill and myself became friends because of D Boone.
Thanks D, 27 forever.
Love you, miss you more...
Quite a jem of a tape.
And today (Dec. 22, 2020) marks the 35th anniversary of d. Boone’s death at the age of 27 in a traffic accident. The axel fell off of his van while he was resting in the back. For punk rock in Los Angeles, that is the day the music died. Mike Watt did amazing work with fIREHOSE (and other bands) after that, but it definitely broke a part of his heart forever.
Too true. There's a talk on YT given by Mugger and Joe Carducci at a NYC bookstore back in 2017 and Joe says flat out that Mike Watt became a different person after d. Boone died and the loss of the Minutemen kind of made the situation at SST go from bad to worse.
that interlude at 23:36 is surfin with the shah by urinals
Yeth.
If you were at this show.... I want a locket of your hair....
The Jerry Garcia of punk rock. Love it!
WahturBug that would be Curt Kirkwood
@@earinsound good call...nothing at the top but a bucket and a mop
How dare you.
Boon was miles ahead of Garcia
@@benweaver9151 thanks for reply...got me to go back and watch this clip again. And you obviously arent well versed in Jerry...but take another listen from the 'If Boon were from 60's Haight :) Enjoy!
I had just seen them in St. Louis in April of 85.
@Brian Spears Mississippi Nights downtown.
Was there. Mind blown.
bomb cover .,hey lavdy mama..super concert,,
Somebody needs to spiff this up and do a proper release.
Yeah well, it took an enormous amount of work to get it like this. The video system put a glitch at every camera change. Those were addressed as best we could and took a lot of time. The dbx cassette sbd was slightly different speed from the video so it required a lot of time to synch the audio. I don't think the DVD format could capture the full resolution of the video tape and then I bet RUclips did some data compression on the uploaded file to reduce the storage space needed. The VHS master is now 37 years old but it was a top quality premium Maxell so it is probably still pretty good. The audio is on a Maxell metal tape so also as good as was possible at the time. If Mike Watt is interested I'm ready to provide them.
Just realized how similar the opener is to Saccharine Trusts We became Snakes. Two great bands
Nice tie
Yesssss, live On…