The Story Of The Minutemen Told On New Two-DVD Set
The Minutemen will be profiled in the DVD version of a feature-length documentary that’s been making the rounds in select movie theatres.
The two-disc We Jam Econo: The Story Of The Minutemen will be released on June 27 through Plexifilm and will be distributed in Canada by Sonic Unyon. Along with the 90-minute film, the first disc features deleted scenes and interviews and the music videos for "This Ain’t No Picnic," "Ack Ack Ack Ack" and "King Of The Hill."
A second DVD features 62 songs from three live performances: The Starwood in Los Angeles in 1980; the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. in 1984; and the Acoustic Blowout cable access show in Los Angeles in 1985.
The package also includes a 16-page booklet with full-colour photos, filmmaker notes and liner notes by David Rees, the creator of Get Your War On.
The Minutemen didn’t have a long or fiscally rewarding career before it was tragically cut short in December 1985 when guitarist/vocalist D. Boon was killed in a car accident in the Arizona desert. The band — which also featured bassist/vocalist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley — blended hardcore punk, freeform jazz, folk, funk and rock musical elements with political ideals on the five albums that they recorded from 1981 to ’85. The San Pedro, California trio developed a cult following that still remains today.
In addition to memories from Watt and Hurley, who formed Firehose after Boon’s death, the DVD features interviews with more than 50 other musicians, artists, journalists and friends, including Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis, Wire’s Colin Newman, Husker Du’s Grant Hart, The Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood, Henry Rollins, Richard Hell, Jello Biafra and John Doe.
—Phil Villeneuve
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"Damian Hade " wrote:J is on for litterally for 6 seconds.
Quote:J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. has the briefest cameo, but the best line. Recalling his wonder at seeing the heavy-set Boon pogo-ing ferociously around the stage, he deadpans: ?I never saw a fat guy move that much, I guess.?
