Talk:Minutemen (band)

message: I just started work on the Project Mersh article today. It looks good so far; I have the infobox, track listing, personnel and links. However, I am just not that good at writing the body. I tried to write the introduction, but I just couldn't do it. I wasn't even sure how explain the order of its release. Is Project: Mersh the final EP? (It depends on whether you include Minuteflag which recorded a month after P:M but released posthumously.)  Was it the next to last recorded? (including or excluding Minuteflag) I would appreciate any help that you can offer. --Adamv88 19:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project: Mersh article help! 

message: Should this article touch on the relative isolation of bands like the Minutemen and Black Flag from the Hollywood/Chinatown punk scene (regardless of the lyrical contents of "History Lesson, Vol. 2"), and how this might have influenced their sound?  Certainly either band was considerably more eclectic in nature than most of the acts at Madame Wong's. --Slightlyslack 10:28, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't disagree there. I'll have to work on that part of the article when I have more free time, as I'm really foamin' to expand this article to Beatles/Zep/Pink Floyd levels ;) Cjmarsicano 15:00, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Madam Wong’s was more a new wave venue.  Hong Kong Cafe briefly had more Hollywood bands, Catholic Discipline segment of Decline was filmed there.  I have avoided using definite articles, tho I can’t remember ever hearing of this band being referred to as “Minutemen” when they were actually playing.  Band names without articles (eg “styx”) weren’t very cool in 1978-80.  Always kind of jarring to me to see. SternoJimbo (talk) 00:03, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wondering about geographic influence 

message: I noticed that there seems to be an incomplete edit on the Minutemen page -- there is an incomplete phrase in the "Covers and Tributes" section, third paragraph -- "specifically the".  I'm assuming that the person editing will finish, but if I don't notice a change by the end of the day, I'll probably go ahead and delete the phrase.--Larrybob 21:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomplete edit 

message: Hurley has produced work with Vida, Mayo Thompson
Vida is a disambiguation article, I was unable to determine the context of the article and what the proper link would be. It would be good if this was fixed. --Midnightcomm 04:06, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vida link in History section 

message: I uploaded a new logo and pic of the band... looks pretty shaweet ;) Dman92 16:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo + Pic 

message: The current article reads "On December 22, 1985, Boon and his girlfriend were killed in a van accident, putting an end to the Minutemen."
While this may be true, in no other media that I can remember (e.g. Our Band Could Be Your Life and We Jam Econo) was it mentioned that Boon's girlfriend also died in the crash.  Does someone have a definitive source one way or another?
Painaxl 11:58, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Well spotted. CloudNine 12:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boon's girlfriend death? 

message: This article is a labour of love and has some good research, but the style leaves a lot to be desired.    There are many clunky constructions and some weird phrasing; some of it almost reads as though written by someone who didn't have English as a first language.  I take this to be the result of numerous rewrites by different hands, rather than just one person who couldn't write very well.  If nobody objects, I will go through it and fix what I believe to be the most glaring faults of style. Lexo (talk) 16:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good research, style not so good 

message: Considering their relation to the nationwide American underground rock scene in the eighties and the fact that most of their music isn't hardcore punk at all, shouldn't we consider giving them a better label than just post-punk (partly true) and hardcore punk?  What Makes a Man Start Fires? is closer to No Wave like James Chance and the Contortions than it is to the generic east coast DC Hardcore stuff.  Historical context would place them under alternative rock/indie rock.  I know, Watt hates that label, I'm not big on them either, but that is what is used.Jonas.E.B. 06:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting discussion here folks (no sarcasm), but try to remember to keep the original research out of Wikipedia. I agree that labels are mostly bunk, but as editors we can't insert personal views into articles. Strong opinions such as these only belong when they're cited from reputable, reliable sources/journalists. Cheers, dfg (talk) 19:48, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm reminded of an old interview with Watt wherein he describes touring and, after a gig (in Boston, iirc), a kid (in standard "Punk Rock Uniform" of the day) comes up to him and says, in effect, "Man, you guys are the weirdest 'Hahdcowah' band I evah sawr." Now, "Hardcore", "Punk" and "Post-Punk" don't begin to really describe the band accurately, but those are the terms that were applied at the time both by fans and critics. In hindsight, we can attach many labels to them, so the question is which? - It doesn't stick. (talk) 17:09, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Genre

message: I understand that Mike Wyatt's and George Hurley's articles are up for mention to be merged. While I admittingly don't care whether they are merged one way or another, one thing I would kindly suggest is that D. Boon still continue to have his own article. Boon was one of the most influential and talented guitarists in hardcore punk, and the information about him is more than enough for the article about him to stand on its' own. Mr. Brain (talk) 01:33, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  D. Boon 

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message: From the article: "They refuse to have a substitute guitarist play late Minutemen guitarist D. Boon's parts; instead the songs are arranged for bass and drums."
It might be worth putting in the article that more recently, Watt and the Missingmen have done many shows where they do faithful covers of Minutemen songs with a trio of guitar, bass, and drums (though not Hurley).
See for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrO3UnYK7h8
-- there are a lot of Minutemen songs in that video.JohnMason (talk) 23:24, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covering Minutemen songs and Missingmen