Minutemen, and "The Boilerman" from Watt's second solo album Contemplating The Engine Room (which parallels the stories of The Minutemen, Watt's father, and the novel The Sand Pebbles ) is about D. Boon. The Minutemen track "Sickles and Hammers" (from Paranoid Time ) was covered by Sebadoh on 1991's Sebadoh III . Sublime