There’s an intensely emotional scene near the end of the new documentary on the Minutemen, that influential and much-loved ’80s punk outfit from San Pedro, Calif. Former member Mike Watt sits on his ...

In the early 1980s, there was no American band that could touch The Minutemen. Like fellow Californians The Circle Jerks, the trio said what it had to say with lightning-fast speed, if not usually ...

It’s harder than ever to jam econo. Mike Watt of The Minutemen coined that phrase”We jam econo”in the ’80s to mean rocking, especially on the road, in the most efficient, thrifty way possible. But as ...

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A suitably unfussy tribute to a band that disdained even the slightest rock-star flash, "We Jam Econo" tells the story of the Minutemen, whose regrettably brief but brilliant career did much to expand ...

Earlier this month Green Day sent a tidal wave of change through the offices of Lookout Records, the Berkeley-based indie that released the California punk trio’s first two albums. Citing nonpayment ...

The Minutemen were the most musically sophisticated band of the 80s hardcore punk explosion, incorporating funk, jazz, and folk in an avalanche of hypershort, lyrically direct songs. This smart and ...