The Punch Line (Full Album) -- Minutemen

Anyone remember that picture framed image of D-Boone on the wall at the old Anti-Club aka Helen's Place on Melrose?♡♡Minutemen ♡♡

So good it’s almost intimidating. Like WTF space alien music.

Great great album. Hardcore, post-punk, whatever you want to call it, it slays.

I love that these songs are all so short. I just listened to them all 3 times in a row.

a work of art made by dudes who were all of 23

as soon as i hear the drum fill leading into "search" i get chills. a top track by by one of my fave bands. these guys froth up a wild and great sound on this record. god bless them and RIP D Boon.

Masterpiece thanxalot,escaped vivesectionist!

A life Changing Album, Punchy Power BASS !

Bought a used cassette of "My First Bells" (SST compilation of everything before "Double Nickels") in the late 80's and didn't get it at all. It sounded like a buncha noise to me and I promptly forgot about it. Coupla years later, i get my first car with a shitty cassette deck and owning not a lot of tapes, I start playing it. Still don't get it, but it sounds cool driving around Portland in the summertime in a beat up '72 Chevy Nova. Got to the point where I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT. Guess what I'm trying to say is that the Minutemen are an acquired taste, but once you get what they're actually up to, they make perfect sense.

I went and saw the Blake Babies open up for fIREHOSE and during the show, the female bass player said: "I can't even play this thing knowing that Mike Watt is in the audience." The guy standing shoulder to shoulder with me was Watt himself who said: "You're doing great." Watt graciously chatted with me after their set and then bolted for his own show. There were no "rock stars" in that scene. They were like us. It was a brief and golden era, and it will never be back again.

"you don't REMEMBER" well we do innit?

I have listened to Minutemen more than any other rock band. This album, hundreds of times, and it never ever gets boring, or old. It astounds me how fresh it remains, and how many listens it bears. I can rightly say I revere Minutemen. Bless ya.

WOW....this is fantastic....the songs are so strong....Classic....

How is this an album? Shouldnt it be an EP at only 15 minutes long?

Tamburovich is Dalmatian Croat from San....Pedro?

I remember back in 2008, maybe 2007, waiting at a bus stop & listening to this album. It was so different from anything else I listened to & I was an instant fan. I replayed it over & over so many times.

I have a lot of respect for Mitch Mitchell...he's easily one of the best drummers of all time. Bonham, too. But they still don't rise to Hurley level. And while the Puppets "Up On the Sun" is the best album in the SST catalog...because it's the BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME...taken as a whole, based on the overall quality of their entire output, Minutemen are the best group of all time. Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin are obviously in the same conversation, but the visceral mania and CONSTANT "On-ness" of this band is hard to overcome. These guys never let up...they never rest. Luckily, we can listen to all three.

Seriously, these guys should be in the RRHOF. Like...YESTERDAY.

The Best!!!!

2020 and i love this release!!!!!!! only ever heard paranoid time up until this very moment, they jam econo

The measured distance between centuries issues you your number.

15 minutes of punk bliss

Superb album. Their music still really fits the times in 2020. Eternal shelf life. One of a kind band and forever relevant. RIP D. Boon and thanks fellas for all the great music.

Who is Tamburovich?

I always wondered how Husker Du got bigger, when the Minutemen had so much more color to their sound. Also, funny, smart, and great players. Too political?

Watt, Boon, Hurley. Red, Yellow, Blue. Flesh, Muscle, Bone

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.

I love rich sounding music I did not expect to hear it from them with this titles. So that's how it is called by BUNDS - Punchline: The Stru ggle!👋👐 Fuego! Charge.......!

And tear down the barrier that separates the caste

Still sounds so fresshhhhh

Mike Watt is absolutely my favourite bass player of all time

Mike Watt in full superhero mode here. Unimaginable before.

These guys are, and were, the best damn "if punk, then what," band in all of Southern CaliforniA. Wish I had given myself more exposure to them at the same time I was obsessed with TSOL, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, etc. I guess there is only so much time to absorb the meaning or meaningless messages with any aplomb. I give myself some credit for buying the "My First Bells" cassette in about '85'; damn, I was so hooked on that cassette; I parroted the lyrics to the point that I can nearly repeat verbatim today! I was not fortunate to see them in their best days. Glad songs like Corona on Jackass have exposed others to their mystic heights. Bad ass fucking band, no question! Cheers.

George Hurley is underrated.

real punk rock is experimental - otherwise, it dies.

This album kicks ass

Les précurseurs de Nomeansno? incontournables!

After alot of deliberation and reflection I do think that this is probably my favorite Minutemen release. Theres just something about it that is so punchy, catchy, and awesome. It is kinda similar to paranoid time in that way, but everything is turned up to 10. The guitar, bass, and drums collide like the paint on the cover to make a cohesive album that is just amazing all the way through every time i listen to it. Im glad that Boon, Watt, and Hurley were able to make this music, even if it was cut short.

found this band in the comment section of a nomeansno album. pretty fuckin' rad

I don't remember....

This is really freaky... I know all these songs, but haven't heard them in at least 30 years, and didn't realize it was The Minutemen. It's like one flashback after another. But I don't remember owning this album or ever being into the Minutemen. Maybe a friend had a tape back in the day? (there was lots of punk mix tapes floating around) so, I'm not sure what I'm remembering. Anyway, hearing it now, I think I didn't give them enough attention back then - this is really ahead of its time.

not heard this before , thanks, big love

search is a great song, besides the fact i can't stop picturing goatse every time i hear it

Double Nickels is their magnum opus, but this one will always be my favorite.
Calling it a "full-length album" is a stretch, though, since the total playing time is about 15 minutes.

Maybe 35 years have passsed since I am lucky to know this great band. Germany. Boone was already 5 years dead when I bought this album. Fascinating!

Buyed this album 1990. Flash. Genious. Favorite like Nick Cave's Birthday Party Albums and Big Black.

Henry Rollins brought me here.

acceleration punk from Montreuil in France!!!!!!