Minuteflag
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Minuteflag was an experimental jam band collaboration between members of the bands Black Flag and The Minutemen. It took place in March 1985, while Black Flag was in the process of writing and recording Loose Nut at Total Access Studio in Redondo Beach, CA; the Minutemen had just completed their Project: Mersh 12" EP at the same studio the month before. The members involved initially agreed that the material recorded during the Minuteflag sessions would not be released until at least one of the bands had disbanded. The wait would prove to be sadly short; a 12" EP on SST Records came out over a year afterward, by which time The Minutemen had disbanded after the car crash death of guitarist/vocalist D. Boon; Black Flag themselves would split up later in 1986. Despite the demand for the album amongst hardcore fans of both bands, the EP has yet to be rereleased on CD by SST.
Minuteflag EP (1986, SST 050)
1. "Fetch The Water"
2. "Power Failure"
3. "Friends"
4. "Candy Rush"
Personnel:
D. Boon (vocals, guitar)
Henry Rollins (backing vocals)
Greg Ginn (guitar)
George Hurley (bongos, bean can)
Kira Roessler (bass)
Mike Watt (bass)
Bill Stevenson (drums)
| The Minutemen |
|---|
| D. Boon | Mike Watt | George Hurley |
| Discography |
| Albums: The Punch Line | What Makes a Man Start Fires? | Double Nickels on the Dime | 3-Way Tie (For Last) | Ballot Result |
| Extended plays: Paranoid Time | Joy | Bean-Spill | Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat | Tour-Spiel | Project: Mersh | Georgeless E.P. |
| Compilations: The Politics of Time | My First Bells | Post-Mersh Vol. 1 | Post-Mersh Vol. 2 | Post-Mersh Vol. 3 | Introducing the Minutemen |
| Other releases: Minuteflag | D. Boon and Friends |
| Bootlegs: ...Just A Minute, Men | Live In 1985: Acoustic Blowout | Live At Flynn's Ocean 71 |
| Related articles |
| The Reactionaries | New Alliance Records | Martin Tamburovich | George Hurley and Mike Watt |
| Black Flag |
|---|
| Greg Ginn |
| Vocals: Keith Morris | Chavo Pederast | Dez Cadena | Henry Rollins |
| Bass: Raymond Pettibon | Spot | Chuck Dukowski | Kira Roessler | C'el Revuelta |
| Drums: David Horvitz | Brian Migdol | ROBO | Emil Johnson | Chuck Biscuits | Bill Stevenson |Anthony Martinez |
| Discography |
| Albums: Damaged | My War | Family Man | Slip It In | Loose Nut | In My Head |
| Extended plays: Nervous Breakdown | Jealous Again | Six Pack | TV Party | The Process of Weeding Out | Minuteflag | I Can See You |
| Live: Live '84 | Who's Got the 10½? | Annihilate This Week |
| Other releases: Everything Went Black | The First Four Years | Wasted...Again | The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More | |
| Related articles |
| Rollins Band | Dos | State of Alert | Gone | SST Records | October Faction | Joe Cole |
