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 ...

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 ...

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There’s more to a Behind the Music than just a tragedy that busts up a band. Just as there’s more to a band than a mere list of its hits. We Jam Econo isn’t, as it claims, “the story of the Minutemen, ...

For 36 righteous years, punk rock godhead Mike Watt has worn his heart on his flannel sleeve and through his radical bass pluckin’, devoted to the ethos he and best pal D. Boon lived by in their ...

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 ...

Former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt has a reputation for being emotional, and sure enough, not five minutes into Tim Irwin's documentary We Jam Econo: The Story Of The Minutemen, Watt chokes up. It ...