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yes, for underground 20 yrs ago, they were the next big thing. a good book to read is: "our band could be your life" all about the underground movement in u.s. in the 80's under the reagan yrs. there were a lot of bands that were "almost big" (minutemen, husker du, etc), but the premise of the book (my reading at least) is that major labels killed the underground feel for these bands, and most imploded, etc. the other premise is that nirvana's breaking in '91 killed the underground and the underground became mainstream. the thing i laughed about all through the 80's was hearing the term "post-punk". they were still using that til the end of the '80's and i thought, hmmm, wasn't punk about '77, how long can it still be "post-punk"? music categories, gotta make you laugh.... s--- > > >> On a completlely unrelated note, I've just bought Double Nickels On >The Dime >> by The Minutemen - this is amazing, why did no-one tell me about the >> Minutemen before????? I'm only 20 years late... >> >> Steve >> www.steve-lawson.co.uk >> >> >minutemen are/were a great band...d boon was one of the unheralded guitar >guys! he had this minimalist skronkk that was just great to listen to. >their shows were a compilation of fast-superfast-ultrafast tunes-none >longer >than 2min. i think,-my faves were their covers of <green river> by ccr >and <the red and the black> by boc. >mike watt no slouch on bass either... >s >(loved yer stuff @ bananas edp clinic in san rafael,steve) --