MINUTEMEN:
D. Boon - guitar, singing
Mike Watt - bass, singing
George Hurley - drums
EP:"Paranoid Time" Recorded 7/80. Released 12/80.
7" US SST Records SST-002
10" US SST Records SST-0027 reissue 1985
CD-5 US SST Records SST CD 002 Aug.1991 reissue
CD US SST Records SST CD 165 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.3 Dec.1988 reissue
songs:
0:38- Validation (Tanmburovich, Watt)
0:39- The Maze (d.Boon)
1:13- Definitions (Watt)
0:47- Sickles and Hammers (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Fascist (Boon)
0:59- Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Watt)
1:19- Paranoid Chant (Watt)
EP:"JOY" Recored 8/1/81
7" US New Alliance #-?
CD-3 US SST Records SST CD 214 1988 reissue
CD US SST Records SST CD 165 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.3 Dec. 1988 reissue
songs:
0:52- Joy (Hurley, Watt)
1:06- Black Sheep (Hurley, Watt)
1:06- More Joy (Boon, Cadenza, Watt)
LP:"The Punch Line" Recorded 1981
LP US SST Records SST-004
CD US SST Records CD 004 1991 reissue
CD US SST Records CD 128 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.1 Dec. 1987 reissue
songs:
0:51- Search (Hurley, Watt)
1:18- Tension (Tamburovich, Watt)
1:01- Games (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Boiling (Hurley, Watt)
0:45- The Struggle (Boon)
0:40- Monuments (Hurley, Watt)
0:49- Ruins (Hurley, Watt)-(George makes a speech on this one)
0:38- Issued (Hurley, Watt)
0:40- The Punch Line (Watt)
0:31- Song For El Salvador (Boon)
0:37- History Lesson (Boon)
0:30- Fanatics (Watt)
0:50- No Parade (Boon)
0:58- Straight Jacket (Watt)
0:55- Gravity (Hurley, Watt)
0:54- Warfare (Hurley, Watt)
0:50- Static (Boon, Watt)
EP:"Bean Spill" 1982
7" US Thermidor T8
CD US SST Records SST CD 165 collection:Post-Mersh Vol.3 Dec. 1988 reissue
songs:
0:53- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
1:15- If Reagan Played Disco (Watt)
1:28- Case Closed (Boon, Watt)
1:34- Afternoons (Taburovich, Watt)
0:56- Futurisn Restated (Joe Boon, Watt)
LP:"What Makes A Man Start Fires?" Recorded 7/82
LP US SST Records SST 014
CD US SST Records SST CD 014(Aug.1991 reissue)
CD US SST Records SST CD 138 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.1 Dec. 1987 reissue
songs:
1:27- Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Watt)
1:00- One Chapter In The Book (Watt)
1:44- Beacon Sighted Through Fog (Watt)
1:00- Fake Contest (Watt)
1:06- Mutiny in Jonestown (Boon, Watt)
1:06- Pure Joy (Hurley, Watt)
2:10- East Wind/Faith (Hurley, Watt)
1:00- '99 (Hurley, Watt)
2:20- The Anchor (Hurley, Watt)
1:45- Sell or Be Sold (Boon, Watt)
1:00- The Only Minority (Boon, Watt)
0:52- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
2:05- Colors (Boon, Watt)
1:37- Plight (Boon, Watt)
1:08- This Road (Watt)
1:35- The Tin Roof (Watt)
1:44- Polarity (Watt)
EP:"Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat" Recorded 1/83
12"EP US SST Records SST 016
CD-5 US SST Records SST CD 016(Mar.1991 reissue)
CD US SST Records SST CD 139 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.2 Sept.1988 reissue
songs:
1:23- Self-Referenced (Watt)
2:02- Cut (Watt)
1:45- Dream Told By Moto (Watt)
1:09- Dreams Are Free, Motherfucker! (Watt, Hurley, Boon, Crane)
0:40- The Toe Jam (Watt, Hurley, Boon, Vandenberg, Cooper)
1:57- I Felt Like A Gringo (Watt)
2:44- The Product (Boon)
3:10- Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (Boon, Dukowski)
LP "The Politics Of Time" Recorded 1979-1983. Released 4/84.
LP US New Alliance NAR- ?
CD US SST Records CD 227(Sept.1991 reissue)
CD US SST Records CD 165 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.3 Dec. 1988 reissue
A collection of previously unreleased material including a track (Tony gets Wasted in Pedro) by the Pre-MINUTEMEN Reactionaries:Boon, Hurley, Watt and Martin Tamburovich on singing.
songs
:(Sorry, Times of songs were never listed on either format.)
Base King (Boon, Watt)
Working Men Are Pissed (Watt)
I Shook Hands (Watt)
Below The Belt (Hurley, Watt)
Shit You Hear At Parties (Boon, Watt)
The Big Lounge Scene (Watt)
Maternal Rite (Boon)
Tune For Wind God (Hurley, Boon, Watt)
Party With Me Punker (Watt)
The Process (Boon, Watt)
Joy Jam (Hurley, Boon, Watt, Spot)
Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro (Lazaroff, Watt)
Swing to The Right (Watt)
!Raza Si! (Watt)
Times (Watt)
Badges (Watt)
Fodder (Boon, Watt)
Futurism Restated (Joe Boon, Watt)
Hollering (Watt)
Suburban Dialectic (Watt)
Contained (Hurley, Watt)
On Trial (Watt)
Spraycan Wars (Watt)
My Part (Boon)
Fanatics (Watt)
Ack Ack Ack (Talley, Jones, Johansen)
The Big Blast For Youth (Hurley, Boon, Watt,
Vandenberg, Tamborovich)
DOUBLE LP:"Double Nickels On The Dime" Recorded 11/83 and 4/84
2xLP US SST Records SST 028
CD US SST Records SST CD 028(reissue1988)
*This Initial reissue was remixed by Watt and Vitus Matare-Aug.'87.(See Below)
A 1989 reissue was also released with the original mix restored and a slightly different track listing (Full listing later on in this doc.). -W.T.
songs:
Side D.:
1:15- Anxious Mo-Fo (Watt)
1:28- Theatre is the Life of You (Bon, Watt)
1:27- Viet Nam (Boon)
1:57- Cohesion (Boon)
2:07- It's Expecyed I'm Gone (Watt)
1:52- #1 Hit Song (Hurley, Boon)
1:50- Two Beads At The End (Hurley, Boon)
1:46- Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want The Truth? (Watt)
1:40- Don't Look Now [Live](J.Fogerty)
1:33- Shit From An Old Notebook (Boon, Watt)
1:43- Nature Without Man (Dukowski, Boon)
1:47- One Reporter's Opinion (watt)
Side Mike:
1:29- Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (Watt)
1:57- Maybe Partying Will Help (Boon, Watt)
1:38- Toadies (Watt)
1:55- Retreat (Watt)
1:27- The Big Foist (Watt)
1:18- God Bows To Math (Jack Brewer, Watt)
2:29- Corona (Boon)
2:52- The Glory Of Man (Watt)
1:41- Take 5 D. (Watt)
1:03- My Heart And The Real Worls (Watt)
2:12- History Lesson - Part II (Wat
Side George:
2:00- You Need The Glory (Hurley)
1:21- The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts (Vandenberg, Watt)
3:00- Mr.Robot's Holy Orders (Hurley, Watt)
1:49- West Germany (Boon)
1:08- The Politics of Time (Watt)
1:18- Themselves (Boon)
0:46- Please Don't Be Gentle With Me (Joe Brewer, Watt)
1:20- Nothing Indeed (Hurley, Watt)
1:54- No Exchange (Hurley, Watt)
1:35- There Aint Shit On T.V.Tomight (Hurley, Watt)
1:54- This Aint No Picnic (Boon)
1:48- Spillage (Watt)
Side Chaff:
2:02- Untitled Song For Latin America (Boon)
2:56- Jesus and Tequila (Carducci, Boon)
1:47- June 16th (Watt)
2:02- Storm in My House (Rollins, Boon)
0:51- Martin's Story (Taborovich, Watt)
0:38- Aint Talkin' 'Bot Love (Van Halen, Van Halen
Anthony, Roth)
1:41- Doctor Wu (Becker, Fagan)
2:53- Litle Man With A Gun In His Hand (Dukowski, Boon)
2:02- The World According To Nouns (Watt)
2:03- Love Dance (Boon)
REISSUE:"Double Nickels On The Dime" Re-mixed 8/87 by Watt and Vitus Matare. Limited issue, now deleted.
CD US SST Records SST CD 028 Sept.1988 reissue
songs:
0:30- D.'s Car Jam
1:15- Anxious Mo-Fo (Watt)
1:28- Theatre is the Life of You (Bon, Watt)
1:27- Viet Nam (Boon)
1:57- Cohesion (Boon)
2:07- It's Expecyed I'm Gone (Watt)
1:52- #1 Hit Song (Hurley, Boon)
1:50- Two Beads At The End (Hurley, Boon)
1:46- Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want The Truth? (Watt)
1:40- Don't Look Now [Live](J.Fogerty)
1:33- Shit From An Old Notebook (Boon, Watt)
1:43- Nature Without Man (Dukowski, Boon)
1:47- One Reporter's Opinion (watt)
0:32- Mike's Car Jam
1:29- Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (Watt)
1:57- Maybe Partying Will Help (Boon, Watt)
1:38- Toadies (Watt)
1:55- Retreat (Watt)
1:27- The Big Foist (Watt)
1:18- God Bows To Math (Jack Brewer, Watt)
2:29- Carona (Boon)
2:52- The Glory Of Man (Watt)
1:41- Take 5 D. (Watt)
1:03- My Heart And The Real Worls (Watt)
2:12- History Lesson - Part II (Watt)
0:31- George's Car Jam
2:00- You Need The Glory (Hurley)
1:21- The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts (Vandenberg, Watt)
3:00- Mr.Robot's Holy Orders (Hurley, Watt)
1:49- West Germany (Boon)
1:08- The Politics of Time (Watt)
1:18- Themselves (Boon)
0:46- Please Don't Be Gentle With Me (Joe Brewer, Watt)
1:20- Nothing Indeed (Hurley, Watt)
1:54- No Exchange (Hurley, Watt)
1:35- There Aint Shit On T.V.Tomight (Hurley, Watt)
1:54- This Aint No Picnic (Boon)
1:48- Spillage (Watt)
0:14- Three Car Jam
2:02- Untitled Song For Latin America (Boon)
2:56- Jesus and Tequila (Carducci, Boon)
1:47- June 16th (Watt)
2:02- Storm in My House (Rollins, Boon)
0:51- Martin's Story (Taborovich, Watt)
2:02- The World According To Nouns (Watt)
2:03- Love Dance (Boon)
REISSUE:"Double Nickels On The Dime" Restored to the original mix 1989 with different track listing.
CD US SST Records SST CD 028 reissue 1989
songs:
1:19- D.'s Car Jam/Anxious Mo-Fo (Watt)
1:28- Theatre is the Life of You (Bon, Watt)
1:27- Viet Nam (Boon)
1:57- Cohesion (Boon)
2:07- It's Expecyed I'm Gone (Watt)
1:52- #1 Hit Song (Hurley, Boon)
1:50- Two Beads At The End (Hurley, Boon)
1:46- Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want The Truth? (Watt)
1:40- Don't Look Now [Live](J.Fogerty)
1:33- Shit From An Old Notebook (Boon, Watt)
1:43- Nature Without Man (Dukowski, Boon)
1:47- One Reporter's Opinion (watt)
1:29- Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (Watt)
1:57- Maybe Partying Will Help (Boon, Watt)
1:38- Toadies (Watt)
1:55- Retreat (Watt)
1:27- The Big Foist (Watt)
1:18- God Bows To Math (Jack Brewer, Watt)
2:29- Carona (Boon)
2:52- The Glory Of Man (Watt)
1:41- Take 5 D. (Watt)
1:03- My Heart And The Real Worls (Watt)
2:12- History Lesson - Part II (Watt)
2:00- You Need The Glory (Hurley)
1:21- The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts (Vandenberg, Watt)
3:00- Mr.Robot's Holy Orders (Hurley, Watt)
1:49- West Germany (Boon)
1:08- The Politics of Time (Watt)
1:18- Themselves (Boon)
0:46- Please Don't Be Gentle With Me (Joe Brewer, Watt)
1:20- Nothing Indeed (Hurley, Watt)
1:54- No Exchange (Hurley, Watt)
1:35- There Aint Shit On T.V.Tomight (Hurley, Watt)
1:54- This Aint No Picnic (Boon)
1:48- Spillage (Watt)
2:02- Untitled Song For Latin America (Boon)
2:56- Jesus and Tequila (Carducci, Boon)
1:47- June 16th (Watt)
2:02- Storm in My House (Rollins, Boon)
0:51- Martin's Story (Taborovich, Watt)
0:38- Aint Talkin' 'Bot Love (Van Halen, Van Halen
Anthony, Roth)
1:41- Doctor Wu (Becker, Fagan)
2:53- Litle Man With A Gun In His Hand (Dukowski, Boon)
2:02- The World According To Nouns (Watt)
2:03- Love Dance (Boon)
EP:"Project: Mersh" Recorded 2/85
12"EP US SST Records SST 034
CD US SST Records SST CD 034 (11/92 reissue)
CD US SST Records Sst CD 139 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.2 Sept.1988 reissue
songs:
3:52- The Cheerleaders (Boon)
3:24- King of the Hill (Boon)
3:37- Hay Lawdt Mama (Kay, Byron, Edmonton)
2:44- Take Our Test (Watt)
2:45- Tour-Spiel (Watt)
5:52- More Spiel (Watt)
EP:"Tour-Spiel EP" Recorded 8/84. Released 1985
EP 7" US Reflex Records #L ** (Reflex is former Husker-Du, current Sugar guitarist Bob Mould's label)**
CD US SST Records SST CD 165 Collection:Post-Mersh Vol.3 12/88 reissue
songs:
0:30- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Van Halen, Van Halen,
Anthony, Roth)
3:30- The Red And The Black (Bloom, A.Bouchard, Pearlman)
1:47- Green River (J.Fogerty)
2:24- Lost (Kirkwood)
LP:"3-Way Tie For Last" Recorded 8/85
LP US SST Records SST 058
CD US SST Records SST CD 058(Longbox)
songs:
3:31- The Price Of Paradise (Boon)
2:26- Lost (Kirkwood)
2:27- The Big Stick (Boon)
3:50- Political Nightmare (Kira, Watt)
2:29- Courage (Boon)
2:25- Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (J.Fogerty)
4:04- The Red And The Black (Bloom, A.Bouchard, Pearlman)
1:04- Spoken Word Piece (Watt)
3:24- No One (Kira, Watt)
1:31- Stories (Kira, Watt)
1:46- What Is It? (Kira, Watt)
0:26- Ack Ack Ack (Talley, Jones, Johansen)
1:54- Just Another Soldier (Boon)
1:20- Situations At Hand (Kira, Watt)
0:40- Hittin'The Bong (Boon)
1:37- Bermuda (Erickson)
Double LP "Ballot Result" Released 1986
LPx2 US SST Records SST 068
CD US SST Records SST CD 068 (Dec.1987 reissue, omits 1 track)
*This double record set is a collection of live tracks and rare versions of songs. During a tour in the fall of '85 the band handed out ballots listing chronologically, all their songs recorded thus far, including covers.The fans voted, the votes were tabulated and the results were released on this record.
songs:
3:03- Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (Dukowski, Boon)
1:25- Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (Watt)
1:39- I Felt Like A Gringo (Watt)
2:52- Jesus And Tequila (Carducci, Boon)
2:55- Courage (Boon)
3:00- King Of The Hill (Boon)
3:07- Bermuda (Erickson)
6:30- No One (Re-mix) (Kira, Watt)
7:45- Mr.Robot's Holy Orders (Hurley, Watt)
3:35- The Price Of Paradise (Boon)
0:31- Song For El Salvador (Boon)
0:32- Ack Ack Ack (Jones, Talley, Johansen)
2:30- Historuy Lesson Part II (Watt)
2:27- Hey Lawdy Mama (Kay, Byrom, Edmonton)
1:46- This Aint No Picnic (Boon)
3:28- The Cheerleaders (Boon)
2:36- Time (Hell)
2:01- Cut (Watt)
1:05- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
1:12- Dreams Are Free, Motherfucker! (Hurley, Boon, Watt, Crane)
1:06- Shit You Hear At Parties (Boon, Watt)
7:05- Hell(Second Take) (Hurley, Boon, Watt)
3:22- Tour-Spiel (Watt)
2:03- Take Our Test (Watt)
0:46- The Punch Line (Watt)
0:48- Search (Hurley, Watt)
1:16- Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Watt)
0:38- Badges (Watt)
1:33- Tension (Tamborovich, Watt)
1:15- If Reagan Played Disco (Watt)
3:00- No! No! No! To Draft And War/Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Sambia/Watt)
EP "Georgeless EP" Recorded 3/80. Released 1993
7" EP US Forced Exposure FE-030
* This 5-songer is the story of the original MINUTEMEN drummer Frank Tonche with an original spiel by Richard Meltzer as an insert.
songs:
On The Front (Watt)
Big Man Business (Boon)
CCCP (Watt)
Studio Of The Lawns (Watt)
Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Watt)
MINUTEMEN COLLECTIONS:
Collection:"My First Bells" released 1985
CS US SST Records SST 032
This was the very first collection of MINUTEMEN music.It was originally released on cassette only until it ran out of print. A special thanks is in order to my friend and fellow MINUTEMEN officianado Billy Kreischer from Levitown, NY for coming through with a flow at crunch time.
songs (Records):
EP:"Paranoid Time" 1980 SST Records
0:38- Validation (Tanmburovich, Watt)
0:39- The Maze (Boon)
1:13- Definitions (Watt)
0:47- Sickles and Hammers (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Fascist (Boon)
0:59- Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Watt)
1:19- Paranoid Chant (Watt)
Song:0:39- Clocks (Watt)From The compilation "Chunks" 1981 New Alliance Records
Song:
0:47- 9:30 May 2nd (Watt) from the Compilation "Cracks in the Sidewalk" 1986 New Alliance Records
EP:"JOY" 1981 New Alliance Records
0:52- Joy (Hurley, Watt)
1:06- Black Sheep (Hurley, Watt)
1:06- More Joy (Boon, Cadenza, Watt)
LP:"The Punch Line" 1982 SST Records
0:51- Search (Hurley, Watt)
1:18- Tension (Tamburovich, Watt)
1:01- Games (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Boiling (Hurley, Watt)
0:45- The Struggle (Boon)
0:40- Monuments (Hurley, Watt)
0:49- Ruins (Hurley, Watt)-(George makes a speech on this one)
0:38- Issued (Hurley, Watt)
0:40- The Punch Line (Watt)
0:31- Song For El Salvador (Boon)
0:37- History Lesson (Boon)
0:30- Fanatics (Watt)
0:50- No Parade (Boon)
0:58- Straight Jacket (Watt)
0:55- Gravity (Hurley, Watt)
0:54- Warfare (Hurley, Watt)
0:50- Static (Boon, Watt)
EP:"Bean Spill" 1982 Thermidor records
0:53- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
1:15- If Reagan Played Disco (Watt)
1:28- Case Closed (Boon, Watt)
1:34- Afternoons (Taburovich, Watt)
0:56- Futurisn Restated (Joe Boon, Watt)
Song:1:06- Prelude (M.Bolan) from the compilation "Life Is Beatiful, So Why Not Eat Health Food" 1987 New Underground records
LP:"What Makes A Man Start Fires?" 1982 SST Records
1:27- Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Watt)
1:00- One Chapter In The Book (Watt)
1:44- Beacon Sighted Through Fog (Watt)
1:00- Fake Contest (Watt)
1:06- Mutiny in Jonestown (Boon, Watt)
1:06- Pure Joy (Hurley, Watt)
2:10- East Wind/Faith (Hurley, Watt)
1:00- '99 (Hurley, Watt)
2:20- The Anchor (Hurley, Watt)
1:45- Sell or Be Sold (Boon, Watt)
1:00- The Only Minority (Boon, Watt)
0:52- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
2:05- Colors (Boon, Watt)
1:37- Plight (Boon, Watt)
1:08- This Road (Watt)
1:35- The Tin Roof (Watt)
1:44- Polarity (Watt)
EP:"Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat" 1983 SST records
1:23- Self-Referenced (Watt)
2:02- Cut (Watt)
1:45- Dream Told By Moto (Watt)
1:09- Draems Are Free, Motherfucker! (Watt, Hurley, Boon, Crane)
0:40- The Toe Jam (Watt, Hurley, Boon, Vandenberg, Cooper)
1:57- I Felt Like A Gringo (Watt)
2:44- The Product (Boon)
3:10- Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (Boon, Dukowski)
Collection:"Post-Mersh Vol.1" Includes The MINUTEMEN's first two LPs-"The Punch Line"'and "What Makes A Man Start Fires" on one CD
CD US SST Records SST CD 138 Dec.1987 reissue
songs:(Record): LP:"The Punch Line" Recorded 1982
0:51- Search (Hurley, Watt)
1:18- Tension (Tamburovich, Watt)
1:01- Games (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Boiling (Hurley, Watt)
0:45- The Struggle (Boon)
0:40- Monuments (Hurley, Watt)
0:49- Ruins (Hurley, Watt)-(George makes a speech on this one)
0:38- Issued (Hurley, Watt)
0:40- The Punch Line (Watt)
0:31- Song For El Salvador (Boon)
0:37- History Lesson (Boon)
0:30- Fanatics (Watt)
0:50- No Parade (Boon)
0:58- Straight Jacket (Watt)
0:55- Gravity (Hurley, Watt)
0:54- Warfare (Hurley, Watt)
0:50- Static (Boon, Watt)
songs:(Record): LP:"What Makes A Man Start Fires?" 1982
1:27- Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Watt)
1:00- One Chapter In The Book (Watt)
1:44- Beacon Sighted Through Fog (Watt)
1:00- Fake Contest (Watt)
1:06- Mutiny in Jonestown (Boon, Watt)
1:06- Pure Joy (Hurley, Watt)
2:10- East Wind/Faith (Hurley, Watt)
1:00- '99 (Hurley, Watt)
2:20- The Anchor (Hurley, Watt)
1:45- Sell or Be Sold (Boon, Watt)
1:00- The Only Minority (Boon, Watt)
0:52- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
2:05- Colors (Boon, Watt)
1:37- Plight (Boon, Watt)
1:08- This Road (Watt)
1:35- The Tin Roof (Watt)
1:44- Polarity (Watt)
Collection:"Post-Mersh Vol.2" Includes the Eps "Buzz or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat", and "Project:Mersh" on 1 CD.
CD US SST Records SST CD 139 Sept. 1988 reissue
songs:(Record): EP:"Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat" 1983
1:23- Self-Referenced (Watt)
2:02- Cut (Watt)
1:45- Dream Told By Moto (Watt)
1:09- Draems Are Free, Motherfucker! (Watt, Hurley, Boon, Crane)
0:40- The Toe Jam (Watt, Hurley, Boon, Vandenberg, Cooper)
1:57- I Felt Like A Gringo (Watt)
2:44- The Product (Boon)
3:10- Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (Boon, Dukowski)
songs:(Record): EP:"Project: Mersh"1985
3:52- The Cheerleaders (Boon)
3:24- King of the Hill (Boon)
3:37- Hay Lawdt Mama (Kay, Byrom, Edmonton)
2:44- Take Our Test (Watt)
2:45- Tour-Spiel (Watt)
5:52- More Spiel (Watt)
Collection:"Post-Mersh Vol.3" Includes The Eps "Paranoid Time", "Joy", "Bean Spill", and "Tour-Spiel" plus the LP "The Politics of Time" on one CD.
songs:(Record): EP:"Paranoid Time" 1980
0:38- Validation (Tanmburovich, Watt)
0:39- The Maze (d.Boon)
1:13- Definitions (Watt)
0:47- Sickles and Hammers (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Fascist (Boon)
0:59- Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Watt)
1:19- Paranoid Chant (Watt)
(Record): EP:"JOY" 1981
0:52- Joy (Hurley, Watt)
1:06- Black Sheep (Hurley, Watt)
1:06- More Joy (Boon, Cadenza, Watt)
(Record): EP:"Bean Spill" 1982
0:53- Split Red (Boon, Watt)
1:15- If Reagan Played Disco (Watt)
1:28- Case Closed (Boon, Watt)
1:34- Afternoons (Taburovich, Watt)
0:56- Futurisn Restated (Joe Boon, Watt)
(Record): LP "The Politics Of Time"
Base King (Boon, Watt)
Working Men Are Pissed (Watt)
I Shook Hands (Watt)
Below The Belt (Hurley, Watt)
Shit You Here At Parties (Boon, Watt)
The Big Lounge Scene (Watt)
Maternal Rite (Boon)
Tune For Wind God (Hurley, Boon, Watt)
Party With Me Punker (Watt)
The Process (Boon, Watt)
Joy Jam (Hurley, Boon, Watt, Spot)
Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro (Lazaroff, Watt)
Swing to The Right (Watt)
!Raza Si! (Watt)
Times (Watt)
Badges (Watt)
Fodder (Boon, Watt)
Futurism Restated (Joe Boon, Watt)
Hollering (Watt)
Suburban Dialectic (Watt)
Contained (Hurley, Watt)
On Trial (Watt)
Spraycan Wars (Watt)
My Part (Boon)
Fanatics (Watt)
Ack Ack Ack (Talley, Jones, Johansen)
The Big Blast For Youth
(Hurley, Boon, Watt, Vandenberg, Tamborovich)
(Record) EP:"Tour-Spiel" 1985
0:30- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Van Halen, Van Halen,
Anthony, Roth)
3:30- The Red And The Black (Bloom, A.Bouchard, Pearlman)
1:47- Green River (J.Fogerty)
2:24- Lost (Kirkwood)
fIREHOSE:
Mike Watt- bass, singing
George Hurley- drums
Ed fromOhio- Guitar, singing
Single:(Promotional) 1986
7" US SST Records SST 7
3:11- Brave Captain (Watt, Crawford)
2:21- Perfect Pairs (Kira, Watt, Crawford)
LP:"Ragin' Full-On" Recorded 10/86
LP SST Records SST 079
CD US SST Records SST CD 079
songs:
3:11- Brave Captain (Watt, Crawford)
1:56- Under The Influence Of Meat Puppets (Kira, Watt)
1:36- It Matters (Kira, Watt)
2:40- Chemical, Wire (watt)
2:30- Another Theory Shot To Shit (Watt)
2:16- On Your Knees (Hurley, Crawford)
2:56- Locked-In (Kira, Watt)
3:11- The Candle And The Flame (Crawford, Watt)
2:02- Choose Any Memory (Crawford)
2:21- Perfect Pairs (Kira, Watt, Crawford)
1:40- This... (Crawford)
2:02- Caroms (Hurley, Crawford)
1:36- Relatin' Dudes To Jazz (Kira, Watt)
3:08- Things Could Turn Around (Kira, Watt)
LP:"If'n" Recorded 10/87
LP US SST Records SST 115
CD US SST Records SST CD 115
songs:
3:24- Sometimes (Crawford)
2:37- Hear Me (Watt)
2:20- Honey, Please (Watt, Crawford)
2:02- Backroads (Hurley, Crawford)
2:24- From One Comes One (Watt)
2:07- Making The Freeway (Watt)
3:49- Anger (Kira, Watt)
3:17- For The Singer Of REM (Watt)
2:37- Operation Solitaire (Rocknowski, Vandenberg)
2:17- Windmilling (Hurley, Crawford)
1:32- Me & You Rememberin' (Watt)
2:14- In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton (Crawford)
3:11- Soon (Crawford)
4:33- Thunder Child (Watt)
EP:"Sometimes" 7/88
12" US SST Records SST 131
CD US SST Records SST CD 131
songs:
3:24- Sometimes (Crawford)
2:40- She Paints Pictures (Ward, Watt)
1:59- Rhymin' Speilin' (Watt)
CD single has a different track listing:
3:24- Sometimes (Crawford)
3:17- For The Singer Of REM (Watt)
1:59- Rhymin' Speilin' (Watt)
LP:"fROMOHIO" Recorded 10/88
LP US SST Records SST 235
CD US SST Records SST CD 235
songs:
2:00- Riddle of the Eighties (Watt)
2:16- In MY Mind (Crawford)
2:04- Whisperin' While Hollerin' (Watt)
2:17- Vastopol (Traditional)
2:02- Mas Cojones (Watt)
2:20- What Gets Heard (Watt)
1:00- Let The Drummer Have Some (Hurley)
2:06- Liberty for Our Friends (Kira, Thornton, Watt)
3:14- Time With You (Crawford)
3:17- If'n (Watt)
2:45- Some Things (Watt)
3:14- Understanding (Kira, Crawford)
0:38- 'Nuf That Shit, George (Hurley)
3:05- The Softest Hammer (Watt)
LP:"Flyin' The Flannel" Recorded 1/91
CD US Columbia (Sony) CK 47839
songs:
2:47- Down With The Bass (Watt)
1:10- Up Finnegan's Ladder (Watt)
2:10- Can't Believe (Crawford)
3:40- Walking The Cow (Johnston)
2:48- Flyin' The Flannel (Watt)
2:33- Epoxy, For Example (Watt)
3:08- O'er The Town Of Pedro (Watt)
2:48- Too Long (Crawford)
2:23- The First Cuss (Watt)
2:28- Anti-Misogyny Maneuver (Watt)
2:46- Toolin' (Crawford)
1:47- Song For Dave Alvin (Watt)
1:17- Tien An Man Dream Again (Watt)
2:29- Lost Colors (Kira, Watt)
2:46- Towin'The Line (Hurley, Watt)
5:19- Losers, Boozers and Heroes (Pettibon, Watt)
CD-5:"Live Totempole EP" Recorded Live 8/16/91
CD cassette US Columbia (Sony) 74152
Song times N/A
songs:
The Red And The Black (A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman)
Sophisticated Bitch (Ridenour, K. Shocklee, Drayton)
Revolution (Butthole Surfers)
Slack Motherfucker (Superchunk)
What Gets Heard (Watt)
Mannequin (Gotobed, Newman, Gilbert, Lewis)
Makin'The Freeway (Watt)
LP:"Mr.Machinery Operator" Recorded 4/92
CD US Columbia (Sony) CK 53208
songs:
3:40- Formal Introduction (Pettibon, Watt)
3:35- Blaze (Crawford)
4:25- Herded Into Pools (Watt)
5:35- Witness (Hurley, Crawford)
1:16- Number Seven (Kira)
3:31- Powerful Hankerin' (Pettibon, Watt)
3:29- Rocket Sled/Fuel Tank (Watt)
3:15- Quicksand (Kinman, Kinman)
2:55- Disciples Of The 3-Way (Watt)
1:28- More Famous Quotes (Watt)
3:23- Sincerely (Kira, Watt)
3:43- Hell-Hole (Hurley, Watt)
2:07- 4-29-92 (Watt)
3:12- The Cliffs Thrown Down (Watt)
DOS:
Kira- Bass, singing
Mike Watt- Bass, spieling
LP:"Dos" 1986
12" LP US New Alliance NAR-032
songs:
3:02- The Rabbit & The Porcupine (Kira)
2:28- Number Four (Watt)
2:08- Snapshot (Watt)
1:33- Number Two (Watt, Kira)
4:17- Slow Little Turtle (Kira)
2:59- Number Three (Watt, Kira)
4:47- Forever (Watt)
5:18- The Fisherman And His Wife (Kira)
1:55- Funk One (Watt, Kira)
2:46- Number One (Watt, Kira)
4:13- Taking Away The Fire (Kira)
EP:"Numero Dos" 1989
12"EP US New Alliance NAR-044
also on cassette
songs:
2:41- Don't Explain (Holiday, Herzog)
2:20- Heartbeat (Watt)
3:28- PCH (Sonic Youth)
1:45- I Worry, My Son (Kira, Soberin)
3:13- Silence (Kira)
2:18- Number Six (Kira)
CD:"Uno Con Dos" 1991
CD US New Alliance NAR CD 061
Combines the LP "Dos" and the EP "Numero Dos"
songs:
2:41- Don't Explain (Holiday, Herzog)
2:20- Heartbeat (Watt)
3:28- PCH (Sonic Youth)
1:45- I Worry, My Son (Kira, Soberin)
3:13- Silence (Kira)
2:18- Number Six (Kira)
3:02- The Rabbit & The Tporcupine (Kira)
2:28- Number Four (Watt)
2:08- Snapshot (Watt)
1:33- Number Two (Watt, Kira)
4:17- Slow Little Turtle (Kira)
2:59- Number Three (Watt, Kira)
4:47- Forever (Watt)
5:18- The Fisherman And His Wife (Kira)
1:55- Funk One (Watt, Kira)
2:46- Number One (Watt, Kira)
4:13- Taking Away The Fire (Kira)
EP:"The Bob Lawton EP" 1992
7" US Ecstatic Peace (Thurston Moore's label)
songs:
Imagine That (Tubb)
Intense Song For Madonna (Watt)
OTHER COLLABORATIONS:
CRIMONY: Mike Watt- bass
Paul Roessler- piano, synth, singing
EP:"Crimony EP" 1987
12"EP US New Alliance ?
songs:
2:26- Life Is Too Short (Roessler)
2:35- Vampire Party (Roessler)
3:38- Firearms (Roessler)
4:08- Prison Blues (Roessler)
3:50- Machine (Roessler)
Single: "Reverance/St. Pete"
7" US New Alliance ?
songs:
3:09- Reverance (Roessler, Bell)
2:50- St. Pete (Roessler, Watt)
BOOTSTRAPPERS: Elliot Sharp- guitar, samples
Mike Watt- bass
George Hurley- drums
CD:"Bootstrappers" 1988
CD US SST Records SST CD ?
songs:(All songs by Bootstrappers)
3:35- The Memory Is A Muscle
2:29- Spiderbaby
1:00- New Books
1:12- Texistea
1:38- Flicker
2:05- Third Rail
7:58- Media Dub
4:07- D-I-A-L-C-A-S-H
1:48- X/Delta 251- There Faces Are Green And Their Hands Are
Blue
4:47- Presidential Apology
1:27- Mud
1:28- Indeed
3:36- Empty-Vee
7:02- Long Beach Dub/Feen
4:57- Maneuvers
MINUTEFLAG: D.Boon- vocals, guitar
Henry Rollins- backing vocals
Greg Ginn- guitar
George Hurley- bongos, bean can
Kira- bass
Mike Watt- bass
Bill Stevenson- drums
EP:"Minuteflag" 1985
12"EP US SST Records SST 050
songs:
3:51- Fetch The Water (Boon, Ginn, Hurley, Kira, Rollins,
Stevenson, Watt)
3:48- Power Failure ( " " )
5:18- Friends ( " " )
1:50- Candy Rush (" " )
LUCKY SPERMS: Steve Shelley- drums
Mike Watt- bass, guitar, vocals
7":"Walking the Cow/Tomorrow Never Knows/Glass Onion"
US Smells Like Records
songs:
Walking The Cow (Johnston)
Tomorrow Never Knows/Glass Onion (Lennon.McCartney)
Lee Ranaldo- guitar
Kim Gordon- tambourine
Thurston Moore- lead spaceout
CICCONE YOUTH:
7" "Burnin' Up/Tuff Titty Rap/Into the Groovey"
US New Alliance NAR 030
12" UK Blast First(Mute)BFFP 8T
12" US SST Records SST ?
Watt plays bass, guitar, and sings on Madonna's "Burnin' Up" with Ethan James- Drum Machine and Greg Ginn- lead guitar. Sonic Youth do "Tuff Titty Rap/Into the Groovey" by themselves.
LP:"The Whitey Album" 1988
LP US Blast First (Enigma) 7 75402-17
CA US Blast First (Enigma) 7 75404-47
CD US Blast First (Enigma) & 75402-2(AAD)
LP UK Blast First (Mute) BFFP28
CA UK Blast First (Mute) BFFP28?
CD UK Blast First (Mute) NFFP28?
Watt Plays all instruments and sings on "Burnin' Up" (Madonna). It's the original demo version and is the only track he is on for the whole record.
CHOP: Mike Watt- bass, singing
Dezo Cadenza- guit, singing
Dave Markey- drums, singing
Dave Peterson- Stun Bass, singing
Dave Travis- singing
7" "I'm On The Lamb, But I Aint No Sheep/She's AS Beautiful As A Foot" 1/95
US Randy Jones/Gasatanka DEI9038-7
songs:
I'm On The Lamb, But I Aint No Sheep (Pearlman, A.
Bouchard, Bloom)
She's AS Beautiful As A Foot (R. Meltzer, A. Bouchard,
Lanier)
APPEARANCES ON OTHER PEOPLE'S RECORDS
NOTE: Only The Tracks Including Mike Watt Will Be Listed.
SACHARINE TRUST
LP: "Worldbroken" early 80's
LP US SST ?
ad lib "live" performance/recording with Watt playing bass for Sacharine Trust. Performance was edited into shorter "songs" (titles not available as of yet).
SONIC YOUTH:
EP:"Starpower" 1986
12"EP US SST 080
CS US SST 0807
7" UK Blast First BFFP 7
12" UK Blast First BFFP 7
CD-3 US SST CD 080 (1990 reissue)
song:
Bubblegum (Fowley)Watt plays bass
LP:"Evol" 1986
CD US SST CD 059
CD UK Blast First BFFP 4
song:
In The Kingdom (Sonic Youth). Watt plays bass and
spiels while thurston reads watt poem.
Bubblegum (Fowley) Watt plays bass
LP:"Daydream Nation" 1987
CD US SST CD ?
CD UK Blast First BFFP?
song:
Providence (Sonic Youth) Watt is the voice on the
answering machine.
Stan Ridgeway:
LP:"The Big Heat" 1986
CD UK I.R.S. DMIRG 1008
song:
3:43- Can't Stop The Show (Ridgeway, Vandenberg)
Watt plays bass
PEGLEGASSIS:
Album title and label unknown.
Texas band. In 1991 Watt played a bass solo on their album
for one song. Anyone with info please fill in the blanks.
Juliana Hatfield:
LP:"Hey Babe" 1992
CD US Mammoth MR0035-2
song:
Get Off Your Knees (Hatfield)
Watt plays bass
WATT ON COMPILATIONS:
Only the names of the songs by the band that Watt played for will be mentioned.
"Cracks In The Sidewalk" 1980
LP US New Alliance NAR-001
CD US SST 092 (8/88 reissue)
song:
0:49- 9:30 May 2nd (Watt)
"Chunks" 1981
12" US New Alliance NAR-003
CD US SST CD 069
song:
0:46- MINUTEMEN:Clocks (Watt)
"Hell Comes To Your House, Part 2" 1983
LP US Bemisbrain E1049
song:
2:21- MINUTEMEN:Corona (Boon)
"The Blasting Concept" 1982
LP US SST 013
CD US SST 013 (12/87 reissue)
songs:
1:19- Paranoid Chant (Watt)
0:39- The Maze (Boon)
1:01- Games (Boon, Watt)
"The Blasting Concept, Vol.2" 1985
LP US SST 043
CD US SST 043 (Nov.1988 reissue)
song:
0:36- Aint Talkin' 'Bout Love-uncensored version (Van Halen,
Van Halen, Anthony, Roth)
"The Seven Inch Wonders Of The World" 1986
CD US SST 070 (8/88 reissue)
songs:
0:38- Validation (Tanmburovich, Watt)
0:39- The Maze (d.Boon)
1:13- Definitions (Watt)
0:47- Sickles and Hammers (Boon, Watt)
0:56- Fascist (Boon)
0:59- Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Watt)
1:19- Paranoid Chant (Watt)
"SST Acoustic" 1988
CD US SST 276(Dec 1991 reissue)
songs:
1:35- MINUTEMEN:stories (Kira, Watt)
2:14- fIREHOSE:In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton (Crawford)
"Rat Music For Rat People, Vol.2" 1986
LP US ?
song:
1:00- MINUTEMEN:Fake Contest (Watt)
"Rodney On The Rock, Vol.2" 1983
LP US Posh Boy ?
song:
0:51- MINUTEMEN:Search (Hurley, Watt)
"Radio Tokyo Tapes" 1987
LP US Ear Movie ?
song:
1:57- MINUTEMEN: I Felt Like A Gringo (Watt)
"Life Is Ugly, So Why Not Kill Yourself" early 80's
LP US New Underground-?
songs:MINUTEMEN
Shit You Hear At Parties (Boon, Watt)
Maternal Rite (Boon)
"Life Is Beautiful , So Why Not Eat Heath Food" early 80's
LP US NU-?
song:
1:06- MINUTEMEN:Prelude (Bolan)
"Life Is Boring, So Why Not Steal This Record" early 80's
LP US NU-?
song:MINUTEMEN
Base King (Boon, Watt)
"American Youth Report" early 80's
LP UD Invasion-?
song:MINUTEMEN
Working Men Are Pissed (Watt)
"We Got Power -- Party Or Go Home" early 80's
LP US Mystic-?
song:MINUTEMEN
Party With Me Punker (Watt)
"English AS A Second Language" 1988
LP US Freeway-?
Spoken Word Compilation
Spiels:
Mike Watt: My Life Up To This Minute
D.Boon: My Part
"Brain Cookies" 1992
LP US New Alliance-?
songs:
fIREHOSE:Relatin'Dudes To Jazz (Watt)
Hear Me (Watt)
CRIMONY:Vampire Party (Roessler)
"Our Band Could Be You Life":A Tribute To D.Boon And The MINUTEMEN.
LP US Little Brother 003
LP US Little Brother Lb-003
It is all MINUTEMEN material by friends of Mike Hogan and the band. Organized by Mike Hogan of Little Brother Records in Eugene, OR. In fact (Here comes a Watt Approved side-spout), one of my bands (W. Tarzian's), 67RIOT is on there doing Case Closed (Boon, Watt) off of the "Bean Spill" EP.
Watt plays bass on:
Sickles And Hammers:Joe Boon & Tony Platon
Search:The 3M Company
Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?:DOS
Shit You Hear at Parties:Thurston Moore
Badges:MINUTEMEN
END OF MIKE WATT'S DISCOGRAPHY (for now)
