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We're staging a one off screening of the superb new documentary about the ground breaking early 80's punk rock band, the minutemen on sunday may 22 in the temple bar music centre. The film features incredible live footage spanning their five year exsistance and interviews with a whole heap of people who were involved with the band and the early 80's american punk scene including Mike Watt, Jello Biafra, Greg Ginn, Richard Hell, Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore.

Mike Watt suggested We Jam Econo's title. It was a D.I.Y. mantra he devised for the group's early days of loading, driving and unloading its own van, making its own music and doing so in its own way. "People have certain kinds of expectations of what a band should be like," he says. "I've had guys get weirded out because I load my own stuff or because we didn't fly to gigs. It don't matter what kind of expectations people might have, just do what it takes to get it done. If it's econo, that's fine. As a matter of fact, twenty-five years later, I do things the same way. I'd rather take risks with the music than the lifestyle. Jamming econo makes sense."

theres an awesome trailer for the film here: http://www.theminutemen.com/trailers.html

Mike Watt of the minutemen is playing a gig with his current band, the secondmen, on thursday may 12 in whelans.

WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN is a feature length documentary

chronicling this ground breaking, early 80's punk rock band from their humble beginnings in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA to their untimely demise when lead singer and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van accident in December of 1985.

Told by those who were there, WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN weaves together footage from over fifty newly shot interviews with archival interviews and live performances to capture the dynamic energy and do-it-yourself spirit of these punk rock pioneers.

Like an angel from heaven D. Boon fell from a tree in San Pedro's Peck Park landing him squarely on Mike Watt. The two thirteen year olds lives would never be the same. Sharing an obsession with history, their adopted home town of San Pedro and 60's and 70's arena rock bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival and Blue Oyster Cult, the two friends grew up to form both a deep personal and musical bond. This bond formed the foundation of one of the most revered, intriguing, and groundbreaking bands of the early '80's. Steeped in the mentality that creating music was for unreachable rock stars performing in arenas, Boon and Watt were completely taken aback by the late 70's punk rock scene in Hollywood. Energized by punk's do-it-yourself attitude the two friends started and stopped the Bright Orange Band and the Reactionaries searching for their creative voice.

Taking inspiration from English bands Wire and the Pop Group, Watt and Boon formed the Minutemen in 1979. After original drummer Frank Tonche quit the band after one gig, the duo enlisted original Reactionaries drummer and fellow San Pedro High School graduate George Hurley to take over playing drums. The trio was cemented and the Minutemen never looked back.

In a whirlwind of 5 years the Minutemen released eleven records ranging from 7² singles to the epic double album Double Nickels On The Dime, an output totaling over 150 songs! They crisscrossed the country opening for bands ranging from

Black Flag to REM as well as on their own headlining tours. Their video for ³This Ain't No Picnic² was even being shown on MTV in between videos from Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson.

Tragically, at the very peak of their creative force the Minutemen were brought to a halt when D. Boon was killed in a van accident just three days before Christmas 1985.

The Minutemen may have ended that day twenty years ago, but their convictions and ethos still remain strong and can be heard and felt in the spirit and sound of new bands just starting out in their garages to mega selling artists playing arenas.

INTERVIEWS (alphabetical order)
Milo Aukerman
Joe Baiza
Kevin Barrett
Scott Becker
Jello Biafra
Richard Bonney
Jack Brewer
Dez Cadena
Joe Carducci
Nels Cline
Byron Coley
Ed Crawford
Brother Dale
Richard Derrick
John Doe
Ray Farrell
Flea
Michel C Ford
Greg Ginn
Carlos Guitarlos
Richard Hell
Pat Hoed
Robert Holzman
George Hurley
Randall Jahnson
Kjehl Johansen
Martin Lyon
Ian MacKaye
Dave Markey
Mike Martt
J Mascis
Brother Matt
Vince Meghrouni
Richard Meltzer
Thurston Moore
Bill Morgan
Chris Morris
Keith Morris
Brendan Mullen
Colin Newman
Raymond Pettibon
Tony Platon
David Rees
Lisa Roeland
Nanette Roeland
Kira Roessler
Henry Rollins
Kurt Schellenbach
John Talley-Jones
Tom Watson
Jean Watt
Mike Watt

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U:MACK present a one off screening of WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN SUNDAY 22 MAY TEMPLE BAR MUSIC CENTRE DOORS 7.30pm FILM BEGINS 8.30pm VEIW TRAILER AT: www.theminutemen.com	We're staging a one off screening of the superb new documentary about the ground breaking early 80's punk rock band, the minutemen on sunday may 22 in the temple bar music centre. The film features incredible live footage spanning their five year exsistance and interviews with a whole heap of people who were involved with the band and the early 80's american punk scene including Mike Watt, Jello Biafra, Greg Ginn, Richard Hell, Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore. Mike Watt suggested We Jam Econo's title. It was a D.I.Y. mantra he devised for the group's early days of loading, driving and unloading its own van, making its own music and doing so in its own way. "People have certain kinds of expectations of what a band should be like," he says. "I've had guys get weirded out because I load my own stuff or because we didn't fly to gigs. It don't matter what kind of expectations people might have, just do what it takes to get it done. If it's econo, that's fine. As a matter of fact, twenty-five years later, I do things the same way. I'd rather take risks with the music than the lifestyle. Jamming econo makes sense." theres an awesome trailer for the film here: http://www.theminutemen.com/trailers.html Mike Watt of the minutemen is playing a gig with his current band, the secondmen, on thursday may 12 in whelans. WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN is a feature length documentary chronicling this ground breaking, early 80's punk rock band from their humble beginnings in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA to their untimely demise when lead singer and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van accident in December of 1985. Told by those who were there, WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN weaves together footage from over fifty newly shot interviews with archival interviews and live performances to capture the dynamic energy and do-it-yourself spirit of these punk rock pioneers. Like an angel from heaven D. Boon fell from a tree in San Pedro's Peck Park landing him squarely on Mike Watt. The two thirteen year olds lives would never be the same. Sharing an obsession with history, their adopted home town of San Pedro and 60's and 70's arena rock bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival and Blue Oyster Cult, the two friends grew up to form both a deep personal and musical bond. This bond formed the foundation of one of the most revered, intriguing, and groundbreaking bands of the early '80's. Steeped in the mentality that creating music was for unreachable rock stars performing in arenas, Boon and Watt were completely taken aback by the late 70's punk rock scene in Hollywood. Energized by punk's do-it-yourself attitude the two friends started and stopped the Bright Orange Band and the Reactionaries searching for their creative voice. Taking inspiration from English bands Wire and the Pop Group, Watt and Boon formed the Minutemen in 1979. After original drummer Frank Tonche quit the band after one gig, the duo enlisted original Reactionaries drummer and fellow San Pedro High School graduate George Hurley to take over playing drums. The trio was cemented and the Minutemen never looked back. In a whirlwind of 5 years the Minutemen released eleven records ranging from 7² singles to the epic double album Double Nickels On The Dime, an output totaling over 150 songs! They crisscrossed the country opening for bands ranging from Black Flag to REM as well as on their own headlining tours. Their video for ³This Ain't No Picnic² was even being shown on MTV in between videos from Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson. Tragically, at the very peak of their creative force the Minutemen were brought to a halt when D. Boon was killed in a van accident just three days before Christmas 1985. The Minutemen may have ended that day twenty years ago, but their convictions and ethos still remain strong and can be heard and felt in the spirit and sound of new bands just starting out in their garages to mega selling artists playing arenas. INTERVIEWS (alphabetical order) Milo Aukerman Joe Baiza Kevin Barrett Scott Becker Jello Biafra Richard Bonney Jack Brewer Dez Cadena Joe Carducci Nels Cline Byron Coley Ed Crawford Brother Dale Richard Derrick John Doe Ray Farrell Flea Michel C Ford Greg Ginn Carlos Guitarlos Richard Hell Pat Hoed Robert Holzman George Hurley Randall Jahnson Kjehl Johansen Martin Lyon Ian MacKaye Dave Markey Mike Martt J Mascis Brother Matt Vince Meghrouni Richard Meltzer Thurston Moore Bill Morgan Chris Morris Keith Morris Brendan Mullen Colin Newman Raymond Pettibon Tony Platon David Rees Lisa Roeland Nanette Roeland Kira Roessler Henry Rollins Kurt Schellenbach John Talley-Jones Tom Watson Jean Watt Mike Watt