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SST issued the Minutemen's debut EP Paranoid Time as its second release in 1980.

The songs were recorded and mixed in a single night for $ 300.

Minutemen bassist Mike Watt recalled, " It was at that point we realized all you had to do was pay for the pressings, that records weren't a gift from Mount Olympus.

Maybe it was from Greg's experience with ham radios, but he believed if you try, you can get things beyond your little group.

" Facing hostility towards hardcore punk, SST groups like Black Flag and the Minutemen played wherever they could, mainly at house parties and in basements early on.

Black Flag began traveling up the California coast to play Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, making seven trips in total.

SST house record producer Spot went along as sound-man and tour manager, a job he would perform for several years, along with helping to record much of the label's music.