The maneuvers were held `` in secret '' after a regional seminar for the Minutemen, held in nearby Shiloh, Ill., had been broken up the previous day by deputy sheriffs, who had arrested regional leader Richard Lauchli of Collinsville, Ill., and seized four operative weapons, including a Browning machine gun, two Browning automatic rifles and an M-4 rifle.

The Minutemen were instructed in the use of terrain for concealment.

They were soon joined by bands such as the Minutemen, Descendents, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, and T. S. O. L.

The Minutemen were fans of Beefheart, and were arguably among the few to effectively synthesize his music with their own, especially in their early output, which featured disjointed guitar and irregular, galloping rhythms.

Bands such as Husker Du, Articles of Faith, and new bands formed by members of bands like Deep Wound and Minutemen experimented with other genres and were embraced by college radio, coining the term " College Rock ".

The Culpeper Minutemen were again organized for World War I, and joined the 116th Infantry.

Minutemen from Lincoln were the first to arrive to reinforce the colonists protecting American stores in Concord.

Westford Minutemen were alerted by efforts of Samuel Prescott who alerted Acton, to the southeast towards Stow.

As many of the bands on the label sought to expand beyond the limitations of the hardcore genre, SST released many key albums that were instrumental in the development of American alternative rock, including releases by the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, the Meat Puppets, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr. After a peak release schedule in the late 1980s, SST began venturing into jazz releases.

The Minutemen crouched and waited until the advancing British were almost on top of them, and then stood up and fired as one.

At one point, he was transferred to Albuquerque, where he shared a cell with a 25 year-old Walter Payton, a member of the white militia, the Minutemen, who had been arrested by the FBI on weapons charges after five tons of weapons and ammunition were discovered near Truth or Consequences.

The band members were advocates of the DIY punk ethic, as popularized by bands such as Fugazi and The Minutemen.

Hurley explained in the 2005 Minutemen documentary We Jam Econo that since his limbs were all busy when he played drums, he grew " The Unit " so that his head movements were more noticeable on stage.

In February 1861, the St. Louis area Minutemen were enrolled in the Missouri Volunteer Militia by Brigadier General Daniel Frost as companies in a new Second Regiment, MVM.

The young Gator team rebounded to reach the semifinals of the 2008 National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ), where they were defeated by UMass Minutemen.

The Bedford Minutemen Company were part of the Middlesex Regiment.

Founding members were recruited from Concord Minutemen, Stow Minutemen, Lexington Minutemen, Westborough Militia, and Arlington Minuteman.

Shots were exchanged, eight Minutemen were killed, the outnumbered colonial militia dispersed, and the British moved on to Concord.

When the issue of secession was debated in 1861, it was seized twice by a group called the " Cape Fear Minutemen ", who were subsequently ordered by Governor John Willis Ellis to return it to the keeper of the fort, the only man stationed there by the U. S. Army at the time.

Uncle Tupelo was inspired by bands such as Jason & the Scorchers and The Minutemen, influencing the recording of Wilco's A. M .. Tweedy and O ' Rourke enjoyed free jazz artists such as Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Derek Bailey ; they also listen to mainstream jazz by artists such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

Mystic also released vinyl compilations featuring Suicidal Tendencies, New Regime, Black Flag, Government Issue, The Minutemen, Habeas Corpus, The Instigators, and Bad Religion.

" Pettibon also sold pamphlet books of his work through SST, with titles such as Tripping Corpse, New Wave of Violence, and The Bible, the Bottle, and the Bomb, and did artwork for other SST acts such as the Minutemen.

She has credits ( sometimes under her full name, sometimes simply as kira ) on such films as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ( 2002 ), Under the Tuscan Sun ( 2003 ), and The Twilight Saga: New Moon ( 2009 ), and has also appeared onscreen in the documentaries We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen and American Hardcore.

He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and fIREHOSE ;, he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock / jazz / punk / improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen projects.

" A lifelong artist, Boon also created drawings or paintings for the Minutemen releases Joy, The Punch Line, The Politics of Time, Project: Mersh and 3-Way Tie ( For Last ).

Hurley is also known for his distinctive hairstyle that he sported in his later Minutemen and fIREHOSE days, a protruding clump of hair that he nicknamed " The Unit ".

He also plays with his surviving Minutemen cohort Mike Watt on occasion, usually performing a set of Minutemen songs without a third person substituting for the late Minutemen leader D. Boon under the name George Hurley and Mike Watt.

The Minutemen also drew influence from this album, borrowing from it the approach of recording and releasing briefer songs.

The video also features a cameo by Mike Watt of the bands Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Dos, and many others.

Douglas Sloan has served as executive producer for several made-for-cable original movies for Disney Channel including Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board ( for which he also received a WGA award and Humanitas Prize for the script ), Princess Protection Program, Minutemen, Dadnapped and Starstruck.

A popular live favorite during Minutemen's lifetime ( it topped fan balloting when Minutemen were planning a live album that became, after Boon's death, the live compilation album Ballot Result ), bassist Mike Watt revived the song for live performance in 2003 at the instigation of his Secondmen organist Pete Mazich.

Kira Roessler continues to record and perform with the band DOS, a duet with then-husband and Minutemen bassist Mike Watt.

SST Records, an independent American record label that was initially founded to release Black Flag ’ s debut single, released recordings by influential bands such as Bad Brains, The Minutemen, Descendents, Meat Puppets, and Hüsker Dü.

Mike Watt and the Secondmen is the punk rock trio formed by former Minutemen and fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt to perform and record his third solo album, The Secondman's Middle Stand.

Double Nickels on the Dime is the third studio album by American punk trio Minutemen, released on the Californian independent record label SST Records in 1984.

Minutemen had originally recorded an album's worth of material in November 1983 with producer Ethan James, but after hearing Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, decided to write and record more material in April 1984.

Breaking another Minutemen record, the band took the longest time they took to date to record What Makes A Man Start Fires ?.

Also for the first time on a Minutemen record, the band had a guest musician, Saccharine Trust guitarist Joe Baiza, who added improvised guitar leads to " Beacon Sighted Through Fog " and " East Wind / Faith ".

The multiple Black Flag albums, along with the double album releases Zen Arcade and Double Nickels on the Dime by Hüsker Dü and the Minutemen, respectively, stretched the label's resources.

In 1997, Watt released Contemplating the Engine Room, a punk rock song cycle using naval life as an extended metaphor for both Watt's family history ( the album has a picture of his father in his Navy uniform on the cover ) and the Minutemen.

The book, printed in both English and French, contains all of Watt's song lyrics from the Minutemen era as well as the tour journal he wrote during the Minutemen's only European tour with Black Flag, essays by former SST co-owner Joe Carducci, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Blue Öyster Cult lyricist and longtime Watt hero Richard Meltzer, and illustrations by Raymond Pettibon that had been used in all of the Minutemen's album artwork.

Other well-known trios from the 1970s and 1980s include The James Gang ; Glass Harp ; Raven ; Budgie ; Grand Funk Railroad ; Triumph ; Blue Cheer ; Johnny Winter's Progressive Blues Experiment ; Motörhead ; The Minutemen ; West, Bruce and Laing ; The Jam ; The Police ; Rush ; Zebra ; ZZ Top ; Robin Trower Band and, until the album Nightlife, Thin Lizzy.

Punk band Minutemen have a song on their 1984 Double Nickels on the Dime album entitled " 16 June ".

" Robert Christgau simply describes the album as " Don Knotts Jr. joins the Minutemen.

Friend of the band, and member of Minutemen, Mike Watt offered to put out the album on his label, New Alliance.

Also heard on the album are live recordings of a one-time project band featuring Boon and three percussionists under the band name Hammerdown, a rare D. Boon acoustic solo show, a tape of a noontime Minutemen gig with Derrick substituting for drummer George Hurley ( who couldn't get time off work to participate in the show ), and an experimental demo recording featuring D. Boon overdubbing three different lead guitar parts over a rhythm guitar track.

The album's cover was reenacted by the Shins on their 2001 music video for " New Slang ," along with album covers by Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, the Minutemen, Squirrel Bait, Sonic Youth and Slint.

is the second full-length album and fifth release overall by influential American punk rock band Minutemen.

While the songwriting credits are shared amongst all three Minutemen, all of the music for the album was composed exclusively by bassist Mike Watt ; the bass-centered origins of the songs is especially apparent on such tracks as " Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs ", " Sell Or Be Sold ", and " The Anchor ".

Drummer George Hurley introduces his first non-drum percussion work on a Minutemen album, playing a collection of empty oil drums on " East Wind / Faith ".

The Crew Of The Flying Saucer was former The Minutemen / FIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt's second touring band, formed to continue touring behind his first solo album, 1995's Ball-Hog or Tugboat ?.

The group's set list consisted of a mix of Watt originals from his days with The Minutemen and FIREHOSE, as well as his first solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?

" Corona " is a song by American punk rock trio Minutemen from the album Double Nickels on the Dime, which was composed by the band's lead singer and guitarist D. Boon.