Minutemen

American punk band from San Pedro, California, formed in 1980. D. Boon (guitar/vocals, d. 1985), Mike Watt (bass/vocals), George Hurley (drums). Double Nickels on the Dime (1984) is a punk masterpiece — funk, jazz, folk, spoken word crammed into 45 songs. 'History Lesson – Part II.' SST legends.