Genre: Rock
Original Release: 1/24/2006
1. Search
:53
2. Tension
1:20
3. Games
1:04
4. Boiling
:57
5. Disguises
:48
6. The Struggle
:41
7. Monuments
:51
8. Ruins
:49
9. Issued
10. The Punch Line
11. Song For El Salvador
:32
12. History Lesson
:38
13. Fanatics
:31
14. No Parade
15. Straight Jacket
:59
16. Gravity
17. Warfare
:55
18. Static
:52
The Minutemen may have come out of the same California hardcore scene that produced Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Fear, but they not only bore little resemblance to their West Coast contemporaries, they didn't sound much like anyone else in American rock at that time. The Punch Line was the band's first album, packing 18 tunes into less than 25 minutes, and if the music shares hardcore's lust for speed and assaultive rhythmic punch, their sharp, fragmented melodies, complex tempos, and overtly poetic and political lyrics made clear they were rugged individuals; imagine James Blood Ulmer Read More
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