Minutemen - King Of The Hill

[@brananedgens]

The whole band is amazing but Boon is a criminally underrated guitar player.

[@russdean9414]

I missed the Minutemen but saw fIREHOSE about a half dozen times around Los Angeles - Mike & George were the greatest "Punk" rhythm section of all time.

[@TheGunnCat]

If the band had enough money, they would have sounded like Rush. But the bare sound of SST 'studios' is iconic. Boon was one of the best guitar players I'd heard, and his compositions are bold, and masterful, cutting edge.

[@thestuffmikedoes2309]

Absolutely.

[@pr9039]

Well it doesn't help that he thought a bass guitar and a guitar were both just guitars that had different strings when he started haha. With that kind of start, there's really no basis to judge someone off of! They're just...their own thing haha

[@scottr397]

d boon was number 89 on Rolling Stones greatest guitarists of all time. I'm not sure anyone familiar with The Minutemen and guitar players would say he's underrated. Maybe relatively obscure or not well known. All it takes is listening to a couple of his songs to tell how good he was . Guy was a fucking master. Just saying.

[@HellicarandLewis]

I think this band transcend genre. They are so fucking good.

[@101Volts]

+Peter Hellicar Genres, there's a discussion... Of course a person can say, "Yeah - that's the band I'm talking about" or "Yeah, that's that kind of music." but, what a world... the Minutemen are all of their own and their band name too speaks volumes.

[@ExUSSailor]

Without question!

[@therandomband2007]

what you wrote is true!

[@TrevorHamberger]

I'm a hip hop fan kinda and I love them

[@chadgrov]

To me, they’re a true punk rock band. same with The Clash. Not Black Flag and Ramones. This. this is real punk. It’s what punk was supposed to be all about.

[@edhelvey]

"I had to read the lines between the lies" is brilliant!

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Happy birthday D. Boon who would have been 56 today.

[@stevencopley5487]

And this year 2024, he would have been 66. Doesn't seem possible. I took flowers to his and his mom's graves. Just felt like it should be done. 🙏

[@xntricity6446]

​@@stevencopley5487❤

[@wpopopolo]

someone who actually DESERVES a signature guitar!

[@101Volts]

The one D. Boon was playing for this video is a Gibson Melody Maker that Mike Watt painted with cans of yellow paint, and also added a Strat Pup to in the bridge position, beside the metal pickguard. He didn't use it to record the guitar solo of this song, though, that sounds like a Telecaster Neck Pickup, and he often played Telecasters.

[@elmoblatch9787]

And today (Dec. 22, 2020) marks the 35th anniversary of d. Boone’s death at the age of 27 in a traffic accident. The axel fell off of his van while he was resting in the back. For punk rock in Los Angeles, that is the day the music died. Mike Watt did amazing work with fIREHOSE (and other bands) after that, but it definitely broke a part of his heart forever.

[@tomread8748]

Heard rumours that the van was sabotaged by the authorities. Has anyone else heard similarly? Can't vouch for any views in particular one way or another, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[@jose810725]

damn i cant even believe its been that long. i was lucky to have seen them at the LA street scene they were amazing.

[@LPJack02]

RIP D. Boon (April 1, 1958 - December 22, 1985), aged 27 You will be remembered as a legend

[@tmat2024]

The 27 Club

[@SkaMasta097]

R.I.P. D. Boon, the singer/guitarist. He would have been 61 years old today: born on April 1, 1958.

[@stevencopley5487]

And now in 2024, 66. 😔

[@SK-le1gm]

D rolling down the hills at the end of the vid made my day 🤗 i used to do that when i was a kid

[@captainbillshatner]

LOVE MINUTEMEN! This song made me understand that other people must die for my bbq

[@fredericksaturnine4167]

thinking you must be very troubled mind.

[@xp7575]

@@fredericksaturnine4167 ignorance is bliss

[@literalwho9017]

I just wanna grill for god's sake

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

Perfectly grilled meat for The People!!

[@nutsackmania]

we have the best patients in the world...because of jail

[@paulosicne5803]

D. Boon was taken away from us way too soon.

[@robblakley5805]

30 somethin years ago I first heard this . And it still gets me like it did when I was a teenager . RIP D boon . Long live the Minutemen ...

[@roosroost]

love D.Boon rolling down the hill!

[@BomageMinimart]

One of the absolute greatest bands ever; Og I love them still.

[@mike_b10]

this is the best music video that was ever made and the minutemen are the best band ever made

[@PhilR720]

SO MUCH awesome imagery in this. Helps you to realize that this ain't no picnic.

[@SubaruWRXspdManual]

+Phillip Roberts Yeah, if you listen to the lyrics, it'll make you think it's paranoid time...

[@darling_danke_schoen]

Phillip Roberts It makes me wanna Buzz or Howl under the influence of Heat!

[@heatherpickett9550]

It's a like, a political song for Michael Jackson to sing.

[@g__wizz]

if you read your history youll realize the lyrcs are spot on. mr von sterner...

[@cdabcdefg12345]

The ideas remind me of some shit from an old notebook I had a while ago

[@MrMetalclay]

I wish I could go back in time and see Minutemen live

[@tlc6912]

When I first got into punk I never listened to Minutemen. I heard about them but I liked hardcore and crossover more. At the same time I was learning how to play the guitar. When I would play I would subconsciously do that move D Boon does in this video and in other. Once I got sick of the same bands I came back to Minutemen and loved them instantly. RIP D Boon, the greatest front man in all punk.

[@kingramses6978]

Holy shit, I’m now converted, love this very underrated band. D.boon is God!

[@bochini1]

Great video by the best band of all bands. The imagery is so powerful and even today helps us to understand the world the Minutemen lived in. Most of their experiences are now foreign to us but this gentlemen were very creative and their work is charged with the power of their ideas. The best part is that they are having fun and their art came straight from the heart even when they were trying to make a hit record.

[@sundendaniel]

... perfect 🔥

[@aaa77712]

D.Boon and Mike Watt..the perfect combo!

[@DB-mw3sb]

Was in 10th-11th grade when this came out - makes me feel old. Minutemen and X - got me into more than just hardcore. I would take Double Nickles if I were stranded on an island

[@keithmcduffie7182]

2019 And I STILL Miss You D. BOON!!! R.I.P.!!!!! 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶

[@dca9143]

HaHaHa epic D. Boon grass roll @2:48...miss you Minutemen!

[@chetrok1]

I love how Mike is laying the slab for D boone its so heavy one of the best funk bands glad SST put them out

[@silversnail1413]

Such an intelligent band with a great sense of humor. A lot of their contemporaries in the punk scene took themselves way too seriously, and The Minutemen trumped them all in terms of experimentation and musical diversity by incorporating more varied influences and actually being able to lay down a groove.

[@cilleinmcevoy]

His anniversary today :( 27 years gone...but not forgotten. D Boon is the King of the Hill.

[@bigbadbillb]

It was 1985. This video was my introduction to this band. Loved this song. I then bought "Project: Mersh" on cassette from my local record shop. Then, just as I was getting to discover and actually dig this band, D. Boon gets killed in that fatal car wreck.

[@didoman2645]

Pride of Pedro!

[@geoffbalme3930]

Hurley's hair. :) What a great band!

[@lilikent9262]

d.boon god rest your soul you ruled the guiter brother....OC RICK WESTMINSTER

[@timepope]

When someone asks me what music I liked in the 80s early 90s, I used to just say punk. But that is so broad. I now point them to this video

[@73dustpan]

I remember watching this video when I was 12 back in the late 80’s on the USA ch when they would show videos late at night.

[@KookyMiss2]

What a totally awesome song!

[@SyThco13]

The Minutemen are badass!!

[@noelbreitenbach8673]

This is fresh as ever

[@ndkpak]

i did catch the mike watt tour fo rhis tugboat album with Vedder, Grohl and the guitarist from foo fighters now! that was an awesome show, they all played each instrument as they rotated from song to song!

[@FablesJonny]

Probably the best alternative video ever!!

[@tjk355]

I've been listening to Minutemen for over a decade and I've never heard this song!

[@ST-xg3gy]

The microphone loved his voice. True.

[@ndkpak]

God they rocked! a lot of people will never have the chance to see them and thats a shame! saw them in 1986 opening for REM it was one show i will never forget!

[@idolthreatpodcast2138]

you forgot boon died in 85 so no way you saw them in 86.

[@raelockletree3858]

These guys brought messages, D boon greatest front man of all time

[@jhowitt88]

Thank god these guys met. R.I.P D.Boon

[@HermanWaldorf]

one of the most innovative bands in punk-hc. Their path was followed by bands like Victims' Famliy and No Means No.

[@mikebrosky7836]

Purely amazing.

[@jacobprice8048]

Boon feeding his face, what a crazy concept. Just playing R.I.P. to the King Of The Hill

[@berkeley4342]

GOOD VIDEO POLITICS, HUMOR ,ORDER,MUSIC!

[@ndkpak]

to be honest cant remember, i just remember i was ushering at the FOX theater where they opened with Jason and the Scorchers for REM, i know it was one of the last tours because as i discovered them and D Boone, a chubby jamming dude jumping around the stage, i was hooked and bought double nickel which only got me even more hooked and then news came he had passed away, so i spend most of my time watching "we jam econo" to make up for it, so which ever year they opened for REM!

[@Tigerpuffer]

This stuff is unreal. It's innovative, it's dynamic, it's socially conscious, it's funny, and it rocks. It blew my mind in the best of ways to learn that the theme to "Jackass" is a leftist anti-war anthem in itself. Minutemen were too cool for school, and still are.

[@fuzzcous]

This is a PIC-NIC

[@auralepiphanies4055]

Wow never knew this existed. So cool. D boon for milessss

[@ernestosaldivar1229]

Hella Dope!

[@101Volts]

That might have been the very last show they ever played, In December 1985.

[@TheGunnCat]

I remember when this video came out. I thought, The Minutemen would change MTV, and then MTV would change the world. And it did. It invented reality television.

[@wlsnpndrvs8593]

It takes talent to roll down the hill street I'll tell you that. And this man had talent

[@evanabbott2737]

NICE! It's just crazy that like a year later D. Boone was dead....

[@benpotaka5893]

So underrated D Boon tragically gone too soon RIP

[@seandevine451]

its funy id play that game when i was a kid in illinois in the snow

[@blackcowboymusic]

this video must have been fun as hell to shoot

[@wigner]

b1ack c0wboy this and every ween video

[@FirstnameLastname-mb2ek]

@@wigner Boognish

[@kelechi_77]

@@wigner stay brown

[@idunno114]

best video ever

[@wlsnpndrvs8593]

I was stationed at Sunnyvale Air Force station with Boons brother. We hung out took wizwaz and went to Peter Gabriel concert. Wonder whatever happened to him I lost contact after I got out of the Air Force.

[@JacquesTreehorn]

They have a popularity greater than the velvet underground. not as much recorded history, maybe more will surface with time.

[@ryanh9262]

YOU are VERY WRONG about EVERYTHING

[@lunasrojas_]

There must exist some copy of this video in better quality somewhere out there, I really hope someone find it someday

[@chipdalby5925]

greatest guitar solo ever?

[@justinkline1294]

Dude the fucking Mr. T mask gets me every time. So good.

[@skilstuckpliutsxiv9319]

why dont we hear more about george hurley?

[@SamFTheCriticKid]

finally a mildly clear video of it

[@kangtheconqueror938]

Love these guys. Alongside Minor Threat and Void.

[@stpaulimdog]

I used to have that exact crown!

[@tmat2024]

Love it!

[@illreputed95]

D. Boon’s words are not in vain

[@benjamoskardi]

Damn they rule!

[@VioletDeliriums]

The only signature guitar I play is the one with my name on it, no hero worship!!! That's the biggest hype thingamabob ever, next to "vintage."

[@KennyGarland]

This one's for you D.

[@leftybass5860]

Say WATT ?

[@Some.Canadian]

P=IR = P equals current times resistance

[@Some.Canadian]

can't deny the times

[@chaddeez8446]

Don't drop the MIKE!

[@ciaranconner4770]

Rip Mike Watt i went through 3 of him on Mordheim City of the Damned

[@jimtuna1354]

@@ciaranconner4770 mike watt is still alive

[@101Volts]

That Solo sounds like it was played with a Telecaster neck pickup, Not a Strat pickup in the bridge area. Who is the kid at 2:01 and is he related to any of the band members?

[@dadaismotienekasepta]

0:55 so this is where the centrist grilling meme came from?

[@pbrickley6247]

Will the last American to leave San Pedro please grab the flag?

[@hahasimp]

The video gives off a very devo vibe

[@iscream2232]

Fucking love this band

[@KanedaJones]

heard a song of theirs and it sounded like Danzig so I click on this one and it sounds like Lemon demon. like someone else said, they DO transcend genre!

[@darrinsiberia]

It's like Devo had a nephew who was more punk than his uncle and said I'm gunna do it my way!

[@ERNESTDEADLY]

BRILL XX

[@adamsmith9473]

This is the humans death anthem. Loved since I was like 20

[@SoftDrinksOfChoice]

The should've been the King of the Hill show's theme.

[@patricklink8527]

That's a horrible idea. This song stands against everything the clown on that show stands for. I was not a huge fan. But I think using the refreshments a fun Texas band if nothing else, was probably the best idea.

[@VioletDeliriums]

i pressed like for fun

[@iprey4surf]

If you don't know the minutemen, you don't know real punk. Even better if you have seen them in their fucked up glory.

[@Reslo]

Saw them in ‘85 in Columbia, MO at the original Blue Note. Great show. What a good time to be a punk. Saw bands like Husker Du and The Meat Puppets and Flipper and of course Black Flag. A few years later saw firehose and Sonic Youth. Got to hang with them after the show.

[@rdeery3688]

I never really listened to The Minutemen, just knew of them and Mike Watt. But everywhere I read they label them under hardcore punk/punk. This may be a lot more experimental punk, but it's definitely a lot different than the sounds of the time. Not bad, just different, I don't know that i'd lump it in with hardcore punk.

[@KravMagoo]

The were never hardcore. Of course, all of those labels have malleable and amorphous meanings, since British punks, NY punks, and Cali punks were all totally different. Mike and D. always called themselves punk, but their understanding of the word is basically that any person who isn't "part of the professional music scene" can still "do music" without having to pass some corporate acceptability test. To them, punk just means doing your own thing. They did it with other Cali punks who were more "standard" Cali punk, like Black Flag, but they were true to themselves and actually enjoyed musicianship much more than the scene and the pose.

[@champ1061]

We miss you.

[@orlandoinan]

Rip d. Boon.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

damn d boon is a decent singer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mattmcgoo]

Doe anyone else think the Trumpeter resembles Coop from Wet Hot American Summer?

[@chunkyass69]

I think he looks like john lithgow

[@101Volts]

Am I the only one seeing The Riptides - 77 Sunset Strip under Recommendations? It seems like an odd choice for the recommendations bar. I've seen the video before and they were an Australian band that played somewhat poppy music.

[@friendlywalrus6971]

...and that was the last we saw of D. Boon

[@101Volts]

Are those burp noises only in the music video? I think so.

[@101Volts]

Someone, Please write a transcript of the words said before the song starts?

[@TheAwesomeGingerGuy]

Some guy: Is this freedom? People: No! Some guy: Is this democracy? People: No! Some guy: Is this equality? People: No! Some guy: What do we want? People: Freedom! Some guy: When? People: Now! -Song starts-

[@101Volts]

TheAwesomeGingerGuy Thanks. I hear it now.

[@berrygremlin8094]

I miss D. Boon

[@therandomband2007]

❤

[@J3ampyx]

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