Post-Mersh Vol. 1
Encyclopedia
Post-Mersh, Vol. 1 is a compilation album
by influential punk rock
/alternative
trio The Minutemen
. It contains both The Punch Line
(1981) and What Makes a Man Start Fires?
(1983) respectively. These two releases are considered the first two "full length" albums recorded by the band.
Tracks 19-36 are What Makes a Man Start Fires?
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by influential punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
/alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
trio The Minutemen
Minutemen (band)
Minutemen were an American hardcore punk band formed in San Pedro, California in 1980. Composed of guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley, Minutemen recorded four albums and eight EPs before Boon's death in an automobile accident in December 1985...
. It contains both The Punch Line
The Punch Line
The Punch Line is the first 12-inch and third record release by influential American punk rock band Minutemen, and the fourth-ever release from SST Records. Less than half the length of most LPs, the total playing time for all eighteen songs is a mere fifteen minutes...
(1981) and What Makes a Man Start Fires?
What Makes a Man Start Fires?
What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second full-length album and fifth release overall by influential American punk rock band Minutemen.At almost twice the length of their previous album, The Punch Line, the Minutemen's songs began surpassing the two-minute mark.Breaking another Minutemen record,...
(1983) respectively. These two releases are considered the first two "full length" albums recorded by the band.
Track listing
Tracks 1-18 are The Punch LineThe Punch Line
The Punch Line is the first 12-inch and third record release by influential American punk rock band Minutemen, and the fourth-ever release from SST Records. Less than half the length of most LPs, the total playing time for all eighteen songs is a mere fifteen minutes...
Tracks 19-36 are What Makes a Man Start Fires?
What Makes a Man Start Fires?
What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second full-length album and fifth release overall by influential American punk rock band Minutemen.At almost twice the length of their previous album, The Punch Line, the Minutemen's songs began surpassing the two-minute mark.Breaking another Minutemen record,...
- Search – 0:51 (Hurley, Watt)
- Tension – 1:18 (TamburovichMartin TamburovichMartin Tamburovich was the co-founder of New Alliance Records and vocalist for the short-lived Punk/New Wave band The Reactionaries. Tamburovich, along with his San Pedro High School classmates D. Boon, Mike Watt, and George Hurley, formed the band in 1978; they disbanded a year later...
, Watt) - Games – 1:01 (Boon, Watt)
- Boiling – 0:58 (Hurley, Watt)
- Disguises – 0:45 (Boon)
- The Struggle – 0:40 (Boon)
- Monuments – 0:48 (Hurley, Watt)
- Ruins – 0:49 (Hurley, Watt)
- Issued – 0:38 (Hurley, Watt)
- The Punch Line – 0:40 (Watt)
- Song For El Salvador – 0:31 (Boon)
- History Lesson – 0:37 (Boon)
- Fanatics – 0:30 (Watt)
- No Parade – 0:50 (Boon)
- Straight Jacket – 0:58 (Watt)
- Gravity – 0:55 (Hurley, Watt)
- Warfare – 0:54 (Hurley, Watt)
- Static – 0:50 (Boon, Watt)
- Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs – 1:27 (Watt)
- One Chapter in the Book – 1:00 (Watt)
- Fake Contest – 1:44 (Watt)
- Beacon Sighted Through Fog – 1:00 (Watt)
- Mutiny in Jonestown – 1:06 (Boon/Watt)
- East Wind/Faith – 2:10 (Hurley/Watt)
- Pure Joy – 1:30 (Hurley/Watt)
- '99 – 1:00 (Hurley/Watt)
- The Anchor – 2:30 (Hurley/Watt)
- Sell or Be Sold – 1:45 (Boon/Watt)
- The Only Minority – 1:00 (Boon/Watt)
- Split Red – 0:52 (Boon/Watt)
- Colors – 2:05 (Boon/Watt)
- Plight – 1:37 (Boon/Watt)
- The Tin Roof – 1:08 (Watt)
- Life As A Rehearsal – 1:35 (Watt)
- This Road – 1:26 (Watt)
- Polarity – 1:44 (Watt)
Musical personnel
- D. BoonD. Boond. Boon born Dennes Dale Boon, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Active between 1978, when he joined The Reactionaries, and 1985, when he was killed in a van accident, Boon was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the Californian punk rock trio Minutemen.-Youth:Dennes Boon...
- guitar, vocals - Mike WattMike WattMichael David Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.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...
- bass, vocals - George HurleyGeorge HurleyGeorge Hurley is a drummer noted for his work with The Minutemen and fIREHOSE.Even though he went to the same high school as D. Boon and Mike Watt he did not meet them until around 1978. That same year, Hurley formed The Reactionaries with Boon, Watt, and Martin Tamburovich...
- drums, oil drums, lead vocal in the middle of "Ruins" - Joe BaizaJoe BaizaJoe Baiza is a punk rock and jazz guitarist whom Eugene Chadbourne cites as one of the most noteworthy guitarists to emerge from the Southern California punk rock milieu. Baiza is a founding member of the bands Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of, and The Mecolodiacs...
- additional guitar on "Beacon Sighted Through Fog" and "East Wind/Faith".