Post-Mersh Vol. 2
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Post-Mersh, Vol. 2 is a compilation album
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 two EPs: Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat is the sixth overall release from American hardcore punk band Minutemen.-History of the EP:...

(1983) and Project Mersh
Project Mersh
Project: Mersh is the penultimate release from the American punk rock trio Minutemen before D. Boon's death later that year in an auto accident.The cover art is a painting by D...

(1985).

Track listing

Tracks 1-8 are Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat is the sixth overall release from American hardcore punk band Minutemen.-History of the EP:...



Tracks 9-14 are Project Mersh
Project Mersh
Project: Mersh is the penultimate release from the American punk rock trio Minutemen before D. Boon's death later that year in an auto accident.The cover art is a painting by D...


  1. "Self-Referenced" – 1:23 (Watt)
  2. "Cut" – 2:02 (Watt)
  3. "Dream Told By Moto" – 1:45 (Watt)
  4. "Dreams Are Free, Motherfucker!" – 1:09 (Boon/Watt/Hurley/Crane)
  5. The Toe Jam – 0:40 (Cooper/Vandenburg/Crane/Hurley/Boon/Watt)
  6. I Felt Like A Gringo – 1:57 (Watt)
  7. The Product – 2:44 (Boon)
  8. Little Man With A Gun In His Hand – 3:10 (Dukowski
    Chuck Dukowski
    Chuck Dukowski is an American punk rock musician, best known as a founding member and bass player for Black Flag. Dukowski wrote some of Black Flag's most popular songs, including "My War," "What I See," "I've Heard It Before" and "Spray Paint." He left the band before the release of My War, and...

    /Boon)
  9. The Cheerleaders – 3:52 (Boon)
  10. King of the Hill – 3:24 (Boon)
  11. Hey Lawdy Mama – 3:37 (Byrom, Edmonton, Kay
    Steppenwolf (band)
    Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...

    )
  12. Take Our Test – 2:44 (Watt)
  13. Tour-Spiel – 2:45 (Watt)
  14. More Spiel – 5:52 (Watt)

Musical personnel

  • D. Boon
    D. Boon
    d. 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 Watt
    Mike Watt
    Michael 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, acoustic guitar, speech
  • George Hurley
    George Hurley
    George 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, backing vocals, trumpet, recorder, sound effects, wood block
  • Crane
    Crane (musician)
    Crane is a pseudonym of Richard Alan Krieger . He is a trumpeter and vocalist that has played and recorded with Minutemen on their albums Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat and Project: Mersh, and with that group's D...

     - trumpet, recorder, backing vocals
  • Dirk Vandenburg - drums on "The Toe Jam"
  • Mary Cooper
    Mary Cooper
    Mary Cooper may refer to:* Mary Little Cooper*Mary-Charlotte Cooper*Mary Cooper, character in The Big Bang Theory*Mary Cooper, a recurring character in Torchwood...

    - vocals on "The Toe Jam"
  • Ethan James
    Ethan James (producer)
    Ethan James was a musician, record producer, and recording engineer best known for his work on the Minutemen's seminal album Double Nickels on the Dime. He also produced and engineered albums for such acts as Black Flag, The Bangles, Rain Parade, Dos, and many others...

    - synthesizer, backing vocals
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