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152:New Alliance
139:1979–present
135:Years active
1536:1958 births
1514:Worldbroken
1434:Dan McGuire
1428:Jack Brewer
1254:Ed Crawford
529:November 5,
351:Ed Crawford
269:SST Records
194:Early years
1530:Categories
1116:Minuteflag
1052:Tour-Spiel
1038:Bean-Spill
843:2011-10-18
464:References
365:Later work
302:Bean-Spill
265:Black Flag
211:drumsticks
204:California
128:percussion
106:noise rock
69:1958-09-04
54:Birth name
1493:Minutemen
1414:Joe Baiza
1407:Mike Watt
1259:Mike Watt
953:Mike Watt
934:Minutemen
865:March 17,
773:March 15,
746:March 15,
741:Pitchfork
495:March 15,
434:Hairstyle
379:Mike Watt
273:Greg Ginn
253:Minutemen
242:Mike Watt
219:Boys Club
215:Plexiglas
200:San Pedro
179:Minutemen
160:Smog Veil
102:post-punk
90:Punk rock
1498:Firehose
1295:Fromohio
1243:Firehose
816:Bandcamp
655:70672814
574:(2015).
449:See also
413:Pere Ubu
399:Pere Ubu
375:Slovenly
347:fIREHOSE
341:fIREHOSE
335:fIREHOSE
271:founder
228:-based.
183:fIREHOSE
156:Columbia
1467:Funland
946:D. Boon
821:June 7,
796:June 7,
695:June 7,
665:June 7,
383:D. Boon
238:D. Boon
213:out of
175:drummer
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1470:(2009)
1462:(2007)
1454:(2005)
1141:Corona
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144:Labels
86:Genres
81:, U.S.
1133:Songs
490:Drum!
124:Drums
1288:If'n
867:2019
823:2019
798:2019
775:2019
748:2019
716:ISBN
697:2019
667:2019
651:OCLC
641:ISBN
610:ISBN
582:ISBN
531:2019
497:2019
397:and
299:and
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240:and
226:jazz
181:and
63:Born
1326:EPs
1031:Joy
891:on
415:'s
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296:Joy
148:SST
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