Minuteflag
EP by
Black Flag and Minutemen
Released1986
RecordedMarch 3, 1985
Genre
Length14:32
LanguageEnglish
LabelSST (050)
ProducerGreg Ginn
Black Flag chronology
In My Head
(1985) 		Minuteflag
(1986) 		Who's Got the 10½?
(1986)
Minutemen chronology
3-Way Tie (For Last)
(1985) 		Minuteflag
(1986) 		Ballot Result
(1987)

Minuteflag was an experimental jam band collaboration between members of the American punk bands Minutemen and Black Flag.[1] Their only release, an EP, consists entirely of instrumentals with the exception of "Fetch the Water" which features D. Boon on lead vocals.[1]

Recording took place in March 1985, while Black Flag was in the process of writing and recording Loose Nut at Total Access Studio in Redondo Beach, CA;[2] Minutemen had just completed their Project: Mersh 12" EP at the same studio the month before.[1] The members involved initially agreed that the material recorded during the Minuteflag sessions would not be released until at least one of the bands had disbanded.[2] A 12" EP on SST Records as SST 050 came out over a year afterward, by which time Minutemen had disbanded after the car crash death of guitarist/vocalist D. Boon; Black Flag themselves would split up later in 1986.

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Robert ChristgauD[3]
Punknews.org[4]

Track listing

  1. "Fetch the Water" – 3:49
  2. "Power Failure" – 3:43
  3. "Friends" – 5:12
  4. "Candy Rush" – 1:49

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hidden Gems: The Minutemen And Black Flag's "Minuteflag"". Magnet. June 7, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Chick, Stevie (2011). Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag. PM Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-1-60486-418-2.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: minutef". robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Minuteflag – Minuteflag". www.punknews.org.
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