I don't get it

What the fuck
How have I never known this

My work here is done

Check out book Our Band Could Be Your Life. The chapter on Minutemen is the best one and tells the story of trying to catch the album cover perfectly, with the eyes in the mirror, the San Pedro sign, and the speedometer reading 55. It also explains that the title is a joke about the anti-speed limit would-be punk song "I Can't Drive 55"

Released the same year as Sammy Hagar’s I Can’t Drive 55. It’s a swipe at commercial rock faux rebellion

It's good. You are probably young and probably discovering the classics - Listen to more music then come back to it.

same but mostly because i don't understand half or more of the lyrics since i'm ESL

This. I remember listening to it back when I was 14 and not really getting it. Now I'm 21, have listened to way more hardcore and post-punk as well as a decent amount of funk and jazz, and know the history and I definitely appreciate it way more.

The Dime is slang for Interstate 10

So Double Nickels on the Dime=driving 55mph on I-10.

is was also in the 33 1/3 books

there's some great poetry and amaaaaazing basslines.. pretty straightforward record man there's 43 songs and they're all short... listen to glory of man if you don't like that, then move on and listen to something else and maybe come back in the future

fadcore

this
Hüsker Dü is the greatest punk rock band to ever exist and no one mentions them in the same breath as something like Minutemen or Fugazi probably because they weren’t political enough

they're both amazing bands.. who cares what band is better nerd

>getting music
What Makes a Man Start Fires is better

What? I thought Husker Du were more well known than Minutemen.

It's just Red Hot chilli peppers for boomers. Listen to them instead OP. You might get laid.

I feel that most of Minutemen's discography is perfect. But they fit different moods:
What Makes a Man Start Fires is when you want more of classic punk feel, with clean guitars.
Double Nickels is funkier, and fits more into everyday.
Buzz or Howl is for anxious days.
I honestly disagree, RHCP has a different vibe, has a professional polish in their music, while Minutemen feels more like a punk band made by friends that want to jam. Also, I'm not a boomer lol.

Yes if you have seen the documentary We Jam Econo you would know that is exactly what it is

The best RHCP did was during the same time the minutemen were at their peak as well but the minutemen are better

This, husker are way more popular. They are often name dropped to seem credible in the “punk” community

In 1977 Mobile Fidelity began to produce a line of records known as "Original Master Recording" vinyl LPs. These albums were previously released by other companies, licensed by Mobile Fidelity, and remastered by a process called half-speed mastering. During mastering, sound was transferred from magnetic tape to disc while the cutting lathe moved at half speed. The albums were remastered from the original analog master tapes, without compression, and with minimal equalization.[2] The recordings were pressed in Japan on "Supervinyl", a plastic compound invented by JVC to compensate for the demands of Quadrophonic Compatible Discrete 4 records, which had been introduced in 1972. JVC Supervinyl was more durable than regular vinyl, with lower surface noise and fewer pops and clicks. Mobile Fidelity packaged their albums in heavy cardboard sleeves, inner cardboard stiffeners, and plastic liners.

Half-speed mastering had been done before. Decca Records used the same process on its classical albums from 1958 to 1967. MFSL revived the practice, refined it, and made it the company's selling point. Half-speed mastering took more time than typical mastering, and it presented technical challenges. Its use was never widespread by other companies despite sonic advantages.

Stan Ricker (né Stanley Forbes Ricker; 1935–2015) mastered early Mobile Fidelity LPs. Ricker's work can be recognized by the signature "SR/2" carved in the dead wax. Jack Hunt ("JH/2") mastered many of MFSL's LP releases in the 1970s and 1980s. Some later titles were mastered by John LeMay and Paul Stubblebine, with a few uncredited releases. Currently, Shawn R. Britton and Rob LoVerde are mastering most LPs for MFSL. CDs, SACDs, and audio cassette mastering have been done by a variety of engineers, most recently Britton. The company has had only a handful of engineers in its history.