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Minutemen

American punk rock band
Organization musical_group Q1364766

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group

Status and dates

Inception
1980[11]

Location

Location of formation
Los Angeles[12]

Relations

Part of
Minuteflag[5]
Has part(s)
Mike Watt, D. Boon, Frank Tonche, George Hurley[7][8][9][10]
More facts +8
Genre
alternative rock, punk rock[1][2]
Copyright representative
Raymond Pettibon, reproduction right not represented by CISAC member[15][16]
Country of origin
United States[6]
Discography
Minutemen discography[4]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art[17]
Record label
SST Records[3]
Start of work period
1980[14]
Topic has template
Template:Minutemen (band)[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Minutemen cs The Minutemen de The Minutemen es The Minutemen fr The Minutemen he מינוטמן ja Minutemen ja ミニットメン zh 民兵樂團
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000110169887
VIAF cluster ID
137346424
Library of Congress authority ID
n92025320
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Minutemen, 1982.jpg ↗
Album of the Year artist ID
3448
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000474482
Apple Music artist ID
112202758
Deezer artist ID
3383
Discogs artist ID
28963
Freebase ID
/m/0238ts
IMDb ID
nm1287994
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
47593
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MusicBrainz artist ID
d4ad0149-d8ae-4105-8009-0221fce9ff35
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000078114
Rate Your Music artist ID
minutemen
Rock's Backpages artist ID
minutemen-The
Rolling Stone artist ID
minutemen
Songkick artist ID
267159
Spotify artist ID
0z6zRFzl5njXWLVAisXQBz
Tidal artist ID
3603541
Topic's main category
Category:Minutemen (band)
Yale LUX ID
group/8ccef645-15f1-474d-aa21-d08b0a5a5d8d

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 17
Double Nickels on the Dime, 3-Way Tie (For Last), Ballot Result, Bean-Spill, Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat, Introducing the Minutemen, Joy, My First Bells +9 more
Has part(s) 3
Mike Watt, D. Boon, George Hurley
Influenced 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Pixies
← Mb:member of band 3
Mike Watt, D. Boon, George Hurley
← Member of 3
Mike Watt, D. Boon, George Hurley
Genre 2
punk rock, alternative rock
Mb:tribute 2
Our Band Could Be Your Life – A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen, Our Band Could Be Your Life – A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen
Copyright representative 1
Raymond Pettibon
Country of origin 1
United States
Has works in the collection 1
Museum of Modern Art
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
Los Angeles
Mb:collaboration 1
Minuteflag
Record label 1
SST Records
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Minutemen (band) albums
← Performer 1
Double Nickels on the Dime
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Why It Matters

Minutemen has been cited as an influence by Red Hot Chili Peppers[18], a musical group[19], founded in 1982[20]; Pearl Jam[21], a rock band[22], founded in 1990[23]; and Pixies[24], a musical group[25], founded in 1986[26].

FAQs

Who did Minutemen influence?

Minutemen has been cited as an influence by Red Hot Chili Peppers[18], Pearl Jam[21], and Pixies[24].

Related Entities

Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art Pixies Red Hot Chili Peppers United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . rollingstone.com. rollingstone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Minutemen (band)
    Location of formation → Los Angeles
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'pl', '
    Has part(s) → Mike Watt, D. Boon, Frank Tonche +1
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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