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Few rings have opposed rock star status so vehemently and divided all barriers between group and audience so thoroughly as ’80s punkers the Minutemen, led by singer/guitarist D. Benefit. Created Dennes Dale Benefit on Apr 1, 1958, in San Pedro, CA, he and years as a child friend Mike Watt …

More than some other hardcore music group, the Minutemen epitomized the free-thinking indie ideals that shaped the primary of punk/option music. Wildy eclectic and politically innovative, the Minutemen by no means stayed in a single place too much time; they relocated from punk to free of charge jazz to funk …