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  <title>The Politics of Time</title>
  <year>1984</year>
  <premiered>1984-04-01</premiered>
  <releasedate>1984-04-01</releasedate>
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  <genre>Alternative Rock</genre>
  <genre>Lo-Fi</genre>
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  <artist>Minutemen</artist>
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    <title>I Shook Hands</title>
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    <title>Below the Belt</title>
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    <title>Shit You Hear at Parties</title>
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    <title>The Big Lounge Scene</title>
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    <title>¡Raza Si!</title>
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    <title>Futurism Restated</title>
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    <title>Ack Ack Ack</title>
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  <artistdesc>Minutemen were an American punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California, in 1980. Composed of guitarist/vocalist D. Boon, bassist/vocalist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley, Minutemen recorded four albums and eight EPs before Boon's death in an automobile accident in 1985; the band broke up shortly thereafter. They were noted in the California punk community for a philosophy of "jamming econo"—a sense of thriftiness reflected in their touring and short, tight songs, and for their eclectic style, drawing on hardcore punk, funk, jazz, and other sources.

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  <label>New Alliance Records</label>
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