Feargus Flanagan’s Reviews > Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 > Status Update

Zappa-esque ‘punk’ rockers Minutemen are perhaps the defining hardcore band for me. Their pick up and go approach, much like Nick Drake did for folk, led to some of the most unique music in the scene. A working-class dedication always meant they were hardworking and they came out on top because of it. What a loss music had when D. Boon sadly passed...

On the profile of Black Flag: 'Why didn't they decide to stop violence at their shows? "What right do we have to tell people how to act?" "Through interviews [..] maybe we can let people know what we stand for, that we're against beating people up".' Maybe Rollin's didn't agree, but the rest of the band did. For me it perfectly sums up their anarchistic and DIY tendencies, both within their band and toward the scene.