Post by diecheerleader on Feb 22, 2005 5:49:51 GMT -5
this is for the small handful of Minutemen fans here on the board.....from Pitchforkmedia.com
Minutemen Documentary to Premiere This Week
James Gregory reports:
As our punk heroes wage the treacherous battle with middle age, more films chronicling the glory days of the once-vital movement are slowly making their way to the silver screen. Following in the wake of last year's well-received Ramones documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, comes a new documentary tribute to legendary California trio the Minutemen.
Produced by Rocket Fuel Films, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen compresses the band's all-too brief five-year lifespan into a feature-length history lesson. Directed by longtime fan Tim Irwin, the project details the band's existence from its early-80's inception, through five classic SST studio albums, to its 1985 disbanding after the death of frontman D. Boon in a tragic car accident.
Bursting with creativity and a sense of improvisation previously unheard in the American punk scene, the band skirted the lines between punk, hardcore, free jazz, folk, and rockabilly (as heard in songs like "Corona", which served as the theme to MTV's Jackass). The Minutemen's SST output, especially the classic '84 release Double Nickels on the Dime, has cemented the band's place as one of indie rock's landmark bands, and its influence can still be heard throughout the community to this day.
According to the film's official website, the upcoming documentary began filming in January 2003, and the final edit features over eighty interviews, including input from surviving band members Mike Watt (bass) and George Hurley (drums), as well as Thurston Moore, Flea, Henry Rollins, and Ian MacKaye. We Jam Econo is also full of previously unseen Minutemen live footage, which director Tim Irwin recently shed some light on in a post on the film's site.
"We were blown away by some of the stuff that came out of the woodworks," Irwin wrote. "Most notably a two-camera recording of a show at the Starwood in November of 1980. We also have a show at the 9:30 Club, a performance at Irvine Meadows, the acoustic session from a public access channel, and various other one-offs." According to producer Keith Schieron, the film has about 25 live performances in it and the DVD will have about fifty.
Although a distribution deal has not been worked out yet, We Jam Econo will make its theatrical premiere on February 25 in San Pedro, California. The screening will be followed by a Q+A with Irwin and Schieron, as well as Watt and Hurley. Additional screenings are being planned for major cities across the country.
Minutemen Documentary to Premiere This Week
James Gregory reports:
As our punk heroes wage the treacherous battle with middle age, more films chronicling the glory days of the once-vital movement are slowly making their way to the silver screen. Following in the wake of last year's well-received Ramones documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, comes a new documentary tribute to legendary California trio the Minutemen.
Produced by Rocket Fuel Films, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen compresses the band's all-too brief five-year lifespan into a feature-length history lesson. Directed by longtime fan Tim Irwin, the project details the band's existence from its early-80's inception, through five classic SST studio albums, to its 1985 disbanding after the death of frontman D. Boon in a tragic car accident.
Bursting with creativity and a sense of improvisation previously unheard in the American punk scene, the band skirted the lines between punk, hardcore, free jazz, folk, and rockabilly (as heard in songs like "Corona", which served as the theme to MTV's Jackass). The Minutemen's SST output, especially the classic '84 release Double Nickels on the Dime, has cemented the band's place as one of indie rock's landmark bands, and its influence can still be heard throughout the community to this day.
According to the film's official website, the upcoming documentary began filming in January 2003, and the final edit features over eighty interviews, including input from surviving band members Mike Watt (bass) and George Hurley (drums), as well as Thurston Moore, Flea, Henry Rollins, and Ian MacKaye. We Jam Econo is also full of previously unseen Minutemen live footage, which director Tim Irwin recently shed some light on in a post on the film's site.
"We were blown away by some of the stuff that came out of the woodworks," Irwin wrote. "Most notably a two-camera recording of a show at the Starwood in November of 1980. We also have a show at the 9:30 Club, a performance at Irvine Meadows, the acoustic session from a public access channel, and various other one-offs." According to producer Keith Schieron, the film has about 25 live performances in it and the DVD will have about fifty.
Although a distribution deal has not been worked out yet, We Jam Econo will make its theatrical premiere on February 25 in San Pedro, California. The screening will be followed by a Q+A with Irwin and Schieron, as well as Watt and Hurley. Additional screenings are being planned for major cities across the country.
