Minutemen
Punch Line
The Punch Line is the debut studio album and third overall release by American punk rock band Minutemen, and the
fourth-ever release from SST Records. After their previous release, Paranoid Time, sold out its 300-copy pressing, Greg
Ginn invited the band to record again. Less than half the length of most LPs, the total playing time for all 18 songs is
a mere 15 minutes. The album was an early milestone release for the band and SST. The Punch Line hit record store
shelves three months after the release of Joy, although Joy was recorded after The Punch Line.
The Punch Line also appears on the My First Bells cassette and the Post-Mersh Vol. 1 CD. The opening track, "Search",
represented Minutemen on the second Rodney on the ROQ compilation album on Posh Boy Records, while four other songs,
including the title track, were featured on the compilation cassette The Future Looks Bright Ahead, jointly issued by
Posh Boy and SST in 1981. "Boiling" and "Games" were featured on the seminal SST compilation The Blasting Concept.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
01-01-1970
Label
Item-nr
244948
EAN
0018861000411
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
SEARCH
2
TENSION
3
GAMES
4
BOILING
5
DISGUISES
6
THE STRUGGLE
7
MONUMENTS
8
RUINS
9
ISSUED
10
THE PUNCH LINE
11
SONG FOR EL SALVADOR
12
HISTORY LESSON
13
FANATICS
14
NO PARADE
15
STRAIGHT JACKET
16
GRAVITY
17
WARFARE
18
STATIC
