What Makes a Man Start Fires?

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What Makes a Man Start Fires?
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Length
18 tracks, 27:13
Release Date
31 December 1982
What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second studio album and fifth release by American punk rock band Minutemen. At almost twice the length of their previous album, The Punch Line, the Minutemen’s songs began surpassing the two-minute mark. Breaking another Minutemen record, the band took the longest time they took to date to record What Makes A Man Start Fires?. The basic tracks were recorded in one late-night session, but then the band held two separate late-night sessions for guitar and vocal overdubs. Watt has said that he considers this to be Minutemen’s “first real album.” Whi… read more
What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second studio album and fifth release by American punk rock band Minutemen. At almost twice the length of their … read more
What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second studio album and fifth release by American punk rock band Minutemen. At almost twice the length of their previous album, The Punch Line, the M… read more

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1 Play track Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
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 1:31 34,971 listeners
2 Play track One Chapter in the Book
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 1:00 24,049 listeners
3 Play track Fake Contest
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 1:41 31,564 listeners
4 Play track Beacon Sighted Through Fog
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 0:51 23,102 listeners
5 Play track Mutiny in Jonestown
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 1:06 24,754 listeners
6 Play track East Wind / Faith
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7 Play track Pure Joy
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 1:30 21,314 listeners
8 Play track 99
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 1:00 13,518 listeners
9 Play track The Anchor
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 2:30 27,267 listeners
10 Play track Sell Or Be Sold
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 1:45 21,978 listeners
11 Play track The Only Minority
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12 Play track Split Red
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13 Play track Colors
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14 Play track Plight
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15 Play track The Tin Roof
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16 Play track Life As A Rehearsal
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 1:35 22,793 listeners
17 Play track This Road
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18 Play track Polarity
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 1:44 17,595 listeners

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The Minutemen were an American trio which formed in 1980 in San Pedro, California, United States. The band comprised guitarist/vocalist D Boon and his childhood friend, bassist/vocalist Mike Watt, along with a former high school classmate on drums, George Hurley. The group played influenced punk rock music in the early 1980s, never finding (or even seeking) much mainstream success but influencing many subsequent musicians. The group ended when Boon died in an automobile accident in Arizona in December 1985. Influences and Creativity They were influenced heavily by ban… read more
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