George Hurley
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George Hurley (born 1958 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a drummer noted for his work with The Minutemen and fIREHOSE. Hurley's powerful style brought a sense of musicianship to the genre, paving the way for new possibilities in underground music. A lesser drummer would have derailed the Minutemen. Responsible for many of the thought-provoking, hard-edged lyrics of both The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; Hurley's frenetic execution coupled with his unparalleled discipline as a musician set a standard matched by few drummers since.
Hurley is also known for his distinctive hairstyle that he sported in his later Minutemen and fIREHOSE days, a protruding clump of hair that he nicknamed "The Unit". Hurley explained in the 2005 Minutemen documentary We Jam Econo that since his limbs were all busy when he played drums, he grew "The Unit" so that his head movements were more noticeable on stage.
A much sought after drummer, Hurley has played with The Red Crayola and Tom Watson from Slovenly. He also plays with his surviving Minutemen cohort Mike Watt on occasion, usually performing a set of Minutemen songs without a third person substituting for the late Minutemen leader D. Boon, or as part of the improvisational group Unknown Instructors with Watt and members of Saccharine Trust and Pere Ubu. Their first album, The Way Things Work, was released in late September 2005 by Smog Veil Records. In October of 2005, they returned to the studio to record a second album, this time with Pere Ubu's David Thomas as an added participant.
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| The Minutemen |
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| D. Boon | Mike Watt | George Hurley |
| Discography |
| Albums: The Punch Line | What Makes a Man Start Fires? | Double Nickels on the Dime | 3-Way Tie (For Last) | Ballot Result |
| Extended plays: Paranoid Time | Joy | Bean-Spill | Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat | Tour-Spiel | Project: Mersh | Georgeless E.P. |
| Compilations: The Politics of Time | My First Bells | Post-Mersh Vol. 1 | Post-Mersh Vol. 2 | Post-Mersh Vol. 3 | Introducing the Minutemen |
| Other releases: Minuteflag | D. Boon and Friends |
| Bootlegs: ...just a Minute Men | Jam "Schtik" To Do For Gigs | | Acoustic Blowout | Live At Flynn's Ocean 71 |
| Related articles |
| The Reactionaries | New Alliance Records | Martin Tamburovich | George Hurley and Mike Watt |
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