Post-Mersh Vol. 1

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Post-Mersh, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by influential punk rock/alternative trio The Minutemen. It contains both The Punch Line (1981) and What Makes a Man Start Fires? (1983) respectively. These two releases are considered the first two "full length" albums recorded by the band.

Track listing

Tracks 1-18 are The Punch Line
Tracks 19-36 are What Makes a Man Start Fires?

Search (0:51) (Hurley, Watt)
Tension (1:18) (Tamburovich, Watt)
Games (1:01) (Boon, Watt)
Boiling (0:58) (Hurley, Watt)
Disguises (0:45) (Boon)
The Struggle (0:40) (Boon)
Monuments (0:48) (Hurley, Watt)
Ruins (0:49) (Hurley, Watt)
Issued (0:38) (Hurley, Watt)
The Punch Line (0:40) (Watt)
Song For El Salvador (0:31) (Boon)
History Lesson (0:37) (Boon)
Fanatics (0:30) (Watt)
No Parade (0:50) (Boon)
Straight Jacket (0:58) (Watt)
Gravity (0:55) (Hurley, Watt)
Warfare (0:54) (Hurley, Watt)
Static (0:50) (Boon, Watt)
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (1:27) (Watt)
One Chapter in the Book (1:00) (Watt)
Fake Contest (1:44) (Watt)
Beacon Sighted Through Fog (1:00) (Watt)
Mutiny in Jonestown (1:06) (Boon/Watt)
East Wind/Faith (2:10) (Hurley/Watt)
Pure Joy (1:30) (Hurley/Watt)
'99 (1:00) (Hurley/Watt)
The Anchor (2:30) (Hurley/Watt)
Sell or Be Sold (1:45) (Boon/Watt)
The Only Minority (1:00) (Boon/Watt)
Split Red (0:52) (Boon/Watt)
Colors (2:05) (Boon/Watt)
Plight (1:37) (Boon/Watt)
The Tin Roof (1:08) (Watt)
Life As A Rehearsal (1:35) (Watt)
This Road (1:26) (Watt)
Polarity (1:44) (Watt)

D. Boon - guitar, vocals
Mike Watt - bass, vocals
George Hurley - drums, oil drums, lead vocal in the middle of "Ruins"
Joe Baiza - additional guitar on "Beacon Sighted Through Fog" and "East Wind/Faith".

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The Minutemen
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