Minuteflag

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Minuteflag was an experimental jam band collaboration between members of the American punk bands Minutemen and Black Flag.<ref name="magnet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their only release, an EP, consists entirely of instrumentals with the exception of "Fetch the Water" which features D. Boon on lead vocals.<ref name="magnet"/>

Recording took place in March 1985, while Black Flag was in the process of writing and recording Loose Nut at Total Access Studio in Redondo Beach, CA;<ref name="chick">Template:Cite book</ref> Minutemen had just completed their Project: Mersh 12" EP at the same studio the month before.<ref name="magnet"/> The members involved initially agreed that the material recorded during the Minuteflag sessions would not be released until at least one of the bands had disbanded.<ref name="chick"/> A 12" EP on SST Records as SST 050 came out over a year afterward, by which time Minutemen had disbanded after the car crash death of guitarist/vocalist D. Boon; Black Flag themselves split up later in 1986.Template:Cn

Track listing

1. "Fetch the Water" – 3:49
2. "Power Failure" – 3:43
3. "Friends" – 5:12
4. "Candy Rush" – 1:49

Personnel

• D. Boon – lead and backing vocals, lyrics (track 1), guitar
• Greg Ginn – guitar
• George Hurley – bongo drum (tracks 1 and 2), bean can (tracks 3 and 4)
• Kira Roessler – backing vocals (track 1), bass
• Henry Rollins – lead and backing vocals (track 1)
• Bill Stevenson – drums
• Mike Watt – bass