MINUTEMEN - What Makes a Man Start Fires? LP afrobeat Discussion

Discussion

The debut album by The Can (as they were called at the time) still doesn’t seem like it should have come from 1969

Wada's first album brings together two of the oldest drone instruments – the human voice and bagpipes – to simple and glorious effect

a total blast

The unyielding Ulthar attack doubles down here with figures becoming more sickening and shapes more savage

MINUTEMEN - What Makes a Man Start Fires? LP afrobeat DiscussionHighly recommended. What Makes a Man Start Fires? is not as cohesive (as far as the Minutemen were ever cohesive) or lengthy as the more celebrated Double Nickels on the Dime; The "songs" on Double Nickels overall sound more like songs, but featured here is some cooler guitar and bass work. Watt's bass is poignant and immediate, with memorable lines in "Mutiny in Jonestown" and "The Anchor," D. Boon's soloing in "This Road," "Polarity," "Bob Dylan