One day, when Mike Watt was thirteen, he was standing under a tree when D. Boon fell out of it and landed on him. Thus began one of rock’s great friendships and collaborations. With George Hurley, they formed the Minutemen, a pioneering punk band that lifted motifs from all over the musical spectrum, took its fire from the politics of the eighties, and blasted its tunes out at a Ramones-like pace of sixty or so an hour. For five years, the Southern California trio made some of punkÕs most memorable music (“Corona” is featured in the intro for MTV’s Jackass), and then Boon was killed in a car accident. This documentary gathers television appearances, concert footage, and dozens of interviews with friends and punk rock heroes, including some painful reminiscing by Watt, who’s never gotten over losing his best friend.
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