Paranoid Time

by Minutemen

Paranoid Time cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: December 1980
  • Label: SST
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 6:39
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Minutemen, Mike Watt, George Hurley, D. Boon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the second-ever release on Greg Ginn's iconic SST Records, this incredibly terse debut clocks in at under seven minutes across seven tracks. The trio immediately differentiated themselves from the rest of the Southern California hardcore scene by injecting sharp, jagged funk rhythms and hyper-intellectual political theory. It established their famous 'jamming econo' ethos, prioritizing absolute efficiency in songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, political, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Validation (0:41)
  2. The Maze (0:40)
  3. Definitions (1:13)
  4. Sickles and Hammers (0:47)
  5. Fascist (0:56)
  6. Joe Mccarthy's Ghost (1:00)
  7. Paranoid Chant (1:19)

Credits

  • Minutemen - primary artist
  • Raymond Pettibon - artwork [art by]
  • Greg Hurley - backing vocals [background vocals]
  • Mike Watt - bass, vocals, written-by
  • George Hurley - drums, backing vocals [background vocals]
  • D. Boon - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Martin Tamburovich - written-by

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