NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Minutemen on 20 December 2019. Minutemen has been played over 70 times on NTS, first on 21 October 2014. Minutemen's music has been featured on 30 episodes.

The Minutemen were a punk rock trio which formed in 1980 in San Pedro, California, United States. The band comprised guitarist/vocalist D Boon and his childhood friend, bassist/vocalist Mike Watt, along with a former high school classmate on drums, George Hurley.

The group played funk influenced punk rock music in the early 1980s, never finding (or even seeking) much mainstream success but influencing many subsequent musicians. The group ended when…