Temple of the Dog—“Hunger Strike”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
The Ringer
4.7 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:39.7 | special offer. What I got here is a Russian nesting doll of grizzled rock dudes, most of whom are |
| 0:47.1 | wearing flannel shirts, many of whom are also wearing baggy shorts over black tights, quite fashionable |
| 0:52.8 | at the time. It was mystifying. and all these grizzled rock dudes are |
| 0:56.5 | either condemning cheap nostalgia or actively generating exquisite nostalgia or both that's what i got |
| 1:04.8 | here i will now unstack and reveal these dolls for your delight and amazement first up mike |
| 1:10.6 | watt best known as bassist |
| 1:12.9 | for the Minutemen, pride of San Pedro, California, one of the best punk bands of the 80s, double |
| 1:18.6 | nickels on the dime is arguably the best album of 1984, and that's the year Purple Rain came out. |
| 1:25.0 | Mike Watt, flannel shirt, definitely shorts? Over tight? Definitely not. Mike often refers to |
| 1:31.3 | his bass guitar as a thunder broom. The thunder part is self-explanatory, but the broom part is also. |
| 1:38.2 | He is reliable. He is conscientious. He is workman-like. We Jam McConnell was the unofficial Minuteman slogan for a reason. |
| 1:46.7 | The best song on Double Nichols on the Dime is called Maybe Partying Will Help. Get a load of Mike Watt on the Thunder broom. |
| 2:07.8 | Rest in peace, D. Boone on guitars and vocals most of the time, |
| 2:10.6 | D. Boone died in a car accident in 1985. |
| 2:15.0 | Since then, Mike Watts formed a bunch of other bands and done a bunch of other stuff, most notably for our purposes in 1995. |
| 2:19.5 | As already a revered, grizzled rock dude and punk elder statesman, |
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