Minimal Man

Minimal Man
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Industrial Post-punk Experimental Gothic Rock
Years active	1979–1988
Labels	Subterranean Records LTM CD Presents
Website	Myspace fan page

Minimal Man was an American industrial and experimental rock project, formed in 1979 in San Francisco, California. The group was founded and led by Patrick Miller, a visual and sound artist who moved to San Francisco in the late 1970s. The band often changed members featuring at different times members of bands such as Tuxedomoon, Factrix and others active in the then thriving San Francisco experimental post punk and industrial scenes. Their cover of "The Shroud Of" featured one of Miller's signature mask/head paintings.

Minimal Man remained active in San Francisco recording on the Subterranean Records label till the mid 1980s, after which Miller relocated to Europe, often working with compatriots Tuxedomoon who had made a similar move previously.

The Minimal Man output ceased after the 1980s, and Miller returned to Los Angeles, where he worked as a set dresser.

Miller died at his home in Eagle Rock, California, on December 14, 2003.^[1]

Discography

Singles and EPs

• "She Was A Visitor" / "He Who Falls" (Subterranean Records, 1980) - Recorded live at The Deaf Club, San Francisco, on October 9, 1979.
• "Two Little Skeletons" / "Tired Death" (Subterranean Records, 1983)
• Sex Teacher (12" EP) (Fundamental Records in US, Play It Again Sam in Belgium, 1985)
• "Mock Honeymoon" (12") (PIAS, 1987)

Albums

• The Shroud Of (Subterranean Records, 1981)
• Safari (CD Presents Ltd., 1984) - Also released in Germany by Good Noise Records in 1985.
• Sex With God (Dossier, 1985)
• Slave Lullabyes (PIAS in Belgium, Fundamental Records in US, 1986)
• Hunger Is All She Has Ever Known (PIAS, 1988)
• Hunger Is All She Has Ever Known / Mock Honeymoon (CD) (PIAS, 1988)
• Pure (LD Records, 1988)
• The Shroud Of (Digitally Remastered CD) (Boutique Records, 2004) - Included five rare bonus tracks.

References

1. ^ Sisario, B.: "Patrick Miller, 51, Avant-Garde Leader Of 'Antimusic' Band", The New York Times, January 8, 2004.

• Strauss, Neil, "The Pop Life; Drugs, Demons: A Man In a Mask", The New York Times, January 8, 2004.

External links

• Underground Music Library Article on Minimal Man / Patrick Miller
• Myspace fan page
• Last.fm page
• Discography at Discogs.com
• Minimal Man biography at LTM