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Frank Tonche was the original drummer for The Minutemen. [1] When the band was formed by D. Boon and Mike Watt after their first serious attempt at a band, The Reactionaries, fell apart, they had originally wanted their friend and fellow ex-Reactionaries drummer George Hurley to hold the drum seat, but he had joined a new wave band ...
After a month with no drummer, during which Boon and Watt wrote their first songs, the band rehearsed and played a couple of early gigs with local welder Frank Tonche on drums.
The band would eventually get together with a welder/polka drummer named Frank Tonche in February, who would be their early drummer.
Joining the duo on the drums was Frank Tonche with whom the band featured in a number of gigs. Frank’s stay at Minutemen was short-lived with his departure coming a few months after the band’s formation.
- Eric Kamau
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Frank Tonche was the original drummer for The Minutemen. When the band was formed by D. Boon and Mike Watt after their first serious attempt at a band, The Reactionaries, fell apart, they had originally wanted their friend and fellow ex-Reactionaries drummer George Hurley to hold the drum seat, but he had joined a new wave band named Hey Taxi ...
