{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Minimal Man | background = group_or_band | origin = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States | genre = [[industrial music|Industrial]], [[post-punk]], [[experimental rock]] | years_active = 1979–1988 | label = [[Subterranean Records|Subterranean]], [[LTM Recordings|LTM]], [[CD Presents]] | past_members = Lliam Hart<br/>Patrick Miller<br/>Kristin Oppenheim<br/>Blaise Smith }}
'''Minimal Man''' was an American [[industrial music|industrial]] and [[experimental rock]] project, formed in 1979 in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] by leader Patrick Miller.
== Background ==
Minimal Man was formed in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] in 1979 by leader Patrick Miller, a visual and sound artist who moved to San Francisco in the late 1970s.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} The band often changed members, featuring at different times members of bands such as [[Tuxedomoon]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/minimal-man-mn0001587328 |title=Minimal Man – Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic |last=Raggett |first=Ned |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[AllRovi]] |accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref> [[Factrix]] and others active in the then-thriving San Francisco experimental, [[post-punk]] and industrial scenes.
Minimal Man remained active in San Francisco recording on the [[Subterranean Records]] label until 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.<ref name="Sisario">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/arts/patrick-miller-51-avant-garde-leader-of-antimusic-band.html |title=Patrick Miller, 51, Avant-Garde Leader of 'Antimusic' Band – New York Times |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=January 8, 2004 |work=[[The New York Times|nytimes.com]] |accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref>
Miller died at his home in [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles|Eagle Rock]] on December 14, 2003.<ref name="Sisario"/>
== Discography == ; Studio albums
* ''[[The Shroud Of]]'' (1981) * ''Safari'' (1984) * ''Sex with God'' (1985) * ''Slave Lullabyes'' (1986) * ''Hunger Is All She Has Ever Known'' (1988) * ''Pure'' (1988)
; Extended plays
* ''Sex Teacher'' (1985)
; Single
* "She Was a Visitor"/"He Who Falls" (1980) * "Two Little Skeletons"/"Tired Death" (1983) * "Mock Honeymoon" (1987)
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Discogs artist|Minimal Man (2)}} * [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/arts/the-pop-life-drugs-demons-a-man-in-a-mask.html "The Pop Life; Drugs, Demons: A Man in a Mask"] – [[The New York Times|New York Times]] article on Minimal Man
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[[Category:Musical groups from San Francisco]] [[Category:American industrial music groups]]