reformed in 2012 for an appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and a short tour. Later work Hurley has played with The Red Krayola and Tom Watson from Slovenly. He also plays with his surviving Minutemen cohort Mike Watt on occasion, usually performing a set of Minutemen songs without a third person substituting for the late Minutemen leader D. Boon under the name George Hurley and Mike Watt. In addition, he occasionally performs with improvisational group Unknown Instructors with Watt and members of Saccharine Trust and Pere Ubu. Their first album, The Way Things Work, was released in late September 2005 by Smog Veil Records. In October 2005, they returned to the studio to record their second album, this time with Pere Ubu's David Thomas as an added participant. Hurley has formed a drum/bass duo with Constant Llama member Joe Dean called The Wrinkling Brothers. Personal life Hurley has been married since 1997 and has a son, Garrett, who was born in July 2002. Hairstyle Hurley is known for his distinctive hairstyle that he sported in his later Minutemen and Firehose days, a protruding clump of hair that he nicknamed "The Unit". Hurley explained in the 2005 Minutemen documentary We Jam Econo that since his limbs were all busy when he played drums, he grew "The Unit" so that his head movements were more noticeable on stage. See also We Jam Econo'' – full-length Minutemen documentary (2005) References External links Photo gallery 051: George Hurley (Minutemen, fiREHOSE) on The Trap Set George Hurley's current band The Wrinkling Brothers 1958 births American punk rock drummers American male drummers Firehose (band) members Living people Musicians from Massachusetts Bootstrappers (band) members Minutemen (band) members The Reactionaries members Unknown Instructors members Musicians from Brockton, Massachusetts People from San Pedro, Los Angeles 20th-century American drummers 20th-century American male musicians