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]} The band often changed members, featuring at different times members of bands such as Tuxedomoon,^[1] 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.^[2]

Miller died at his home in Eagle Rock on December 14, 2003.^[2]

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)

• Minimal Man discography at Discogs
• "The Pop Life; Drugs, Demons: A Man in a Mask" – New York Times article on Minimal Man