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On and off bass, the book is a photo memoir featuring photos taken by watt coupled with excerpts from watts stooges tour diaries mixed with free verse poems. Mike watt got his musical start thumping the bass with legendary san pedro punk trio, the minutemen in 1980 and he has been at it ever since. His work with the minutemen and firehose influenced a generation, and between touring with the stooges and penning operas, hes done just about everything a bassist can do. Sound design flutter glitchy and distorted bass effect rumble.

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Versions different performances of the song by the same artist. Sound design flutter glitchy and distorted bass effect left to right deep rumble. And for good reason, considering the author and photographer is the legendary punk bassist himself. On and off bass exposes watts vision as a photographer, diarist and poet, taking its readers on a trip. Reverend mike watt wattplower signature bass 2017 reverb. I am the mike watt who lives in pedro and works the bass. In 2016, watt contributed a chapter to john does memoir under the big black sun. For over 3 decades he has toured the country in his ford econoline, first with incomparable punk band the minutemen, in the 90s with the fluid firehose, and later with the power trios that have followed. Mike watt is an american bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. The producerengineer david kahne is an old friend, and t.

Watt went on to form firehose, and play bass for punk royalty with the stooges, as well as hundreds of projects with musicians around the world. And when you stop turning the pages of watt s story, you start turning the pages of yours, reignited. Mike watt talks about the new signature reverend wattplower bass. Bass musician magazine interviews mike watt youtube. In 20, mike and his secondmen released their version of toys that kills no one on both a split 7 with qui and a compilation of covers of todds songs.

Mike watt, nels cline, greg saunier, and nick reinhart make up a supergroup of the offkilter for their selftitled debut, and they bring each of their strengths to the album while maintaining the sensibility of a band. He is bestknown for cofounding the rock bands the minutemen and firehose. When that gibson is hanging off home it looks like its connected to his body like its his arm or something. Oct 21, 2012 my son made this short video of me discussing mike watt s fantastic bass line on fake contest 1982, which is the first bass line i ever learned.

Over the years, hes toured with dos, firehose, his own the black gang, the secondmen, the missingmen, and others, and he has worked bass as a sideman for porno for pyros, j mascis and the fog, as well as punk godfathers the stooges. Im not from pedroi came here when i was about 10, from virginia. Mike watt minutemen, stooges joins kelly clarkson on new. On and off bass, the book is a photo memoir featuring photos taken by watt coupled with excerpts from watt s stooges tour diaries mixed with free verse poems.

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Kira roessler born june 12, 1962 is an american musician, singer, and twotime emmy awardwinning dialogue editor. The legendary mike watt has contributed his equally legendary bass prowess to the next album from pop songstress kelly clarkson. And when you stop turning the pages of watts story, you start turning the pages of yours, reignited. Originally knowing one and other only through each others music, mike watt and howie reeve actually met after a missingmen gig in glasgow 2011. Mike watt and the black gang crew at sudsy malones, cincinnati, oh 10 21 98 full set mike watt and the black gang crew performing contemplating the engine room mike watt. Initially released in japan by parabolica records in october 2010, the album was released in the rest of the world on clenchedwrench, an independent record label. But i got into the minutemen and firehouse a little back then, and at the age of which was my 1st stint of playing bass, i had a very big appreciation for mike watt and his musicanship. She is perhaps best known as the second bassist in the influential hardcore punk band black flag during the 1980s. Mike watt is a genuine legend of the indie rock bass. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from mike watt at the discogs marketplace. At the time when i was none of these bands nor mike watt were ever even herd of in my neck of the woods. Mike watt biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.

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