Mike Watt

Mike Watt

b, voc, *1957 US, Portsmouth, Virginia
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Rock and Alternative
A.k.a. Michael David Watt

Michael David "Mike" Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen projects.CMJ New Music called Watt a "seminal post-punk bass player." In November 2008, Watt received the Bass Player Magazine lifetime achievement award, presented by Flea.

Instruments

Bass
Vocals
Backing Vocals

Genres

Rock
Alternative
Jazz

Popular Tracks

Turn Up The Mains on Silver Patron Saints by Jesse Malin

Chinese Firedrill on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Against the 70's on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Piss-Bottle Man on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Big Train on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Lost To Time on Purple Pie Plow by SLW cc Watt, Samuel Locke Ward & Mike Watt

E-Ticket Ride on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Here Comes The Flood on Purple Pie Plow by SLW cc Watt, Samuel Locke Ward & Mike Watt

Drove Up from Pedro on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Sexual Military Dynamics on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Wall Of Flowers	Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt	2019	Album
Backwash / Drippy Eye	Black Moth Super Rainbow / Mike Watt, Flea, Kira Roessler	2018	Single
Jail for Trees/ Smart City, Dumb People	MB Jones, Mike Watt	2018	Single
"Ring Spiel" Tour '95	Mike Watt	2016	Album
The Bobblymen EP	Mike Watt + The Bobblymen	2016	Single
Missing More Of The Minutemen	Mike Watt +The Missingmen	2015	Single
Howie Reeve + Mike Watt	Howie Reeve, Mike Watt	2015	Single
Watt: On Bass	Mike Watt	2015	Album
Missing The Minutemen	Mike Watt +The Missingmen	2014	Single
Live In Ferndale	Mike Watt + Missingmen	2013	Single
Rebel Girl b/w 30 Days In The Hole	Mike Watt + The Black Gang	2013	Single
Sweet Honey Pie / My War	Mike Watt + Missingmen / The Chuck Dukowski Sextet	2012	Single
Daytrotter Session	Mike Watt	2011	Album
"Hyphenated-Man"	Mike Watt	2011	Album
untitled.	Steven Mackay / Mike Watt / Estel	2009	Album
Dreams Are Burned	KIT Feat. Mike Watt	2008	Single
The Secondman's Middle Stand	Mike Watt	2004	Album
6 Of 10	Removal Featuring Mike Watt	2003	Single
Contemplating The Engine Room	Mike Watt	1997	Album
Piss-Bottle Man	Mike Watt	1995	Single
Big Train	Mike Watt	1995	Single
Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?	Mike Watt	1995	Album
E-Ticket Ride	Mike Watt	1995	Single

External Links

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Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.