Mike Watt got his musical start thumping the bass with legendary San Pedro punk trio, The Minutemen in and he has been at it ever since. Over the years, he’s 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/5. · In “Mike Watt: On and Off Bass,” photographs that appeared in the exhibit are punctuated by Watt’s poetry and snippets selected from 10 years of his diaries. Watt’s writing is insightful, funny, intimate and honest, as he explores topics like John Coltrane, long hauls and overcoming performance www.doorway.ru: Mike Watt: On and Off Bass” exposes Watt’s vision as a photographer, diarist and poet, taking its readers on a trip. And when you stop turning the pages of Watt’s story, you start turning the pages of yours, re-ignited. Mike Watt’s photos are the poetry of San Pedro every time he goes out on that kayak he comes back with www.doorway.ru: Three Rooms Press.
Besides his great love of music, Mike is a keen photographer and in the spring of , the Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica hosted a special exhibition of Mike's photos. Now published as a book, 'Mike Watt: On and Off Bass,' includes a lot of these great photographs, many taken during kayak trips around his beloved home of San Pedro. The. Unwilling to Explain is the fourth album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors, featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE), George Hurley (Minutemen, fIREHOSE), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), and Dan McGuire.. It was the first Unknown Instructors album that wasn't improvised and the first to feature Mascis on guitar instead of Baiza. The recording took quite some time with Watt. Bass Magazine Lockdown Check-In With Mike Watt. Bass Player: Mike Watt I'm just getting stuff off the internet using an Apple TV box and my wifi connection—total econo! Every morning at the crack of dawn I do about a three mile hobble—I have a bad knee—by the waterfront here in Pedro that takes about eighty minutes.
“Mike Watt: On and Off Bass” is getting a lot of buzz. And for good reason, considering the author and photographer is the legendary punk bassist himself. Mike Watt got his musical start thumping the bass with legendary San Pedro punk trio, The Minutemen in and he has been at it ever since. Over the years, he’s 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. “Mike Watt: On and Off Bass” exposes Watt’s vision as a photographer, diarist and poet, taking its readers on a trip. And when you stop turning the pages of Watt’s story, you start turning the pages of yours, re-ignited. “ Mike Watt’s photos are the poetry of San Pedro every time he goes out on that kayak he comes back with gold. Watt published his second book in Entitled Mike Watt: 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. In , Watt contributed a chapter to John Doe's memoir Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk.
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