The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Thread

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri August 03, 2018 1:54 am

Pick something Watt that I've never heard for my music tonight as I close the bar books on the sales day in about 5 hours

Post by **96583UP** » Fri August 03, 2018 2:02 am

is mike watt a pervert?

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri August 03, 2018 2:06 am

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri August 03, 2018 2:07 am

Thanks trago

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Fri August 03, 2018 4:35 am

Contemplating the Engine Room is fantastic

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri August 03, 2018 4:52 am

tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri August 03, 2018 4:57 am

tragabigzanda wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Contemplating the Engine Room is fantastic
probably my favorite watt record overall, but it's heady, and musically it's all over the place (i'd maybe call it a sea shanty-jazz-punk opera?).

minutemen records are more immediately accessible, even if they are far more monochromatic in tone, you know?

WM, do you wanna listen to early Pavement or recent Malkmus? I'd say use that as your guide, their sonic/musical progressions are fairly similar.

recent Malkmus. Always.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri August 03, 2018 5:10 am

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri August 03, 2018 5:21 pm

Trag, engine room is great. I’m surprised at how many songs I recognized.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri August 03, 2018 5:30 pm

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri August 03, 2018 6:15 pm

Only word I can think to describe it is maniacal.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri August 03, 2018 6:20 pm

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri August 03, 2018 9:25 pm

I may jam it again on the bike ride home tonight.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri August 03, 2018 9:41 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Sat August 04, 2018 12:24 am

I'm listening to '...Engine Room' for the first time right now. It's the first Watt record I've heard, actually. He's a monster on the bass, and Nels Cline is insane.

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Sat August 04, 2018 12:48 am

I'm not sure that I agree with the 'punk' tag, but what else can you call it?

AndySlash · Post by **AndySlash** » Mon August 06, 2018 3:43 am

i didn't know (or had long forgotten) that there was an actual video for piss-bottle man.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Mon August 06, 2018 3:46 am

I think Nels Cline´s best work is with Mike.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue July 21, 2020 8:14 pm

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Tue July 21, 2020 9:06 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:Watt just released four instrumental jam sessions from the '97 Wylde Ratttz project.

Background: Wylde Ratttz was a brief project including Watt, Ron Ashton, Thurston Moore, Mark Arm, Steve Shelley, Don Fleming, and Jim Dunbar. Their primarily goal was to provide a bunch of covers of The Stooges songs for that Velvet Goldmine movie.

But these four tracks are epic instrumental space jams, from those session, with a slightly different band makeup:

Ron Asheton: Guitar.
Sean Ono Lennon: Multitronics.
Thurston Moore: Guitar, electronics.
Steve Shelley: Drums, percussion.
Mike "Pipe" Watt: Bass, Beam.
Two tracks are here.
Two more tracks here.

Fun stuff.

Those were cool. Oh i loved Ron Asheton so much....remember the All Tomorrow Parties of 2002? Ed was there. Amazing jam of No Fun.
Are those stooges songs available?

Also, have you listened to the Mike Baggeta Wall Of Flowers Album? Its him, Mike and fucking Jim Keltner.

Red Mosquito

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