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Mike Watt

Radio Personality / Musician / Songwriter | * 12/20/1957 (66) | Portsmouth, VA
Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo career with the 1994 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, he has since released three additional solo albums, most recently in 2010 with Hyphenated-man. He is also the frontman for the supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder (2008–present), a member of the art rock group Banyan (1997–present) and is involved with several other musical projects. From 2003 until 2013, he was the bass guitarist for The Stooges. Watt has been called "one of the greatest bassists on the planet". CMJ New Music called Watt a "seminal post-punk bass player". Readers of NME voted Mike Watt one of the "40 Greatest Bassists of All Time" and LA Weekly awarded him the number six spot in "The 20 Best Bassists of All Time". In November 2008, Watt received the Bass Player Magazine lifetime achievement award, presented by Flea. The Red Hot Chili Peppers dedicated their best-selling album, 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, to Watt. ()
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Michael David "Mike" Watt 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.

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Full Name: Mike Watt
Born: Friday, 12/20 1957 (December) in Portsmouth, VA (current age: 66 years + 100 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Educated at: San Pedro High School, Los Angeles Harbor College
Member of: FITTED, Minutemen, Dos, Firehose, The Stooges, Big Walnuts Yonder, Banyan
Record Label: Columbia Records
Mike Watt frequently works together with these people:
Ian MacKaye (6x, Actor)
Thurston Moore (5x, Actor)
Flea (4x, Actor)
J. Mascis (4x, Actor)
Chris Metzler (3x, Crew)
Les Claypool (3x, Actor)
Zack Taylor (3x, Crew)
Dave Willis (3x, Crew)
Raymond Pettibon (3x, Crew)
David Yow (3x, Actor)
Keith Morris (3x, Actor)
Michael W. Dean (3x, Crew)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1414748, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 03/22/2024