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Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a and bass guitarist, best-known for co-founding the bands Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. He is also a member of the /// group Banyan and the bass guitar duo Dos.

Though Watt has not had much success or visibility, he is often cited as a key figure in the development of American ; The Red Hot Chili Peppers dedicated their hugely successful Blood Sugar Sex Magik to Watt. Throughout his career he has been known for his inventive, melodic playing; his basslines are often quite distinctive.

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  • takethathuskers

    Saw him last night with the Missingmen. Hyphenated-Man stuff was great + some bonus Minutemen songs. I left one happy man :-)

    October 2011
  • LiveBootlegs

    Mike Watt with Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl & Pat Smear – Live @ The Metro, Chicago, USA, 06-05-1995 http://livebootlegconcert.blogspot.com/

    October 2011
  • leeisfreee

    man-shitting-man is my favorite man

    September 2011
  • DookieMestrebug

    http://innerspeakin.tumblr.com/post/6093564619/mike-watt Resenha do último lançamento de Mike Watt

    July 2011
  • KurtBell

    Mike Watt was of his tits on the Henry Rollins show :P

    July 2011
  • mykel_f

    Hyphenated-Man is great. But you really don't appreciate it unless you see it done live. Mike Watt + the missing men is a really great live band.

    May 2011
  • mrmocha

    Hyphenated-Man was awesome as expected...

    April 2011
  • mrmocha

    Can't wait to listen to the new album when I get home from work!

    April 2011
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please help brother simon paddle

9 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/wattfrompedro

dear friends,    simon likes to paddle canoe.    I like to paddle kayak.    will you please consider helping simon on this massive paddle?    http://www.smartgive.com/showpublicevent. …

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