Kirky Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Anyone else seeing Mike Watt with his Missingmen on their current tour? I'm off to the Brudenell in Leeds tonight. Thoroughly looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnutkj Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Saw him last night in Glasgow - it was excellent! He's such an inspiring player and all-round great guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I really wanted to go but there were too many gigs that week. I saw them a few years back at the Supersonic Fest. I love Mike's playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Forgot about it until I saw some old friends on Facebook talking about it tonight, otherwise I would've gone along to the Brudenell too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Arse. First I've heard. Missed Manchester show. Arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 A friend mentioned it a while ago and I completely forgot about it... until Monday where he said he'd bought me a ticket and forgot to mention it! So tomorrow after work, we're hitting the pub for food and then watching him after that. Really looking forward to it, I'm not that familiar with his material but I like what I've heard and I'll let you all know how he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 It was very good indeed. They're at the end of an intense tour so the bands are on top form. Well worth making the effort to go to the Harley in Sheffield for those who didn't make it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 He was very good, I didn't know a huge amount of his back catalogue which probably helped as he essentially just played 1 45 minute song and then an encore which might have annoyed people hoping for a 'best of' set. Both he and his band were indeed on top form. I was blown away by what a great, non-flashy player he is. Any suggestions on where to start with listening to his recorded output? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnutkj Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 "Double Nickels on the Dime" by the Minutemen is probably the best place to start, and for his solo stuff, there's "Ball-Hog or Tugboat?" which features EVERYONE from '80s/90's American alternative music*, and "Tales From The Engine Room" which is his first "opera", sort of about his dad's navy days and sort of about the story of the Minutemen. *Seriously - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball-Hog_or_Tugboat%3F"]everyone[/url]. [quote]Without a full-time band, Watt recruited a wide variety of friends and fellow travelers to participate in the recording of the album. These included fellow [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SST_Records"]SST Records[/url] alumni like former Black Flag vocalist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rollins"]Henry Rollins[/url], members of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth"]Sonic Youth[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Kirkwood"]Curt[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris_Kirkwood"]Cris Kirkwood[/url] of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Puppets"]Meat Puppets[/url], former [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharine_Trust"]Saccharine Trust[/url] guitarist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Baiza"]Joe Baiza[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Jr"]Dinosaur Jr[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"]J Mascis[/url], and former SST house [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer"]producer[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot_%28producer%29"]Spot[/url], as well as members of bands who had either toured with and/or been influenced by the Minutemen and Firehose, including [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam"]Pearl Jam[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder"]Eddie Vedder[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"]Nirvana[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krist_Novoselic"]Krist Novoselic[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grohl"]Dave Grohl[/url] (making their first recorded appearance on a record since [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain"]Kurt Cobain[/url]'s death), [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Addiction"]Jane's Addiction[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porno_for_Pyros"]Porno for Pyros[/url] drummer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Perkins"]Stephen Perkins[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers"]Red Hot Chili Peppers[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Balzary"]Flea[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Asylum"]Soul Asylum[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Pirner"]Dave Pirner[/url], former [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Germs"]Germs[/url] and Nirvana guitarist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"]Pat Smear[/url], former [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixies_%28band%29"]Pixies[/url] singer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Black"]Frank Black[/url], former [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Screamers_%28band%29&action=edit&redlink=1"]Screamers[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twisted_Roots&action=edit&redlink=1"]Twisted Roots[/url] keyboardist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roessler"]Paul Roessler[/url] (who was also Watt's brother-in-law), [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lemonheads"]The Lemonheads[/url] frontman [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Dando"]Evan Dando[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_Jerks"]The Circle Jerks[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zander_Schloss"]Zander Schloss[/url], former [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Trees"]Screaming Trees[/url] vocalist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lanegan"]Mark Lanegan[/url], jazz/punk guitarist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"]Nels Cline[/url] and his drummer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Preussner&action=edit&redlink=1"]Michael Preussner[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_dog."]that dog[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Haden"]Petra[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Haden"]Rachel Haden[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Waronker"]Anna Waronker[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_D_%28musician%29"]Mike D[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad-Rock"]Ad-Rock[/url] of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys"]Beastie Boys[/url]. Also participating on the album were [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_%28band%29"]Parliament[/url]/[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkadelic"]Funkadelic[/url] organist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Worrell"]Bernie Worrell[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Bozulich"]Carla Bozulich[/url] of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Fibbers"]Geraldine Fibbers[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hornsby"]Bruce Hornsby[/url] drummer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Molo"]John Molo[/url].[/quote] EVERYONE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 I've always really liked the firehose album "fromohio" as well. Not sure whether it's still available anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Agree with the last two posts. [i]Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?[/i] has cost me a fortune in Nels Cline music since it came out, too. Thank you, Mr Watt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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