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    Mike Watt tour

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    "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.

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