Mike Watt

Few people in underground music retain the unvarnished status, proclivity for chance and change, and ductile dedication to musically honesty that Mike Watt does. Read More

You got to give Ed Crawford credit: the guy had guts. Read More

In the mid-'80s, he was known in the college-rock circuit affectionately as Ed fROMOHIO. Read More

Taking place May 18-20, the festival will once again host a wide range of acts from multiple genres including headliners Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Skrillex, Incubus, Brand New, and The Gaslight Anthem. Read More

Meet the Meat Puppets , is released on June 1, 2011. Read More

We were delighted to be offered some images from Minutemen/fIREHOSE/Stooges bassist and general music industry gentleman Mike Watt's new photo memoir On and Off Bass to share with Flavorwire readers. Read More

On and Off Bass, his beautiful book of photographs and poetic memoir has just been published, and in celebration Three Rooms Press threw a party that (naturally) took the form of a gig. Read More

Flavorwire lists 10 of the best memoirs about mothers. Read More

For the past three decades, the flannel-flyin' and econo-jamming godhead Mike Watt has staunchly adhered to his and late, great best friend and fellow Minuteman D Boon's credo "punk is whatever we made it to be while projecting an air of sincerity that is just plain righteous. And in all of Watt's projectsthe Stooges, the recently reformed fIREHOSE, his outfit with Richard Meltzer spielgusher, dOS, Missingmenthe San Pedro bass king is always first to defer credit to his bandmates and collaborators. Read More

There were so many deserving bands playing in the early hours on Saturday, but fuck 'em—the first band I saw was the Black Lips , and they were worth waiting for. Read More