mike watt's hoot page

here's a site put up on the web by me to let folks know what's up in my wack life

I live in pedro
I work the thudstaff
I jam econo

("soft and gentle?" think again)


watt in 1979  d. boon in 1983  watt self-portrait on sep 29, 2024

"the man in the van

inkan for watt

w/a bass in his hand"


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* next watt gigs *



corsano baiza watt trio

featuring chris corsano, joe baiza and mike watt

"tiny tour 2024"

oct 17 - nov 2

corsano baiza watt trio 'tiny tour 2024' flyer, art by joe baiza

read the tour diary!

get their debut album here




hellride

w/steve perkins, peter distefano and mike watt
whuppin' up stooges in a john coltrane kind of way

thursday, november 14 at 10:30 pm
at the mint
6010 w pico bl
l.a., ca
(323) 954-9400




brother tim kerr's portrait of watt:

mike watt by tim kerr




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see watt puffin' on a 'gar





hootpage.com = mikewatt.com

mike watt
maintains this web site
after creating it on:

november 10, 1996


last update:

november 2, 2024




5 this site dedicated to d boon

shot of d. boon breaking the ice

"get your hands in there and feel what the people are all about!"

(hear some 1985 spiels from d boon)




w/additional inspiration from john coltrane

john coltrane in 1957

"I the oblation and I the flame into which it is offered
I am the fire of the world and this world's mother and grandfather
I am om om om om om om!"


(hear a 1958 interview w/john coltrane)





for gigs watt works the wattplower bass which he
helped design w/the good people at reverend guitars


reverend guitars 'wattplower' mark II bass


watt digs his bergantino forte hp amp and its nxtse212 speakerbox

bergantino audiosystems


and his barefaced super twin and super compact speakerboxes

barefaced


plus his dna 1350 amp and dns-112nm speakerbox

david nordschow amplification


and uses d'addario nyxl 40-95 bass strings

d'addario nyxl 40-95 bass strings




shovelsarea still under constructionare busy!





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