Mike Watt

Biography

Mike Watt is an American bassist from San Pedro, California, born on 20 December 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia. He co-founded *Minutemen*, whose 'Double Nickels on the Dime' (1984) is a landmark of American punk, and *fIREHOSE* after *D. Boon*'s death in 1985. His solo albums include 'Ball-Hog or Tugboat?' (1995) and 'Contemplating the Engine Room' (1997), and he played bass for *The Stooges* from 2003 to 2013.