Episode 244 - Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Society Ills)

Published: March 10, 2020, 7:36 a.m.

THIS IS A HUGE ONE! Bassgod Mike Watt joins Damian for a NOT TO BE MISSED conversation about all things punk & hardcore! Listen in as the two discuss Reactionaries, Minutemen, The Stooges & everyone in between. Plus, Damian nerds out about his road map into punk: "Ballhog Or Tugboat" on it's 25th anniversary with the cartographer himself!\xa0
\nDid we mention this is NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
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\nAlso Touched On:
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\nWe are all on the same team\n
\n\nNo Watt No Damian\n
\n\nReadin\u2019 in Creem\n
\n\nLang Bang\u2019s Cousin Lester\n
\n\nMeeting Nicky Beat\n
\n\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t where bell bottoms\u201d\n
\n\nTalking to Joey Shithead and Billy Bragg\n
\n\nThe Vaudeville side of punk\n
\n\n\u201cIg said to Ronnie\u201d being the little brother in the Stooges\n
\n\nGoing to see the Stooges at the Whiskey\n
\n\n\u201cI thought New Wave was a film movement in France\u201d\n
\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s the Alternative to music? Silence!?!\u201d\n
\n\n\u201cThere was no guy on the back of the Circle Jerks record to try to dress up as!\u201d\n
\n\nPeople LOVED Tull and hated the Stooges\n
\n\n\u201cIg had a weird gig where Ronny Beat his ass with a whip\u201d\n
\n\n\u201cAt first D.Boon wouldn\u2019t make a punk band with me\u201d\n
\n\n\u201cWe jammed \u2018I Wanna Be You Dog\u2019 for 3 and a half hour\u201d\n
\n\nThe Reactionaries\xa0\n
\n\nPlaying with The Suburban Lawns\n
\n\n\u201cThe Bass King Of Outer Space\u201d\n
\n\nThe Minutemen were radical in music and organization\n
\n\nHey Taxi! Georgies other band
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