* out now on clenchedwrench *
- il sogno del marinaio album la busta gialla -
- spielgusher album -
- dos album "dos y dos" -
- my third opera "hyphenated-man" -

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dos' 'dos y dos' mike watt's 'hyphenated-man'



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and the mike watt throbblehead


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mike watt + the secondmen

featuring pete mazich and jerry trebotic

friday, june 7 at 8 pm
at the observatory
3503 s. harbor bl.
santa ana, ca
(714) 957-0600




mike watt + the missingmen

featuring tom watson and raul morales

friday, june 14 at 10 pm
at di piazza's
5205 e. pacific coast highway
long beach, ca
(562) 498-2461




il sogno del marinaio

andrea belfi and stefano pilia w/watt in yet another powertrio!

sunday, june 16 at 8 pm
at whelan's
dublin, ireland

sunday, november 24
at the atp - end of an era festival
camber sands, england




iggy and the stooges

w/watt on bass trying his hardest for them!

read watt's tour diary!

saturday, june 1
at the free press summer festival
houston, tx (usa)

saturday, june 8
at the ink n iron festival
long beach, ca (usa)

thursday, june 20
at the meltdown festival
london, england

saturday, june 22
at areal tj slezan
frydek-mistek, czech republic

monday, june 24
at the inmusic festival
zagreb, croatia

wednesday, june 26
at stora scenen pa liseberg
goteborg, sweden

friday, june 28
at the peace and love festival
borlange, sweden

sunday, june 30
at the garorock festival
marmande, france

thursday, july 4
at the rock in roma festival
rome, italy

saturday, july 6
at la base de loisirs de pratgraussals
albi, france

tuesday, july 9
at the les deferlantes d'argeles sur mer festival
argeles-sur-mer, france

thursday, july 11
at the ippodromo del galoppo
milan, italy

saturday, august 3
at the lokerse feesten
lokeren, belgium

tuesday, august 6
at the zitadelle spandau
berlin, germany

friday, august 9
at arena open air
vienna, austria




stuff that's going on right now w/watt


"punk is whatever we made it to be" sticker

punk is whatever we made it to be sticker

I give all proceeds to
www.doctorswithoutborders.org


stuff from watt's recent past


  • new! the il sogno del marinaio europe tour 2013 went from february 14 to march 9 in support of their debut album "la busta gialla" - read the tour diary here

  • me and my missingmen did the 2nd heapin' helpin' of 3rd opera tour 2012 to work "hyphenated-man" live in the u.s. one more time - read the tour diary

  • get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2012 where he got to work the bass!

  • first gigs w/edward and georgie in eighteen years! watt's diary of the "smokin' on the ol' pink pole" tiny tour of april 2012

  • me and my missingmen did the "hyphenated-man in europe 2011" tour to work the third opera live over on that side of the atlantic... you can read the tour diary here

  • get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring in europe w/iggy + the stooges during 2011 where he got to work the bass!

  • me and my missingmen did the "north american hyphenated-man tour 2011" to work the third opera live in canada + u.s. and you can read the tour diary here

  • get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during the "big day out" 2011 festival in new zealand and australia where he got to work the bass!

  • read how me and my missingmen indeed did sally forth on the "hyphenated-man in japan 2010" tour to work the third opera live for the first time ever, tour diary here

  • get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2010 where he got to work the bass!

  • our first time playing together - we did six gigs and built first album - read the il sogno del marinaio mini-tour 2009 diary

  • blowing some clams all by myself at this little time out new york july 31, 2009 recital

  • read what watt, tom watson and raul morales wrote in the mike watt + the missingmen "prac'n the 3rd opera" tour 2009 diary (there's a week worth from peak too!)

  • get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2008 where he got to work the bass!

  • read the spiel chimped in watt's brother's sister's daughter "japan tiny tour 2008" diary where he got to learn from japanese underground music scene during fourteen gigs in fourteen days there!

  • get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2007 where he got to work the bass!

  • first three funanori songs released - mywasteofspaceplace page here

  • watt cover story/interview in the april 2007 issue of bass player magazine

    april 2007 issue of bass player magazine


  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges in france, switzerland and texas (march 2007) where he got to work the bass!

  • read the mike watt + the missingmen "parallel universes" euro tour 2006 (nov - dec) where watt opened for the red hot chili peppers w/his latest trio and also did bass for four gigs w/the stooges

  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges in iceland, europe and argentina (may - sep, 2006) where he got to work the bass!

  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges at the "big day out" 2006 in new zealand and australia where he got to work the bass!

  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges in spain, portugal, france, italy, switzerland, belgium and england (may 27 - august 30, 2005) where he got to work the bass!

  • watt + the secondmen did the "el mar cura todo in europe too" tour 2005 (apr 4 - may 13) in europe. read the tour diaries

  • watt + the secondmen did the "el mar cura todo" tour 2004 (sep 16 - nov 20) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries

  • watt + the secondmen live on wfmu - oct 23, 2004, playing four songs and doing some spiel

  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges in scotland, ireland, england, germany, sweden, denmark, serbia, greece, france, italy, austria and spain (jun 3 - 6 + june 28 - july 15, 2004) where he got to work the bass!

  • read watt's word's-eye view about how dos does a tinytour of canada (jun 24, 25 + 26, 2004 jazz festivals in winnipeg and saskatoon) where kira and him got to work the bass!

  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges first three gigs ever in japan (mar 19, 20 + 22, 2004) where he got to work the bass!

  • watt + the secondmen did the red hot chili peppers support tour 2003 (oct 8 - 27) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries

  • read watt's word's-eye view about iggy + the stooges first two gigs ever on the european continent (sep 12 + 13, 2003) in spain and france where he got to work the bass!

  • watt + the secondmen (first six weeks w/pete mazich, then the last two and some w/paul roessler - jerry trebotic on drums on all of it) did the "the cord that spun its own top" tour 2003 (apr 1 - may 28) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries

  • asheton, asheton, mascis + watt at the pukkelpop 2002 festival in hasselt, belgium. here's a review in dutch and live photos of the gig

  • watt + the secondmen (first five weeks) + the jom & terry show (second four weeks) did the "our oars became wings" tour 2002 (apr 15 - june 15) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries

  • watt + the jom & terry show did the "time to cat and not mouse" tour 2001 (sep 11 - nov 5) in the u.s. and canada w/tom watson on guitar and jerry trebotic on drums. read the tour diary!

  • watt does one more thump shift on the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2001, third leg (europe, june). w-h-o-a ! - this tour got cut short - we survived a van crash near falkenberg, sweden on june 17 - the rest of the tour was canceled! read watt's tour diary!

  • watt worked the boom tube for j on the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2001, second leg (usa + canada, apr - may). read watt's tour diary!

  • fog spiel! read ray neades' interview w/j mascis + the fog

  • see/hear j mascis + the fog play "blowin' it" live in a chicago studio filmed feb. 10, 2001

  • watt set sail again w/ j for the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2001, first leg (usa + japan + australia, feb - mar). read watt's tour diary!

  • watt did bass for j, became a deckhand for the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2000 (usa + europe, oct - dec). read watt's tour diary!

  • watt and the pair of pliers "enough w/the piss bag" tour 2000 (sep - nov). tom watson was on guitar and vince meghrouni was on drums. read the tour diaries

  • that illness

  • watt and masina record "izniknami badem drvo" for the balkans without borders benefit compilation for doctors without borders

  • the black gang have a 7" called "this is a prayer" out on kill rock stars (krs 352). nels cline plays guitar and wrote the title song. bob lee does drums

  • watt and the pair of pliers "searchin' the shed for pliers" tour '99 (sep - nov). tom watson was on guitar and vince meghrouni was on drums. read the tour diaries

  • george hurley helps watt record "sidemousin' the bong" along w/petra haden and stephen perkins for the hempilation vol. 2 compilation

  • watt and the black gang "puttin' the opera to bed" tour '98 (sep - nov). nels cline was on guitar and bob lee was on drums. read the tour diaries

  • watt and the black gang "3rd time before the mast" tour '98 (apr - jun). joe baiza was on guitar and bob lee was on drums. read the tour diaries

  • watt and the black gang "hola marinaro" euro tour '98 (mar - apr). joe baiza was on guitar and bob lee was on drums. read the tour diaries

  • watt and the black gang crew "sticking the head out the hatch" tour '97 (oct - nov). joe baiza was on guitar and stephen hodges was on drums. read the tour diaries


    • stuff you might want to know about




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