Mike Watt
Date of birth: 1957-12-20
Place of birth: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Michael David "Mike" Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen projects.
Movie Credits
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005-02-25
A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginni
I Need That Record!
2008-05-03
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
2013-10-01
Long before Green Day and Blink 182 inflicted punk-rock's puncture wound on the map of mainstream mu
Sir Drone
1989-09-13
Three teenagers from the industrial part of Los Angeles try to form a punk rock band in Hollywood, i
Weatherman '69
1989-11-17
Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legenda
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story
2011-04-29
Gatling Pictures' "Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story" examines the life and work of Mark Sandman
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
2011-10-07
From the shifting fault lines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan'
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
2007-05-29
Filmed during their 2005 reunion tour, this release captures the sonic guitar assaults of Dinosaur J
High School Record
2005-01-25
Four awkward 17-year-olds struggle through their senior year. Like most high school students, they r
Records Collecting Dust
2015-01-09
Written and directed by San Diego based musician and filmmaker Jason Blackmore, Records Collecting D
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016-06-27
Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die. Rock v
Concrete Law
2024-04-16
Channel Street Skatepark successfully existed for over a decade under the Interstate 110, despite it
The Life of Sean DeLear
2024-06-20
The Life of Sean DeLear is a vibrantly multi-faceted, buoyantly propulsive documentary portrait of t
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
2011-05-09
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
1983-08-01
White Flag : Flipside, Not Alright, Communication Breakdown G.B.H. : Gimme Fire, Wild Thing, I Am T
Gimme Danger
2016-08-05
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spi
Rising Low
2002-10-08
Based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribu
The Dicks from Texas
2014-12-31
A punk band from Texas whose music and persona was extreme and political and the supporters who've f
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
2018-04-13
YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, THE BIG BOYS tells the true story of the beloved funk/punk band fro
Desolation Center
2018-03-16
The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southe
A Tribute To Ron Asheton
2013-06-18
Live performance by Iggy and the Stooges in tribute to their former guitarist Ron Asheton. Recorded
Iggy and The Stooges: Live in Sydney
2017-03-16
Iggy and the Stooges, live at The Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on April 2, 2013. It was an old-school
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019-08-17
As a fixture of the New York music scene for 30 years, Sonic Youth performed in New York City innume
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002-01-01
This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John J
What Drives Us
2021-04-30
The stories of some of the biggest artists in music, recalling the romance and adventure, as well as
Iggy & the Stooges: Live at the Lokerse Festival
2005-08-01
This performance, shot live at the Lokerse Festival in August 2005 shows exactly why the Stooges wer
Hollywood Rex
2024-12-13
Rex is the bassist of Moxie Pad, a band on the brink of success. Entangled in a toxic "situationship
40 Watts from Nowhere
2025-02-20
Frustrated by commercial radio in the ’90s, a music-loving legal secretary builds one from scratch a
Coachella
2006-05-09
Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the sc
The Tour
1986-01-01
Five SST bands (SWA, Saccharine Trust, Meat Puppets, The Minutemen, & Hüsker Dü) taped live at "The
Mike Watt and the Jom and Terry Show: Eyegifts from Minnesota
2012-02-12
Mike Watt, the great bassist from Minutemen, fireHose, The Stooges, etc., is the focus of this docum