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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mike watt + the secondmen

featuring original secondmen pete mazich and jerry trebotic

friday, december 5 at 11 pm
at the redwood bar + grill
316 w 2nd st
los angeles, ca
(213) 680-2600

sunday, december 21 at 5 pm
at alex's bar
2913 e anaheim st
long beach, ca
(562) 434-8292




mike watt + the missingmen

featuring original missingmen tom watson and raul morales

friday, december 12 at 7 pm
at the cheerio collective
5917 n figueroa st
highland park, ca




jumpstarted plowhards

memorial gig for dustin

friday, december 12 at 9:45 pm
at the sardine
1101 s pacific av
san pedro, ca
(424) 287-2408




mcfadden perkins watt

perk and watt joining eric mcfadden for four stooges tunes!

wednesday, january 28 at 9 pm
at the mint
6010 w pico bl
los angeles, ca
(323) 954-9400




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hootpage.com = mikewatt.com

mike watt
maintains this website
after creating it on:

november 11, 1996


last update:

november 29, 2025




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 hp2x 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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