Mike Watt

AKA:
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1957-12-20

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

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.

Crew Roles

The Life of Sean DeLear
Music
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {35}

Self

2005-02-25 6.6

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise after the death of singer D. Boon in 1985. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2008-05-03 6.5

I Need That Record!

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2013-10-01 8

Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All

Long before Green Day and Blink 182 inflicted punk-rock's puncture wound on the map of mainstream music, the Descendents were at home concocting the perfect mix of pop, angst, love, and coffee. FILMAG ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Duane

1989-09-13 6.3

Sir Drone

Three teenagers from the industrial part of Los Angeles try to form a punk rock band in Hollywood, in this feature length film by renowned artist Raymond Pettibon. ...
Genre :Drama

Gabe Nemisch

1989-11-17 0

Weatherman '69

Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Himself

2011-10-07 7.3

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

From the shifting fault lines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose and became one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blis ...
Genre :Documentary, Music, History

Himself

2011-04-29 6.8

Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story

Gatling Pictures' "Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story" examines the life and work of Mark Sandman, deceased frontman of Boston "low rock" band Morphine. From his Newton, Mass., roots to his travels ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Himself

2007-05-29 0

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

Filmed during their 2005 reunion tour, this release captures the sonic guitar assaults of Dinosaur Jr. onstage, playing the songs "Gargoyle," "Little Fury Things," "Just Like Heaven," and more. Also i ...
Genre :Music

Sabrina's Dad

2005-01-25 2.5

High School Record

Four awkward 17-year-olds struggle through their senior year. Like most high school students, they ride a continual wave of embarrassment: crappy after-school jobs, attempted sex in the science room, ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self

2015-01-09 5.3

Records Collecting Dust

Written and directed by San Diego based musician and filmmaker Jason Blackmore, Records Collecting Dust documents the vinyl record collections, origins, and holy grails of alternative music icons Jell ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Himself

2016-06-27 6.4

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die. Rock veterans join a legion of young bands releasing music on tape to push Lou along on his journey to rem ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2024-04-16 0

Concrete Law

Channel Street Skatepark successfully existed for over a decade under the Interstate 110, despite its illegal creation, until overpass construction led to an ongoing shutdown. Channel Street founders ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2024-06-20 0

The Life of Sean DeLear

The Life of Sean DeLear is a vibrantly multi-faceted, buoyantly propulsive documentary portrait of this irresistibly charismatic one-off — sketched in celebratory but commendably clear-eyed style by w ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2011-05-09 0

Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the Seattle Sound, within the context of the underground punk subculture that was developing throughou ...
Genre :

1983-08-01 8

Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

White Flag : Flipside, Not Alright, Communication Breakdown G.B.H. : Gimme Fire, Wild Thing, I Am The Hunted 7 Seconds : This Is My Life, out of Touch, Skins brains guts Tesco Vee : worshiping /s ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2016-08-05 6.8

Gimme Danger

No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, pr ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Himself

2002-10-08 6.5

Rising Low

Based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribute album (Gov't Mule's The Deep End , Volumes 1 & 2) featuring a host of legendary bass players. ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

2014-12-31 0

The Dicks from Texas

A punk band from Texas whose music and persona was extreme and political and the supporters who've followed and loved them for over 35 years. ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

2018-04-13 0

You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, THE BIG BOYS tells the true story of the beloved funk/punk band from Austin, Texas. Go beyond Austin's city limits and hear from some of music & skateboarding's greats ...
Genre :

2018-03-16 9.3

Desolation Center

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachell ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2013-06-18 0

A Tribute To Ron Asheton

Live performance by Iggy and the Stooges in tribute to their former guitarist Ron Asheton. Recorded at the Michigan Theater in 2011, the band plays a selection of songs from throughout their career in ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self - Performer

2017-03-16 0

Iggy and The Stooges: Live in Sydney

Iggy and the Stooges, live at The Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on April 2, 2013. It was an old-school punk party complete with stage invasions, crazy crowdsurfing and an arsenal of punk anthems – it’s I ...
Genre :Music

2019-08-17 0

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

As a fixture of the New York music scene for 30 years, Sonic Youth performed in New York City innumerable times, and served as ersatz cultural ambassadors for the city when traveling. As part of the 2 ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Himself

2002-01-01 4.7

D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose Sideshow), Jim Thirwell (Foetus), Lydia Lunch, Mik ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2021-04-30 6.8

What Drives Us

The stories of some of the biggest artists in music, recalling the romance and adventure, as well as the idiocy and chaos, of their time on the road. While the world has changed, the custom has not ch ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-08-01 0

Iggy & the Stooges: Live at the Lokerse Festival

This performance, shot live at the Lokerse Festival in August 2005 shows exactly why the Stooges were so influential in their heyday and why to this day they have no peer. Featuring the greatest songs ...
Genre :Music

Mike Watt

2024-12-13 0

Hollywood Rex

Rex is the bassist of Moxie Pad, a band on the brink of success. Entangled in a toxic "situationship" with manager Cal, Rex embarks on a transformative walk from Hollywood to Los Feliz after the band ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Drama

2025-02-20 0

40 Watts from Nowhere

Frustrated by commercial radio in the ’90s, a music-loving legal secretary builds one from scratch and runs it out of her LA apartment. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (with The Stooges)

2006-05-09 6.4

Coachella

Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of musical documentary that not only showcases performances by some of th ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1986-01-01 0

The Tour

Five SST bands (SWA, Saccharine Trust, Meat Puppets, The Minutemen, & Hüsker Dü) taped live at "The Stone" in San Francisco on March 1st, 1985. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2012-02-12 0

Mike Watt and the Jom and Terry Show: Eyegifts from Minnesota

Mike Watt, the great bassist from Minutemen, fireHose, The Stooges, etc., is the focus of this documentary. After 49 tours across the United States Watt performs his first gig in Duluth at the Norshor ...
Genre :

2016-07-07 7.5

Party Legends

Notable and notorious personalities share their most candid party stories with help from emerging artists and animators. ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Documentary

1994-04-15 7.774

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Talk

Self

2024-05-03 5.8

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

In six live installments, John Mulaney explores Los Angeles during a week when pretty much every funny person is in town. ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

self

1994-01-02 0

Squirt TV

Squirt TV was originally a public-access cable show created and hosted by New York City teenager Jake Fogelnest, who was 14 when the show began. The show was later picked up by MTV. The show was filme ...
Genre :Talk, Comedy