Mike Watt & The Black Gang Crew
Berbati's Pan
Portland OR
October 9th 1997
From Minutemen to fIREHOSE and beyond
Mike has always stayed true to his stripped down version
of avant garde punk rock madness.
This is a remastered soundboard.
I'd describe it as a bastard child
conceived during an unsavoury ménage à trois
involving Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart and Primus.
(if I was going to describe it...which I'm not)
regards
Titus
01 In the Engine Room
02 Red Bluff
03 Bluejacket's Manual
04 Pedro Bound!
05 The Boilerman
06 Black Gang Coffee
07 Topsiders
08 No One Says Old Man to the Old Man
09 Fireman Hurley
10 Liberty Calls!
11 In the Bunk Room/Navy Wife
12 Crossing the Equator
13 Breaking the Choke Hold
14 Wrapped Around the Screw
15 Shore Duty
16 Forever/One Reporter's Opinion
17 Big Train
18 The Red & The Black
Love Mike Watt's attitude and all his musical adventures. I have quite a bit of tuneage of fIREHOSE/Minutemen/Banyan etc but not this! Looking forward to a good listen.
ReplyDeleteCheers my man.
thanks titus. this is one of the few of watt's solo groups i never saw...sadly never saw the minutemen either but saw one of the first fIREHOSE shows ever - a surprise opener for sonic youth!
ReplyDeletemikeL
I've never seen Mike Watt in any guise :( Didn't he produce Sonic Youth? Or have I dreamt that?
Deletehmm. not sure though he's appeared on EVOL, the coccone youth 'whitey' album and makes a cameo (via phone message) on 'daydream nation'...will have to look.
DeletemikeL
I may be thinking of the Ciccone Youth album. Great record
DeleteBTW I'm into venues. Berbati's Pan is sadly closed. I wanted to salute them on the front cover
ReplyDeletenice cover and tribute (quite the sign!). i feel that pain as nearly every venue i frequented 80-00's in NYC and NJ is long gone.
DeletemikeL