Live album with covers originally by Blue Oyster Cult, Public Enemy, Butthole Surfers, Superchunk and Wire - Blogatrix |
tRACKLIST
1. The Red And The Black
2. Sophisticated Bitch
3. Revolution (Part Two)
4. Slack Motherfucker
5. What Gets Heard
6. Mannequin
7. Makin' The Freeway
Bootstrappers Biography
by William Ruhlmann
The Bootstrappers was a one-time collaboration between guitarist Elliott Sharp and the the rhythm section of bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE, resulting in a self-titled 1989 album.
Tracklist
| 1 | Optimize My Hard Disk, Baby | 5:28 | |
| 2 | Command | 7:36 | |
| 3 | RTFM | 2:23 | |
| 4 | System Crash | 0:35 | |
| 5 | Garbage In = Garbage Out | 20:47 | |
| 6 | Zero Divide | 2:54 | |
| 7 | Heapfix | 3:28 | |
| 8 | Meat Companion | 0:46 | |
| 9 | 8-Bit Living | 2:28 |
Compilation from Columbia Records
Tracklist
1. Ultra Vivid Scene - Blood And Thunder (Remix Edit)
2. Suede - Metal Mickey
3. Soul Asylum - Black Gold (Live)
4. Silverfish - Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal
5. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Prostrate
6. Mercury Rev - Coney Island Cyclone
7. Brenda Kahn - Mint Juleps And Needles
8. Gumball - Upsetters Theme Song (Demo)
9. The Goats - Hip-Hopola
10. Fishbone - Freddie's Dead (Live)
11. fIREHOSE - Blaze (Instrumental)
12. Depth Charge - Bounty Killer (Remix)
13. The Darling Buds - Long Day In The Universe (Remix)
14. Chuck D - Gunslinging Bird Or If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger, There'd Be A Whole Lot
Of Dead Copycats
15. The Boo Radleys - Buffalo Bill
16. Daniel Ash - Get Out Of Control (Prostated Mix)
17. Alice In Chains - Right Turn
One of the most
influential figures in West Coast punk rock, Mike Watt first found
recognition as the bassist with the unique San Pedro punk band the Minutemen (best heard on their 1984 masterpiece Double Nickels on the Dime) and his subsequent project fIREHOSE (typified on 1987's If'n).
While Watt was a superb bassist, he's just as well known for how he
does things as how he plays. Musically, Watt's basslines are a rich
mixture of rock, funk, and jazz influences, powerfully fusing rhythm and
melody, and he's worked with a broad range of collaborators, from Sonic Youth to Kelly Clarkson.
Watt's solo albums are usually conceptual affairs, with a dominant
theme uniting the songs (his father's experiences in the Navy informing
1997's Contemplating the Engine Room, and a near-fatal illness inspiring 2004's The Secondman's Middle Stand),
with the bassist guiding by example but never dominating his fellow
musicians. He also participates in ad-hoc projects with favored
collaborators (such as Dos, Spielgusher, and Unknown Instructors) and sits in with established bands (he handled the bass on Porno for Pyros' Good God's Urge, the Stooges' The Weirdness, and the Cutthroat Brothers' The King Is Dead).
Wherever his muse takes him, Watt is always guided by his philosophy of
Econo, taking the boundaries imposed by working on a limited budget and
using them as a path towards simplicity and creative self-reliance.
