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NME Radio Presents The HP Uni Tour - Mike Fielding

The Streets At T In The Park 2009

The Streets' Mike Skinner talks about connecting with the Scottish crowds at T In The Park 2009.

NME Video News - 29 May 2009

In this week's round-up: Mike Skinner announces The Streets have begun work on a new album and gives his money away on London bridge. Plus, Peter Doherty is set to headline Camden Rocks.

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Thurston Moore Meets Mike Watt. (04:43)

Hilarious deleted scene from the documentary We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen. BUY THE DVD: www.plexifilm.com "All I eat is squid!" -- Mike Watt.

Mike Watt, Petra Haden and Stephen Perkins (02:49)

Work that we do ("Sublime" cover)

Mike Watt and a Ford Econoline Van - Kelley Blue Book (07:46)

FOR PRICING & SPECS ON THIS CAR VISIT: www.kbb.com Ford Econoline Van Mike Watt. Music Legend Mike Watt & his Ford Econoline Van. Mike Watt is an absolute legend in the alternative music community. Perhaps best known...

J Mascis w/ Mike Watt, George Berz (05:32)

J and the guys playing "Blowing it/I live for that look' for the Rollingstone.com sessions. AWESOME RECORDING

Mike Watt on Motown, John Coltrane, and The Who. (04:59)

Mike Watt on John Coltrane, Mowtown Bass Player James Jamerson, and Keith Moon playing against John Entwistle.

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Mike Watt Biography

Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter.

He is best-known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and fIREHOSE; , 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.

Though Watt has not had much mainstream success or visibility, he is often cited as a key figure in the development of American alternative rock: the Red Hot Chili Peppers dedicated their hugely successful Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) to him. On November 1 2008, Watt received the Bass Player Magazine lifetime achievement award, presented by Flea.

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