Episode 610 - Mike Watt

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2015

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Fair warning: Mike Watt's story of a near-death experience is not for the squeamish. The good news is he survived. One of history's greatest bass players, Mike tells Marc about forming the rock bands Minutemen and Firehose, helping reunite Iggy and the Stooges, coming to terms with the death of his best friend, and writing three rock operas to help deal with personal crises.

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0:00.0	F**K THE GAME!
0:09.3	Alright, let's do this. How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fucking ears, what the fucksicles?
0:14.7	What the fuck, Adelix? How are you? How are you? WTF is the name of the show?
0:19.7	I am Mark Marren, the host of that show.
0:22.6	Mike Watt is on the show today.
0:24.8	What a f**king free will and genius that dude is, man.
0:28.1	We got into some shit.
0:30.2	He's got an entire mythology and point of view that he works from.
0:35.9	Real American original, that guy, Mike Watt.
0:39.3	Solo work, his work with Firehose and his seminal work with the minute men.
0:46.4	One of the amazing punk bands.
0:50.9	Out of California.
0:53.5	Important man, and it's something I came to late, but god damn it.
0:56.4	I love talking to that guy.
0:58.5	As you know, I added about let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight dates to my tour.
1:06.0	June 25th, that's Thursday. I'll be at the Capitol Theatre in Portchester, New York.
1:10.8	On Friday, June 26th, I will be at the, uh, BAM Howard Opera House in Brooklyn. That show is kicking ass.
1:17.9	We're doing fine. That's, that place seats 2200.
1:21.5	And there's tickets left. I'm just telling you, it's going well over there.
1:28.1	June 27th, Saturday, the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York, and Sunday, June 28th,
1:33.5	the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. Now those shows Red Bank, Huntington, Portchester.
1:40.1	I think a lot of the people that are, my fans are going to Brooklyn.
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