mike watt

10 old-school punk bands who created the blueprint for the hardcore scene

1979: As far as the American record business was concerned, punk rock was finished. They’d spent a packet on the Sex Pistols, Ramones and Dead Boys, and those albums seemingly shipped straight to the cut-out bins. The Pistols self-destructed at the end of their U.S. tour the previous year, and now that Sid Vicious kid […]

These 10 SST Records releases defined ’80s punk and beyond

These 10 albums represent SST Records’ greatest achievements. Greg Ginn began Solid State Tuners at age 12 as a mail-order electronics business still thriving in his early adulthood. In 1978, when pioneering California indie label Bomp! Records dragged its heels releasing Nervous Breakdown, the debut EP from his punk band Black Flag, Ginn figured he […]

Iggy & The Stooges - Ready To Die

Iggy & The Stooges Ready To Die Anticipating a return to the Stooges' serpentine, napalm-hearted '70s sound? You'd be better served dusting off your copies of Raw Power or Fun House. Looking to rubberneck on another soulless effort just like the band's first reunion record, The Weirdness? Well, you're getting warmer. But here's the strange […]

Anywhere - Anywhere

Anywhere Anywhere Apparently it's a race within the ranks of the Mars Volta to see how many side projects the members of the prog-rock group can release before Ragnarok kills us all. The latest salvo from within this camp is Anywhere, a supergroup featuring TMV singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala on drums, Triclops! guitarist Christian Eric Beaulieu, […]

Premiere: Anywhere (At The Drive-In, the Mars Volta), "Rosa Rugosa"

Check out this premiere of “Rosa Rugosa” from Anywhere. The band, which features Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In), Mike Watt (The Stooges, fIREHOSE, Minutemen) and others, will release their self-titled debut full-length on July 24 via ATP Recordings.

Anywhere (At The Drive-In, the Mars Volta) announce debut

Anywhere, a new project from Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In), Mike Watt (The Stooges, fIREHOSE, Minutemen) and others, will release their self-titled debut full-length on July 24 via ATP Recordings. Check out the cover art and track listing below. A new song, also called “Anywhere,” can be heard below as well. […]