Watt with a Rickenbacker!

Alanko · November 28, 2015, 12:30:16 PM

Not something I've seen before. Not convinced about the music, but cool to see something new.

Granny Gremlin · November 29, 2015, 07:56:11 PM

I'm convinced.

slinkp · November 29, 2015, 10:13:02 PM

Heh! I'm with Granny. Yeah that's a lot of great early Minutemen stuff. Pretty solidly delivered (aurally if not physically) by Tom Watson standing in for D Boon, and Raul Morales standing in for George Hurley. A lot of this stuff was written when Watt played with a pick, sounds mushier here.

Alanko · November 30, 2015, 05:30:45 AM

Quote from: slinkp on November 29, 2015, 10:13:02 PMA lot of this stuff was written when Watt played with a pick, sounds mushier here.

That is probably what I'm unconvinced by.

I like the Double Nickels album but I'm never sure of where it sits on the line between genius musicianship and seat-of-the-pants in terms of what they are doing. I guess it doesn't really matter, but the dry, tight sound of Double Nickels is missing here. They need to bring back George Hurley!

slinkp · November 30, 2015, 09:10:23 PM

Double Nickels sounds like all fingerstyle, albeit with a brighter sound than he plays with now. I was thinking of the pick on earlier tracks like "Cut" or "If Reagan Played Disco".

Alanko · December 01, 2015, 02:01:19 AM

Seems like Watt was using a white PJ bass for a fair chunk of the Minutemen period.

slinkp · December 02, 2015, 07:44:17 AM

Yup, the white P/J bass was a frankenstein. I googled it, he talks about it quite a bit here: http://www.talkbass.com/threads/minutemen-firehose-tele-bass.61987/

I miss George Hurley too! Here's Watt, Hurley, and the franken-bass in question - first with D. Boon in full on one-of-a-kind performance (and no time for tuning apparently) ... and then a bit later with Firehose.

Granny Gremlin · December 02, 2015, 09:25:43 AM

Quote from: slinkp on November 29, 2015, 10:13:02 PM
Heh! I'm with Granny. Yeah that's a lot of great early Minutemen stuff. Pretty solidly delivered (aurally if not physically) by Tom Watson standing in for D Boon, and Raul Morales standing in for George Hurley. A lot of this stuff was written when Watt played with a pick, sounds mushier here.

I didn't realise it was a lot of Minutemen stuff. Somehow I like this more than any Minutemen stuff I have heard (ducks for cover). Something more emo (like Fugazi 90s emo vs 2000s mascara and silly haircuts emo) about the delivery that I like.

Alanko · December 05, 2015, 04:13:08 PM

In terms of Emo, I like the early band 'Pond'. Seems their bassist used a Rick from time to time.