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Mike Watt Ball-Hog or Tugboat? Release Date: 1995 Running Time: 68:35 Label: Sony Music Distribution For his first solo album, Mike Watt assembled a different band for each track, creating a veritable who's who of post-punk and alternative rock -- Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Thurston Moore, J Mascis, Frank Black, Evan Dando, Dave Pirner, Henry Rollins, Flea, Lee Ranaldo, Mike D, and Pat Smear all appear, among others. Predictably, the sound is somewhat schizophrenic, but no more so than the average Minutemen album. Ball-Hog or Tugboat? is more polished than anything the Minutemen released, yet looser than fIREHOSE, filled with jazz-inflected breaks and sheer sonic freakouts, but dominated by a surprisingly large number of pop songs. On the power pop rush of "Piss-Bottle Man," Dando sings with more emotion than on most Lemonheads records, and "Chinese Fire Drill" shows an effective folky side to Watt's music. And Watt's own vocals on "Big Train" are as big-hearted, sly, and funny as the album itself. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Big Train Kinman 3:19 2 Against the 70's Watt 3:27 3 Drove up from Pedro Watt 4:30 4 Piss-Bottle Man Watt 3:15 5 Chinese Firedrill Watt, Carducci 4:24 6 Intense Song for Madonna to Sing Watt 3:03 7 Tuff Gnarl Moore 3:10 8 Sexual Military Dynamics Watt, Rolllins 2:39 9 Max and Wells Watt 3:08 10 E-Ticket Ride Watt 4:26 11 Forever - One Brother's Opinion Watt 3:40 12 Song for Igor Watt 2:43 13 Tell 'Em, Boy! Watt 3:28 14 Sidemouse Advice Watt 3:30 15 Heartbeat Watt 5:30 16 Maggot Brain Hazel [1], Clinton 12:04 17 Coincidence Is Either Hit or Miss Watt 2:19 Releases: Year Type Label 1995 CD Sony Music Distribution 1995 CD Sony Music Distribution

Member Of: The Black Gang Dos Porno for Pyros Minutemen fIREHOSE More >> Similar Artists: The Bootstrappers Minutemen fIREHOSE Les Claypool The Red Hot Chili Peppers More >>

Influenced By: Blue Öyster Cult Booker T. & the MG's The Germs Curtis Mayfield Jack Kerouac More >> Followers: Eddie Vedder Eric Avery Flea Krist Novoselic Les Claypool More >>

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