Editing Mike Watt (section)

===The Minutemen===
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[[File:Mike watt 1982.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Watt in 1982]]
In 1978, Watt and Boon formed a band called [[The Reactionaries (band)|The Reactionaries]] with drummer [[George Hurley]] and vocalist [[Martin Tamburovich]].<ref name="sutherland"/> The band later became [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] with another drummer named [[Frank Tonche]], who only lasted two shows with the group;<ref name="gnerre">{{cite news|last=Gnerre|first=Sam|title=30 years later, D. Boon of the Minutemen remains a San Pedro legend|url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/12/19/30-years-later-d-boon-of-the-minutemen-remains-a-san-pedro-legend/|newspaper=[[Daily Breeze]]|date=December 19, 2015|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=March 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316082828/http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/12/19/30-years-later-d-boon-of-the-minutemen-remains-a-san-pedro-legend/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hurley, who had been in the short-lived [[New wave music|new wave]] group Hey Taxi! at the time Minutemen first formed, rejoined Watt and Boon.<ref name="gnerre"/> After signing with [[SST Records]] in 1980, Minutemen began touring constantly, releasing a number of albums along the way. Their music was based on the speed, brevity, and intensity of punk, but included elements of [[jazz]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[funk]].

Born with [[Osgood–Schlatter disease]],<ref name="ibarra106">{{cite book|last=Ibarra|first=Craig|author-link=Craig Ibarra|title=[[A Wailing of a Town|A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977–1985]]|publisher=END FWY|year=2015|pages=106–107|isbn=978-0-9860971-0-2}}</ref> Watt had surgeries on both knees in the early 1980s which limited touring in 1981.<ref name="ibarra106"/> Watt wrote all of the music for ''[[What Makes a Man Start Fires?]]'' as he was laid up after one of his knee surgeries, living with his mother at the time and needed to keep himself occupied.<ref name="ibarra106"/>

In 1984, Watt met [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] bassist [[Kira Roessler]] during a Black Flag/Minutemen tour. They soon became romantically involved, and subsequently began collaborating on songs, including material on Minutemen's final album ''[[3-Way Tie (For Last)]]''. They also formed a two-bass duo, [[Dos (band)|Dos]], and have since recorded and released three records.

Minutemen ended tragically on December 22, 1985, when Boon was killed in an automobile crash at the [[27 Club|age of 27]] while driving to [[Arizona]] with his girlfriend. Their fifth full-length album, ''3-Way Tie (For Last)'', had already been scheduled for release at the time of the accident. In the documentary film ''[[We Jam Econo]]'', Watt mentioned that the last time he saw Boon, he had received lyrics for 10 songs from critic and songwriter [[Richard Meltzer]] for a planned collaboration with Minutemen. Minutemen were also planning to record a triple album with the working title ''3 Dudes, 6 Sides, 3 Studio, 3 Live'' as way to counteract [[bootleg recording|bootleggers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earpollution.com/vol2/aug00/profiles/mikewatt/mikewatt2.html |title=Earpollution profiles – mike watt [page 2&#93; – issue 2.Ø8, august 2ØØØ |publisher=Earpollution.com |access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-date=March 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319214907/http://www.earpollution.com/vol2/aug00/profiles/mikewatt/mikewatt2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>