Editing Mike Watt (section)

===Firehose===
{{Main|Firehose (band)}}
After Boon's death, Watt was profoundly [[clinical depression|depressed]]; he and Hurley initially intended to quit music altogether. [[Sonic Youth]] invited Watt to hang out with them in [[New York City]] in 1986; they recorded a cover of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "Burnin' Up" (with additional guitars by Greg Ginn) on the first [[Ciccone Youth]] [[EP (format)|EP]], and Watt played bass for two songs on the Sonic Youth album ''[[Evol (Sonic Youth album)|Evol]]''.<ref name="adams">{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Owen|title=Louder Than War Exclusive Interview: Mike Watt – Stooges / Minutemen Bass Genius|url=https://louderthanwar.com/mike-watt-stoogesminutemen-bass-genius-exclusive-interview/|publisher=[[Louder Than War]]|date=June 27, 2011|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023160337/https://louderthanwar.com/mike-watt-stoogesminutemen-bass-genius-exclusive-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Craig|title=Bass, flannel and 'jamming econo' to the end: Pioneering punk rocker Mike Watt to perform in Eugene Thursday|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/arts-culture/bass-flannel-and-jamming-econo-to-the-end-pioneering-punk/article_96e3560b-a141-52f4-b1f5-9daba169d909.html|newspaper=[[Daily Emerald]]|date=March 1, 2017|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403145934/https://www.dailyemerald.com/arts-culture/bass-flannel-and-jamming-econo-to-the-end-pioneering-punk/article_96e3560b-a141-52f4-b1f5-9daba169d909.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Watt cites this period as critical in inspiring his post-Minutemen career saying, "The first thing I did was Thurston asked me to play bass on ''Evol''. That was a big highlight, man. Like, 'What, you want me to play without D. Boon?'"<ref name="Mike Watt Interview">{{cite web |url=http://crasierfrane.com/interviews/mike-watt |title=Mike Watt interview on Crasier Frane |publisher=Crasierfrane.com |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013102620/http://crasierfrane.com/interviews/mike-watt |archive-date=October 13, 2011 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

Subsequently, [[Ed Crawford]], a Minutemen fan who drove to [[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California|San Pedro]] from [[Ohio]], persuaded the Watt/Hurley [[rhythm section]] to continue playing music.<ref name="adams"/> Firehose was formed soon after. Following three releases on [[SST Records|SST]], Firehose was signed to [[Columbia Records]] by A&R man Jim Dunbar. Shortly after the release of 1993's ''Mr. Machinery Operator'', the band decided to call it quits.

Watt and Kira married in 1987, but their marriage ended not long after Firehose's break-up. However, both their friendship and Dos have remained intact; they even recorded their third album, ''[[Justamente Tres]]'', not long after their [[divorce]].