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Who's who and what's Watt
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It was our conspiracy against the world," says bassist Mike Watt,
an excitable boy still at 37, reflecting upon the seven years he
spent as a member of the Minutemen, an uncompromising hard-core
punk-jazz trio from San Pedro, Calif., that influenced many musicians
but sold few albums in its day. "We never had to worry about being
famous, or selling it, really. We were, like, very proud of getting
our point across. And our personality. In fact, we wanted our
thumbprint across {the mainstream'...
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