Bootstrappers (album)
Bootstrappers is the first release by the Bootstrappers, which at the time featured guitarist Elliott Sharp and the Reactionaries/Minutemen/Firehose rhythm section of bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley.[1]
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Improvised music | |||
| Length | ~52:00 | |||
| Label | New Alliance | |||
| Producer | Elliott Sharp, Mike Watt | |||
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On the album, Watt used a Guild Ashbory electric bass, an instrument the approximate size of a mandolin with rubber-band-like silicon strings.
After this album, bassist Mike Watt was replaced by bassist Thom Kotik and drummer George Hurley was replaced by drummer Jan Jakub Kotík.
Track listing
- The Memory Is A Muscle – 3:36
- Spider Baby – 2:30
- New Boots – 1:05
- Taxista – 1:14
- Flicker – 1:39
- Third Rail – 2:08
- Media Dub – 8:00
- D-I-A-L-C-A-S-H – 4:10
- X/Delta – 2:52
- Their Faces Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue – 1:49
- Presidential Apology – 4:51
- Mud – 1:28
- Indeed – 1:31
- Empty-Vee – 3:39
- Long Beach Dub/Feen – 7:04
- Maneuvers – 4:59
- All songs composed/credited to George Hurley, Elliott Sharp, and Mike Watt.
Musical Personnel
- Elliott Sharp - guitar, sampler
- Mike Watt - bass
- George Hurley - drums
References
- Olewnick, Brian. "Bootstrappers". www.allmusic.com. All Music. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
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