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Mike Watt

1957 - Today

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Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo career with the 1995 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, he has since released three additional solo albums, most recently in 2010 with Hyphenated-man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Watt has received more than 1,082,988 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Watt is the 2,617th most popular musician (down from 2,349th in 2019), the 14,506th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,580th in 2019) and the 1,083rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mike Watt ranks 2,617 out of 3,175. Before him are Dave Rowntree, Sverre Kjelsberg, John Newman, Mike Ness, Barry Adamson, and Chris Pitman. After him are Renaud Capuçon, Jad Fair, Tony Rice, L.A. Reid, John Cooper, and Laurent Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Mike Watt ranks 686. Before him are Éva Tardos, Nikolay Larionov, Pasquale Passarelli, Roy Cooper, Yemi Osinbajo, and William G. Gregory. After him are Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Albán Vermes, Vasyl Arkhypenko, Xu Haifeng, Poly Styrene, and Olaf Heredia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Watt ranks 14,506 out of 20,380. Before him are William Joyce (1959), Constance Moore (1920), Neil LaBute (1963), Charles Winninger (1884), Lisa Robin Kelly (1970), and Katie Morgan (1980). After him are Lonnie Mack (1941), Brad Paisley (1972), Nicole Krauss (1974), Daniel M. Tani (1961), Laurel Holloman (1971), and Connie Carpenter-Phinney (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mike Watt ranks 1,083. Before him are Frank Klepacki (1974), Frankie Carle (1903), Barry Mann (1939), Chris Adler (1972), Mike Ness (1962), and Chris Pitman (1961). After him are Jad Fair (1954), Tony Rice (1951), L.A. Reid (1956), John Cooper (1975), Dave Abbruzzese (1968), and Ross Robinson (1967).

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