Mike Watt, former bassist for punk innovators the Minutemen and fIREHOSE, was rushed by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital Feb. 28 when a large, infected abscess burst in his groin. After emergency surgery, he came home Monday
to rest for the next six to eight weeks, he told fans in an e-mail. "A team of surgeons ... cut me open, drained me and cleaned me up, leaving three huge cavities," the 42-year-old bassist wrote. Watt is expected to record his follow-up to the autobiographical punk opera Contemplating the Engine Room (1997) later this year.
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