Jerry Trebotic is an American

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, best known for his longtime association with veteran punk bassist/songwriter

Mike Watt 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 ca ...

, with whom he has toured in the project bands The Jom and Terry Show and

The Secondmen Mike Watt and the Secondmen is the punk rock trio formed by former Minutemen and Firehose bassist Mike Watt to perform and record his third solo album, '' The Secondman's Middle Stand''. Formed in 2002 in Watt's hometown of San Pedro, Californ ...

. As part of the Secondmen, he played on Watt's third solo album, 2004's '' The Secondman's Middle Stand''. Trebotic has been known to spend free time playing

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at various

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s during tours. Familial responsibilities forced Trebotic to stop touring with the Secondmen in the summer of 2004. However, he does appear in all four of the videos that were shot for the album, and he will be rejoining the band for a performance at the Festival Periferias in

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on October 29, 2005 and will continue to play with the band for local shows in the greater Los Angeles area.

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