mssv (''Main Steam Stop Valve''
) is an American band featuring
Mike Baggetta,
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 ...
and
Stephen Hodges.
History
Baggetta and Watt recorded ''
Wall of Flowers'' with drummer
Jim Keltner
James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Do ...
but after releasing it Keltner was averse to travel so Stephen Hodges was brought in to tour the album;
Hodges had previously worked with Watt on the latter's second solo album, ''
Contemplating The Engine Room''. The resulting trio named themselves mssv and recorded a live album entitled ''Live Flowers''.
The album, recorded live at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia
on March 28, 2019
consists largely of songs from ''Wall of Flowers'' with "Pink Room" from ''
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'',
"No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man)" and "Liberty Calls!" from Watt's ''Contemplating the Engine Room''
and a cover of "
Fun House
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" by
The Stooges
The Stooges or Iggy and the Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexande ...
.
In February 2020, the band announced their intention to play the 2020
Big Ears Festival
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.
The festival was later cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. Soon after, mssv announced the postponement of their entire spring 2020 tour.
In the same message the band revealed the September 2020 release of their first studio album on BIG EGO Records.
The album would be released with the title ''Main Steam Stop Valve''.
Discography
*''Live Flowers'' (2019)
*''Main Steam Stop Valve'' (2020)
*''Media Kittens / When the Hoarding Has Ended (2020)
*''The Scott Aicher'' (2021)
*''Human Reaction'' (2023)
*''On And On'' (2025)
References
External links
mssv
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American experimental rock groups
American art rock groups
Mike Watt