Mssv

Last updated
mssv
OriginUnited States
Genres Experimental Rock
Years active2019-present
LabelsStripped Light Records, BIG EGO
Members Mike Baggetta
Mike Watt
Stephen Hodges
Website https://mainsteamstopvalve.com

mssv (Main Steam Stop Valve [1] ) is an American band featuring Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt and Stephen Hodges. [2]

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History

Baggetta and Watt recorded Wall of Flowers with drummer Jim Keltner [3] but after releasing it Keltner was averse to travel so Stephen Hodges was brought in to tour the album; [3] 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. [2] The album, recorded live at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia [1] on March 28, 2019 [4] consists largely of songs from Wall of Flowers with "Pink Room" from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me , [2] "No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man)" and "Liberty Calls!" from Watt's Contemplating the Engine Room [5] and a cover of "Fun House" by The Stooges. [4]

In February 2020, the band announced their intention to play the 2020 Big Ears Festival. [4] [6] [7] The festival was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] Soon after, mssv announced the postponement of their entire spring 2020 tour. [9] In the same message the band revealed the September 2020 release of their first studio album on BIG EGO Records. [9] The album would be released with the title Main Steam Stop Valve. [10]

Discography

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "JT Track Premiere: "The Pink Room" by mssv (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, Mike Watt)". Jazz Times . November 19, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Maiuri, Ken (March 3, 2019). "Ken Maiuri's Clubland: Guitarist Mike Baggetta records and debuts a new album". Daily Hampshire Gazette . Retrieved February 4, 2020.
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  8. ""We must cancel Big Ears 2020" amid coronavirus concerns, organizers say". WVLT . March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  9. 1 2 Baggetta, Mike. ""haru tour 2020" featuring mike baggetta, stephen hodges and mike watt POSTPONED!". Mike Watt's Hoot Page. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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