Dos

Dos is a curious yet interesting double bass guitar side project for <a href="spotify:artist:1MGR2y3msa1wBK06SSUNaf">Mike Watt</a> (of <a href="spotify:artist:0z6zRFzl5njXWLVAisXQBz">the Minutemen</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6MIbrfpc9aH6gsEl2yep68">fIREHOSE</a>) and his former wife, Kira Roessler (from <a href="spotify:artist:5Mhs3Eu8lU6sRCtRYsmABV">Black Flag</a>). Formed as a vehicle to take the bass beyond its perceived background role and into the forefront of a band, Dos (named for the Spanish "two," not some operating system) also became a therapeutic experience in the wake of Roessler's departure from <a href="spotify:artist:5Mhs3Eu8lU6sRCtRYsmABV">Black Flag</a> and, more tragically, <a href="spotify:artist:0z6zRFzl5njXWLVAisXQBz">Minutemen</a> <a href="spotify:artist:242AD2vPbTPW62Yzj4AGQ0">D. Boon</a>'s sudden death on December 22, 1985. After exchanging demos for the better part of 1986 (Roessler had moved to Connecticut), the duo reconvened to record their self-titled debut late in the year, subsequently releasing it on <a href="spotify:artist:1MGR2y3msa1wBK06SSUNaf">Watt</a>'s own New Alliance Records.

Because it continued to share attention with the pair's many other musical concerns, Dos have undertaken a sporadic touring (essentially when Roessler occasionally flew in to open select <a href="spotify:artist:6MIbrfpc9aH6gsEl2yep68">fIREHOSE</a> dates) and unhurried recording schedule. These have included 1989's Numero Dos EP, a 7" single called The Bob Lawton EP for <a href="spotify:artist:1J4ACYB6yMqd79q3rjskqs">Thurston Moore</a>'s Ecstatic Peace label in 1991, and a second LP, Justamente Tres, released a full decade after the first. Despite such infrequent activity, it should be noted that Dos has now become the longest-running band project of <a href="spotify:artist:1MGR2y3msa1wBK06SSUNaf">Watt</a>'s career, as well as the main one in Roessler's. ~ John Bush & Ed Rivadavia, Rovi