- Hellride
Hellride is a side project live band featuring former Minutemen and
fIREHOSE bassistMike Watt , formerJane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros drummerStephen Perkins , and former Porno For Pyros guitaristPeter DiStefano . The band, which is exclusively a live entity (although live recordings made by fans with Watt's and Perkins' blessing circulate), performs occasionally in Los Angeles-area clubs. Their entire set list is devoted to playing and reinterpeting the music ofThe Stooges by way of jazz legendJohn Coltrane . The band grew out of Watt and Perkins' more frequent collaborations in the jazz-punk improv group Banyan as well as Watt's brief stint as bassist withPorno for Pyros in 1996.On separate occasions, Watt did a Hellride performance on Halloween 2003 with
The Secondmen drummerJerry Trebotic substituting for Perkins, who was on a Jane's Addiction reunion tour at the time. He also performed in a "Hellride East" line-up in New York City in 2000 withDinosaur Jr. 'sJ Mascis andMurph on guitar and drums respectively.Watt, almost ironically, has since gone on to replace deceased bassist Dave Alexander in the reformed Stooges with original members
Iggy Pop ,Ron Asheton , andScott Asheton .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.