Bootstrappers (album)

Bootstrappers is the first release by the Bootstrappers, which at the time featured guitarist Elliott Sharp and the Reactionaries/Minutemen/Firehose rhythm section of bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley.

On the album, Watt used a Guild Ashbory electric bass, an instrument the approximate size of a mandolin with rubber-band-like silicon strings.

After this album, bassist Mike Watt was replaced by bassist Thom Kotik and drummer George Hurley was replaced by drummer Jan Jakub Kotík.

Track listing

 * 1) The Memory Is A Muscle – 3:36
 * 2) Spider Baby – 2:30
 * 3) New Boots – 1:05
 * 4) Taxista – 1:14
 * 5) Flicker – 1:39
 * 6) Third Rail – 2:08
 * 7) Media Dub – 8:00
 * 8) D-I-A-L-C-A-S-H – 4:10
 * 9) X/Delta – 2:52
 * 10) Their Faces Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue – 1:49
 * 11) Presidential Apology – 4:51
 * 12) Mud – 1:28
 * 13) Indeed – 1:31
 * 14) Empty-Vee – 3:39
 * 15) Long Beach Dub/Feen – 7:04
 * 16) Maneuvers – 4:59
 * All songs composed/credited to George Hurley, Elliott Sharp, and Mike Watt.

Musical Personnel

 * Elliott Sharp - guitar, sampler
 * Mike Watt - bass
 * George Hurley - drums