Mike Watt to release album of 1995 live gig featuring a backing band of Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and others

Columbia-Legacy has announced the release of a crucial Southland document that captures a snapshot moment when bassist Mike Watt, co-founder of influential San Pedro band Minutemen, went on the road with members of Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, the Germs and others in support of Watt's first solo album, "Ball Hog or Tugboat?" Called "ring spiel tour '95," the album captures a gig at Chicago's Cabaret Metro that featured Watt and a backing band consisting of musicians from opening acts Foo Fighters and Hovercraft. Specifically, playing with Watt were Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam, Hovercraft), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Pat Smear (Foo Fighters, Germs) and William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters). For Grohl, the tour was his first since the suicide of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain. The forthcoming archival release will arrive on Nov. 11 as a double LP, CD or digital download. Among its 50-plus collaborators were future or current members of Bikini Kill, Beastie Boys, Nirvana, the Pixies, Swell Maps, Pearl Jam, Meat Puppets, Black Flag, Queens of the Stone Age, Wilco (guitarist Nels Cline) and Sonic Youth.