Mike Watt had known Tom Watson since the 1980s when Watt's
New Alliance Records label put out
Slovenly's first records. Watt met Raul Morales through seeing him in the band Vinny Vegas. and
Bass Player, the album would feature short songs inspired by the paintings of
Hieronymous Bosch. The album, first released in Japan in October 2010, is the first release on Watt's new
independent record label Clenchedwrench. On a 2009 tour with
Dinosaur Jr, Watson and Morales performed without Watt under the moniker
lou barlow + the missingmen. This lineup, fronted by Dinosaur Jr bassist and
Sebadoh frontman
Lou Barlow, performed material from Barlow's solo recordings. In 2010, The Missingmen performed on
Lou Barlow's
Sentridoh III album. Nick Aguilar replaced Raul Morales for a fall 2019 Missingmen tour. ==References==