Jumpstarted Plowhards

{{short description|Alt rock band (e. 2017)}}

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| years_active = 2017–present

| label = Recess Records

| associated_acts = Minutemen, Toys That Kill

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| current_members = Mike Watt
Todd Congelliere

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Jumpstarted Plowhards is an alternative rock band featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) and Todd Congelliere (F.Y.P, Toys That Kill).{{cite web|title=Mike Watt and Todd Congelliere Unveil New Band, Jumpstarted Plowhards|url=https://bassmagazine.com/artists/mike-watt-and-todd-congelliere-unveil-new-band-jumpstarted-plowhards|work=Bass Magazine|date=August 9, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}

Watt and Congelliere did an I-5 tour together{{cite web|last=Sheppard|first=Amanda|title=From Minutemen to Missingmen: Mike Watt and Friends Carry On|url=https://pleasekillme.com/mike-watt/|work=Please Kill Me|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}} and afterwards Watt asked Congelliere to do a project with him.

Their debut album, Round One, was released by Recess Records on October 4, 2019.{{cite web|last=Congelliere|first=Todd|author-link=Todd Congelliere|title=Jumpstarted Plowhards out today|url=https://www.recessrecords.com/single-post/2019/10/04/Jumpstarted-Plowhards-out-today|work=Recess Records|date=October 4, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}} Watt wrote fifteen tracks on bass to a click track{{cite web|last=Gentile|first=John|title=Mike Watt and Todd Congelliere form Jumpstarted Plowhards|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/70686/mike-watt-and-todd-congelliere-form-jumpstarted-plowhards|website=Punknews.org|date=30 August 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019}} and sent them to Congelliere who added guitars and vocals.{{cite web|title=JUMPSTARTED PLOWHARDS - Round One (LP/TAPE/CD/Bundle)|url=https://www.recessrecords.com/product-page/jumpstarted-plowhards-round-one-lp-tape-cd-bundle|work=Recess Records|date=October 4, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}} Congelliere felt that a fifteen track album would be overly long so it was split into two albums worth of songs.{{cite web|last=Paris|first=Melina|title=Round One — Four Left in the Chamber|url=https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/2019/11/07/round-one/|work=Random Lengths News|date=November 7, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

Round One features a different drummer on each track such as Hole drummer Patty Schemel, Jimmy Felix (Toys That Kill), and Watt's other musical partners George Hurley, Jerry Trebotic, Raul Morales{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Kevin|title=Mike Watt Announces New Project with Todd Congelliere|url=https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2019/08/13/mike-watt-announces-new-project-with-todd-congelliere/|work=No Treble|date=August 13, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}} and Nick Aguilar.{{cite web|last=Matasci|first=Matt|title=Mike Watt Forms New Band Jumpstarted Plowhards and Announces New Album Round One with Guest Appearances by Patty Schemel and George Hurley|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2019/08/09/news/mike-watt-forms-new-band-jumpstarted-plowhards-and-announces-new-album-round-one-with-guest-appearances-by-patty-schemel-and-george-hurley/|work=MXDWN|date=August 9, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}} Four more albums are planned with live gigs after the albums are all released.{{cite web|last=Silver|first=Paul|title=The Silver Lining|url=http://www.jerseybeat.com/paulsilver.html|website=JerseyBeat.com |access-date=November 9, 2019}}