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Encyclopedia > Kira Roessler
Kira Roessler
Kira Roessler performing as part of Dos, 2002(Mike Watt in background)
Kira Roessler performing as part of Dos, 2002
(Mike Watt in background)
Background information
Also known as Kira
Born June 12, 1961, New Haven, CT
Genre(s) Punk/Alternative
Occupation(s) dialogue editor (when not playing music)
Instrument(s) bass, vocals, songwriting
Years active 1975–present
Label(s) SST Records
New Alliance Records
Kill Rock Stars
Associated
acts		 Twisted Roots, Sexsick, Black Flag (band), Dos
Website Dos' homepage at Mike Watt's Hoot Page

Kira Roessler (b. June 12, 1961) replaced Chuck Dukowski as bass player in Black Flag. She is sister to The Screamers' keyboardist Paul Roessler. She joined when the band heard her sitting in with L.A. punk group DC3. Before joining Black Flag, she was majoring in applied engineering at UCLA (subsequent tours were worked around her school schedule, which was a condition for her to join the band). Her bass playing was featured on five of Black Flag's studio albums. She remained in the band until completing touring behind their In My Head album in the autumn of 1985, then graduated UCLA in 1986. Image File history File links Dos02a. ... Dos (Mike Watt, left, and Kira Roessler), San Pedro, CA, 1996. ... Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ... New Alliance Records was the label founded by The Minutemens D. Boon and Mike Watt after the example of Black Flags SST Records. ... The new KRS logo by Sarah Utter on a KRS sweatshirt. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... Dos (Mike Watt, left, and Kira Roessler), San Pedro, CA, 1996. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Chuck Dukowski is the stage name of Gary McDaniel, born February 1, 1954. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... The Screamers were a punk rock group active in the Los Angeles, California area in the late 1970s. ... Paul Roessler (born August 27, 1958) was a prominent member of the L.A. punk scene during the late 1970s and 80s. ... Douglas DC-3 VH-AES at Avalon in 2003. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... For the Queens of the Stone Age single see In My Head In My Head was the last studio album released by Black Flag. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


After Black Flag, she formed the two-bass duo Dos with Mike Watt (to whom she was married between 1987 and 1994), and contributed material to what would be the Minutemen's final album, 3-Way Tie (For Last), and to Watt's post-Minutemen band fIREHOSE. She later contributed some artwork to Watt's first solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?. Dos (Mike Watt, left, and Kira Roessler), San Pedro, CA, 1996. ... Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 3-Way Tie (For Last) was the fourth and final full-length album recorded by The Minutemen. ... Indoor firehose A firehose is a thick, high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. ... Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? is the debut solo album by former Minutemen and fIREHOSE bassist, songwriter and vocalist Mike Watt. ...


Roessler now works as a dialogue editor on theatrical films in Los Angeles. She has a credit (as kira) on Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). She appeared on the Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three tribute album in 2003 along with other musical artists, including other Black Flag veterans. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 drama film directed by George Clooney. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


External links

  • Kira's IMDb Page
Dos
Mike Watt | Kira Roessler
Discography
Dos | Numero Dos | Uno Con Dos | Justamente Tres
Black Flag
Greg Ginn
Vocals: Keith Morris | Chavo Pederast | Dez Cadena | Henry Rollins
Bass: Raymond Pettibon | Spot | Chuck Dukowski | Kira Roessler | C'el Revuelta
Drums: David Horvitz | Brian Migdol | ROBO | Emil Johnson | Chuck Biscuits | Bill Stevenson |Anthony Martinez
Discography
Albums: Damaged | My War | Slip It In | Family Man | Loose Nut | In My Head
Extended plays: Nervous Breakdown | Jealous Again | Six Pack | TV Party | The Process of Weeding Out | Minuteflag | I Can See You
Live: Live '84 | Who's Got the 10½? | Annihilate This Week
Other releases: Everything Went Black | The First Four Years | Wasted...Again | The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More |
Related articles
Rollins Band | Dos | State of Alert | Gone | SST Records | October Faction | Joe Cole

  Results from FactBites:
 
Dos: Information from Answers.com (1073 words)
Watt and Roessler (who does not use her surname professionally) met not long after Roessler replaced Chuck Dukowski as the bassist of Black Flag in 1983.
Kira had parted company with Black Flag not long beforehand and moved to New Haven, Connneticut to attend Yale University; intending to keep Watt playing after Boon's death, she and Watt began sending four-track cassettes back and forth to each other.
Watt and Kira began recording the fourth Dos album there at this time, in between Watt's professional commitments as a solo artist and member of Iggy Pop and The Stooges and Banyan, and Kira's day job.
Kira Roessler (102 words)
She is sister to 45 Grave's[?] keyboardist Paul Roessler[?].
After Black Flag, she played in Dos with husband Mike Watt and wrote some of the material for Watt's band fIREHOSE.
Roessler now works as a dialogue editor on theatrical films in Los Angeles.
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