[2] While attending Mira Costa High School, he met Steve Anderson, Scott Ziegler, and drummer Bruce Losson who were in a band called the Convalescents.
[2] The band played their first gig as Toxic Shock with Minutemen and Saccharine Trust[5] which led to an invitation from the Urinals to contribute a track to the Keats Rides A Harley compilation album by Happy Squid Records.
[5] After they all graduated, they formed Slovenly[2] and continued to gig with Minutemen which led to releasing their first albums on Mike Watt's New Alliance Records label.
[8] In 2000, Watson performed with Vinny Golia, Mark Trayle, and drummer Vince Meghrouni at Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound.
[9] With The Chance Band, Watson provided musical accompaniment to Jean Baudrillard's poetry for the album Suicide Moi.