Bassist Mike Watt, who was recently seen in both the American Hardcore and We Jam Econo documentaries, has begun documenting his recording sessions with The Stooges.

The punk rock pioneers reunited in April and are working on their first new record since 1973's Raw Power. Some songs set to appear on the 2007 release include "Trollin" "Greedy Awful People," "Claustrophobia," "Mexican Guy" and "I'm Fried."

He notes:

It's neat to see how they all three work. The best I can do is help them let me help do what I can with the bass, follow their direction and keep my head together - anything else is crazy.

Watt has nothing but praise for his recording mates, adding: "all us people from the older punk days owe this Stooges band so much, I don't know if we'd even have a scene if it wasn't for this band,"

You can check out his journal here.