What is "bootstrappers"

n. (plural of bootstrapper English)

Bootstrappers is the first release by the Bootstrappers, which at the time featured guitarist Elliott Sharp and the Reactionaries/ Minutemen/ Firehose rhythm section of bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley.

On the album, Watt used a Guild Ashbory electric bass, an instrument the approximate size of a mandolin with rubber-band-like silicon strings.

After this album, bassist Mike Watt was replaced by bassist Thom Kotik and drummer George Hurley was replaced by drummer Jan Jakub Kotík.

Bootstrappers was a band originally composed of guitarist Elliott Sharp, bassist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley. After their first album, bassist Mike Watt was replaced by bassist Thom Kotik and drummer George Hurley was replaced by drummer Jan Jakub Kotík.

Bootstrappers may refer to:

• Bootstrappers (band), an American band
• Bootstrappers (album), their first album