Produced by Dwight Yoakam guitarist Pete Anderson, who takes too much of the dirt and grime out of the MPs cactus garden. Their major debut proved to be a stumble, from...
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Veteran independent rockers the Meat Puppets finally took the plunge and signed with a major label in the early '90s, London Records, the first home of one of their favorite...
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Recorded and released just a few months after the experimental Mirage, 1987's Huevos was a return to the Meat Puppets' earlier, more straight-ahead direction. The band...
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Their first seven-inch EP, reissued by SST in the mid-'80s. Sounds like a train running over a garage band. Approaching Shaggs/Godz level chaos but with a hardcore punk's...
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A stunningly original yet somehow roots-true collection of a dozen desert-and-herb baked classics. Lionized by Kurt Cobain, this album was an underground standard of the...
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The Meat Puppets' second album, 1984's appropriately titled Meat Puppets II, has since gone down in the rock history books as an all-time classic, and rightfully so. The...
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An album so whacked out it's difficult to imagine the same three guys recorded this that recorded the remainder of their catalog, only a year prior. If one could imagine...
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Although the Meat Puppets would later become best known for their intriguing blend of country, punk, rock, folk, psychedelia, and whatever else they could toss in their...
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As many Meat Puppets fans had realized by 1987's Mirage, the trio would change gears and broaden their sound with each successive album. This was never more apparent than on...
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In which the band plays reasonably straight country songs with all the subtlety of Metallica. Their last outing in indieland, followed by the SST comp No Strings...
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The Meat Puppets' final release for SST, 1989's Monsters is best described as a cross between their experimental Mirage and the more in-your-face Huevos (both released only...
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An extremely well-thought-out two-LP sampler of the Pups from their SST days. Tracks go up to and include material from Monsters. SST released this after the band left the...
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When originally released in 1986, the six-track Out My Way EP was supposed to be a stop-gap release -- guitarist/singer Curt Kirkwood had broken his finger, and needed time...
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Although the Meat Puppets' previous album, 1991's Forbidden Places, was one of the Arizona trio's finest, the band wasn't completely happy with the album's sound, courtesy...
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The guitars are turned down a bit, and the resulting bell-tones are infectious. The whistling melody and impossible bass and guitar unison runs of "Maiden's Milk" provide...
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What does a band do when they're trying to follow up a masterpiece? Release another masterpiece, of course. That's exactly what the Meat Puppets did with 1985's Up on the...
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Just as the Meat Puppets were being introduced to a whole new generation of alternative fans on the strength of the Kirkwood brothers' appearance on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged...
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Although the Meat Puppets were considered one of the most exciting and exhilarating alt-punk bands, the original lineup never got around to issuing a live album during their...
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Working with Paul Leary, this, their most current, continues to reveal the Kirkwoods' melodic spark. Leary seems to have encouraged rather than suppressed Curt's proclivity...
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With all the turmoil and tragedy surrounding his family, it's no wonder Meat Puppets leader Curt Kirkwood fled Arizona to make a fresh start in Austin, TX. Breaking with the...
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Released on DCN in the spring of 2002, Live showcases the post-Cris Kirkwood/post-Derrick Bostrom band in a live setting - it's the second album from this lineup, and the...
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The Meat Puppets' second album, 1984's appropriately titled Meat Puppets II, has since gone down in the rock history books as an all-time classic, and rightfully so. The...
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The Meat Puppets were one of the great indie rock bands of the '80s, and one that grew substantially from its furious hardcore beginnings through country-punk and on into a...
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