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Phoenix, United States (1980 – present)
The Meat Puppets are a rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1980. The band’s best known lineup consisted of Curt Kirkwood (vocals, guitar), Cris Kirkwood (bass) and Derrick Bostrom (drums) (a lineup that lasted from its inception to 1996). They began rehearsing together by learning songs from Bostrom’s collection of punk rock 45s. After briefly toying with the name “the Bastions of Immaturity,” they settled on the name Meat Puppets in June, 1980, after a song by Curt of the same name which appears on their first album.
Their early works (the In A Car EP and Meat Puppets LP) were wholeheartedly punk, with vocals so feral in their delivery they were often indecipherable, but ultimately humorous and clever once deciphered. The musicianship was mostly thrash, yet the songs were tinged with a subtle, haunting element like that of a long abandoned ghost town. Their brand of cathartic, explosive hardcore attracted the attention of legendary punk label SST, who released their first record in 1982.
Unsatisfied with the result, the band spent plenty of time in the studio before the release of 1983’s Meat Puppets II. The band’s exciting experimentation with psychedelia, acid rock, and quieter tunes on top of a core western-style thrash sound, gave them their one acknowledged classic album, and propelled the record to legendary status. Meat Puppets II turned Meat Puppets into the one of the leading bands in SST Records league and, along with Violent Femmes, the Gun Club and others, helped establish country punk.
Their early works (the In A Car EP and Meat Puppets LP) were wholeheartedly punk, with vocals so feral in their delivery they were often indecipherable, but ultimately humorous and clever once deciphered. The musicianship was mostly thrash, yet the songs were tinged with a subtle, haunting element like that of a long abandoned ghost town. Their brand of cathartic, explosive hardcore attracted the attention of legendary punk label SST, who released their first record in 1982.
Unsatisfied with the result, the band spent plenty of time in the studio before the release of 1983’s Meat Puppets II. The band’s exciting experimentation with psychedelia, acid rock, and quieter tunes on top of a core western-style thrash sound, gave them their one acknowledged classic album, and propelled the record to legendary status. Meat Puppets II turned Meat Puppets into the one of the leading bands in SST Records league and, along with Violent Femmes, the Gun Club and others, helped establish country punk.
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ride_her wrote:
lake of fire scares still scares the shit out of me and makes me want to be a better person
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KeeptheFate wrote:
Awesome band! So many good songs...
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isaaccobainer wrote:
Whoever made up the calendar was wrong, it's New Year's all year long...
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ricardo_m wrote:
i'm addicted to Meat Puppets.
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shootmeadeer wrote:
first album slays for days.
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LeeHarveyOsmond wrote:
Not fucking grunge [3]
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isaaccobainer wrote:
@Lajon only No Joke! is really grunge; the rest is more psychedelic and country, and their earlier stuff leans towards hardcore punk. Grunge is just a tag, though ; )
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Sanity_Theorist wrote:
All of it is grunge if I recall; Try Too High to Die.
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Lajon_ wrote:
so,which Meat Puppets album is grunge?
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coAx- wrote:
they have some grunge albums, as well as the albums of the other genres. btw I love you Pups
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Lajon_ wrote:
Not fucking grunge [2]
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Phlunked wrote:
'Oh, Me' is one of the few songs that I've listened to that I consider perfect and I've listened to tens of thousands of tunes.
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rofflewafflez wrote:
the vocals on Meat Puppets I are SOOOOOO incomprehensible, it is the best
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junkie815 wrote:
Real punk bands like Blink & Green Day? Try Sex Pistols, Ramones & The Clash next time!
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S1apSh0es wrote:
Not fucking grunge
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ricardo_m wrote:
great band!
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trashcity_ wrote:
these guys definitely deserve alot more plays : (
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isaaccobainer wrote:
@baslisten2rock I wish that meant something, but it's too bad of a troll for me to describe...
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zhelnerovich wrote:
V Super-boring and banal troll
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baslisten2rock wrote:
these guys really suck compared to real punk bands blink and green day
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New Record 'Lollipop' press release
9 Feb 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/themeatpuppets
New Meat Puppets site @ www.themeatpuppets.com It
doesn't take long after listening to the Meat Puppets'
thirteenth
studio album overall, Lollipop, to realize that they have
boiled the
essence of w...
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New Record 'Lollipop' press release
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28 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/themeatpuppets
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