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said, 'You want to use my tuner?' He said, 'No, I'll bend it in.' It was so far out. Then we jammed but it didn't come to anything. Maybe he wasn't in the right place and we were a tight little unit. It just didn't quite happen but it could have worked." In late 1993, Meat
Puppets achieved mainstream popularity when
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covers, featured the songs "The Gold Mine" and "Melons Rising", two tunes
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became so bad he rarely left his house except to obtain more drugs. At least two people (including his wife and one of his best friends) died of overdoses at his house in Tempe, AZ during this time. The
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for
Nirvana, as Cobain died less than 5 months after the concert. "Lake of Fire" became a cult favorite for its particularly wrenching vocal performance from Cobain. Subsequently, the Nirvana exposure and the strength of the single "Backwater" (their highest-charting single) helped lift Meat Puppets
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Kirkwood stated "He showed up with his guitar out of its case and barefoot. We were on a major label then, we just got signed, and those guys had blown up to where they were at and John needed to get out. John gets to our pad and we started getting ready to play and I
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Puppets interest anyone ? Feedback is good – do you want a reunion!?" The response from fans was overwhelmingly positive within a couple of hours, leading to speculation of a full-blown Meat Puppets
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sounds, while still retaining some punk influence on the tracks "Split Myself in Two" and "New Gods." This album contains some of the band's best known songs, such as "Lake of Fire" and "Plateau." While the album had been recorded in early 1983, the album's release was delayed for a year by SST.
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was released in 1989, featuring new elements to their sound with extended jams (such as "Touchdown King" and "Flight of the Fire Weasel") and heavy metal ("Attacked by
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Bassist Cris was arrested in
December 2003 for attacking a security guard at the main post office in downtown Phoenix, AZ with the guard's baton. The guard shot Kirkwood in the stomach at least twice during the melee, causing serious gunshot injuries requiring major surgery. Kirkwood was
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was recorded in a swift, fiery fashion, with many first takes, and minimal second guessing. These recordings were completed in only a matter of days, and along with a few drawings and one of Curt's paintings taken from the wall to serve as cover art (a dish of three
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Derrick
Bostrom began a web site for the band about six months before the original trio stopped working together. The site went through many different permutations before it was essentially mothballed in 2003. In late 2005, Bostrom revamped it, this time as a
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combined many elements of the band's sounds over the years (cowpunk, psychedelia, riffy heavier rock) while some songs had a more laid back early alternative sound. Songs include "Sam" and "Whirlpool," and the title track. Despite being a fan favorite,
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EP in 1986, however, the band was briefly sidelined by an accident when Curt's finger was broken after being slammed in their touring van's door. The accident delayed the band's next album, the even more psychedelic
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The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke!
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2138:"Jawbreaker's Blake Schwarzenbach on 10 albums that impacted his life"
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2284:"Meat Puppets Come Galloping Out Of The Stable With 'Warranty'"
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supported Meat Puppets on all European dates in 2011.
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1789:"Elmo Kirkwood of Meat Puppets Has Pop Ambitions"
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1642:"Kirkwood Brothers Reuniting In Meat Puppets"
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1402:Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
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1767:"Meat Puppets to Return with Lollipop"
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957:Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets
494:Their next album, the ZZ-Top inspired
2258:"Inductee Biography for MEAT PUPPETS"
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1941:Bostrom, Derrick (2017-08-19).
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334:in 1993. The band's 1994 album
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1837:Aria Davis (6 February 2013).
1640:Prato, Greg (April 26, 2006).
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