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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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auditioned for the band. Cris
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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page with a bulletin that asked: "Question for all ! Would the original line up of Meat
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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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
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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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2127:"Jawbreaker's Blake Schwarzenbach on 10 albums that impacted his life"
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1778:"Elmo Kirkwood of Meat Puppets Has Pop Ambitions"
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1756:"Meat Puppets to Return with Lollipop"
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946:Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets
483:Their next album, the ZZ-Top inspired
2247:"Inductee Biography for MEAT PUPPETS"
1655:Stevenson, Mark (February 11, 2009).
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1429:Giles, Jeff (January 16, 2016).
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1930:Bostrom, Derrick (2017-08-19).
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323:in 1993. The band's 1994 album
265:band formed in January 1980 in
42:Meat Puppets performing in 2014
1826:Aria Davis (6 February 2013).
1629:Prato, Greg (April 26, 2006).
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1801:Greg Prato (2012).
1535:. Scarecrow Press.
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