The Meat
Puppets

The Meat Puppets is an
American rock band. It was
formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in
January 1980. The band's
original member was Curt
Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his
brother Cris Kirkwood (bass
guitar), and Derrick Bostrom
(drums). Curt and Chris
Kirkwood met Bostrom while
attending Brophy Prep High
School in Phoenix. The three
then moved to Tempe, Arizona
(a Phoenix suburb and home to
Arizona State University)
where the Kirkwood brothers
buy two homes, one of which
had a "shed" in the back where
they practiced.

The Meat Puppets started as a
punk rock band, but unlike
other they established their
own unique style, merging punk
with country and psychedelic
rock, and Curt's different
variations of singing. During
the release of the album Meat
Puppets II in 1984, the band
are not happy anymore in
playing hardcore music. Thats
why they experiment acid rock
and country western sounds.
Although the album is
recording in 1983 but SST
released it after a year.
Along with all band of SST
they established the genre
which so called " cow punk".
In 1993, The Meat Puppets
gained major exposure when the
Cris and Curt Kirkwood invited
as guest musicians on
Nirvana's MTV Unplugged
performance. The band released
their 1994 album "Too High to
Die" which became the most
successful album of theirs.
The band disbanded twice, in
1996 and 2002, but regoup
again in 2006.

The Meat Puppets have
influenced several rock bands
such as Pavement, and
Soundgarden, Nirvana, Dinosaur
Jr.

Videos In The Playlist:

1. meat puppets backwater
2. MEAT PUPPETS - "Lake of Fire" live in Austin (1/17/99)
3. The Meat Puppets - Plateau
4. The Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
5. Meat Puppets- We Dont Exist
6. The Meat Puppets at Emo's for SXSW 2007
7. The Meat Puppets - "On the Rise" Anodyne Records
8. The Meat Puppets - Snow
9. The Meat Puppets - Look At The Rain
10. Meat Puppets - Aurora Borealis
11. The Meat Puppets - Oh Me
12. the meat puppets-station
13. Meat Puppets - Nothing
14. Meat Puppets - Violet Eyes
15. Meat Puppets - Big Iron (Marty Robbins Cover)
16. Meat Puppets "Lost" and "The Whistling Song"
17. Meat Puppets (2 songs) - Live 2008 - ATP Camber Sands
18. Meat Puppets - Island (audio)
19. Meat Puppets - Rotten Shame - Stubb's, Austin TX, SXSW 2009
20. Meat Puppets - Sam