Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Although this contains their two most popular songs backwater and the remakeupdate of lake of fire the. No strings attached is a 1990 compilation album of meat puppets songs released by their. Meet the meat puppets by greg prato, an entire chapter is dedicated to soundgarden guitarist kim thayil explaining why meat puppets is one of his favorite alltime albums. Lake of fire coming down from the mountain i have seen the high and mighty i will go again someday but for. Meet the meat puppets by author greg prato was released, which featured allnew interviews with band members past and present and friends of the band including peter buck, kim thayil, scott asheton, mike watt, and henry rollins, among others, and covered the bands entire career. The meatpuppets began their career as a folky, very sloppy, countryish grunge band. The album was released on january 25, 1994, by london records.
The meat puppets story is one of many ups guesting on nirvanas unplugged and downs bassist cris kirkwoods drug addiction derailing the band. Jun 01, 2012 the meat puppets story is one of many ups guesting on nirvanas unplugged and downs bassist cris kirkwoods drug addiction derailing the band. The groups original lineup was curt kirkwood guitarvocals, his brother cris kirkwood bass guitar, and derrick bostrom drums. It was produced by butthole surfers guitarist paul leary. Meet the meat puppets is the firstever book to fully examine the entire career of this highly influential and respected band. This album sold very well due to the success of its single backwater, which. The album gained notoriety after the collaboration with nirvana on its legendary mtv unplugged performance and the single. Journalistbook authorlongtime puppets fan greg prato wrote the book with full cooperation from the band. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account. Notes rear of sleeve has a london records logo and a green guy drawing. Feb 20, 20 meat puppets licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of island mercury. Find meat puppets discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic.
Meet the meat puppets kindle edition by prato, greg. Meat puppets later gained significant exposure when the kirkwood brothers served as guest musicians on nirvanas mtv unplugged performance in 1993. Find meat puppets discography, albums and singles on allmusic. It kicked off with the then unheard coming down, which. The meat puppets later gained significant exposure when the kirkwood brothers served as guest musicians on nirvanas mtv unplugged performance in 1993.
The band broke up twice, in 1996 and 2002, but reunited again in. The kirkwood brothers met bostrom while attending brophy prep high school in phoenix. Here you can buy and download music mp3 meat puppets. It sold very well due to the success of its single backwater. London records 828 4841,london records pro 11111 format. Comprised of nearly 50 exclusive interviews including band members past and present, friends and fans from other bands, etc. All songs written by meat puppets, unless otherwise noted.
Over a decades worth of classic albums that defied categorization. The band broke up twice, in 1996 and 2002, but reunited again in 2006. Meat puppets loyalists were overjoyed in june 2018 by the news that derrick bostrom, who played drums with the band during their 1980 to 1996 heyday, had rejoined the pups, and expectations ran high for 2019s dusty notes, the first meat puppets album since 1995s no joke. The album doesnt really live up to expectations with most of the songs being distinctly average, apart from the three highlights, namely the songs lake of fire which is hidden at the end, roof with a hole and backwater. Meat puppets announce new limited release for record store day 2020. Meat puppets licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of island mercury. Lake of fire coming down from the mountain i have seen the high and mighty i will go again someday but for now im coming down coming down from the mountain i. Meat puppets announce tour plans for 2020 original lineup expands us tour in support of dusty notes. Meat puppets is an american rock band formed in january 1980 in phoenix, arizona. Although the meat puppets previous album, 1991s forbidden places, was one of the arizona trios finest, the band wasnt completely happy with the albums sound, courtesy of longtime dwight yoakam producer pete anderson.
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