The orchard music, music video distributors on behalf of mvd audio. As a whole generation of musicians, from dinosaur jr. Curt kirkwoods dislocated guitar style veers between hillbilly, heavy metal. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Find meat puppets discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Meat puppets ii is in my top ten albums of all time.
Three of those covers came from their 1984 lp meat puppets ii, as members curt and cris kirkwood joined nirvana onstage to provide backing instrumentals on. Meatheads should go ahead and add dusty notes to the canon, on record and onstage. The best thing about this album is the constantly audible bass, which just sticks out like a sore thumb as one of the most incredible things in the entire music world. If the meat puppets were judged solely on the merits of their masterpiece achievement meat puppets ii, they might be considered the greatest rock n roll band of all time. Meat puppets ii is where the band hit their peak, a thirty minute piece of some of the coolest, most outthere music ever put to record. The groups original lineup was curt kirkwood guitarvocals, his brother cris kirkwood bass guitar, and derrick bostrom drums. The meat puppets story begins with three kids, enamored of music and immersed in the psychedelic drug culture of arizona in the 70s, who find their way to punk rock and painstakingly become one of the most important bands of the american underground.
Heres a countdown of 15 best meat puppets songs, topped by two they went on to perform with nirvana on mtv. An awesome punkrock band that formed in the early eighties. You can include this album in your own chart from the my charts page. Meat puppets ii turned the band into one of the leading bands on sst records, and. Though i dig meat puppets, up on the sun, and mirage a lot too. The cultural icon meat puppets ii, a landmark album that resonates with the acid trails and heatdriven madness of southwest america. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our coo. On the turntable is the 1990 sst pink one which imo.
Meat puppets meat puppets ii 1984 full album youtube. The album is unlike their later, betterknown releases due to its hardcore punk sound. The band eventually took the meat puppets name and signed to breaking records and cris kirkwood returned after a 7year struggle with drug use. Meat puppets is the first album by american band the meat puppets, released in 1982. Meat puppets ii turned the band into one of the leading bands on sst records, and along with the violent femmes, the gun club and others, helped establish the genre called cow punk. Meat puppets ii was followed by 1985s up on the sun. Meat puppets ii has become known as the first album ever released where the laid back genre of country music met the intensity of punk music. Release group meat puppets ii by meat puppets musicbrainz. Meat puppets ii is the second album by the phoenix, arizona band the meat puppets, released in 1984. The albums sound resembled the folkrock of the byrds more than punk, and some of the groups fans accused meat puppets of sounding dangerously like hippies and abandoning their punk roots. Curt kirkwood cris kirkwood elmo kirkwood derrick bostrom ron stabinsky label.
The cover art is by curt kirkwood and neal holliday. The star of nbcs council of dads makes some unexpected picks for her own council of moms, pulled from her favorite tv shows. Watch the video for lake of fire from meat puppetss meat puppets ii for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Rykodisc reissued the album in 1999 with extra tracks and bsides, including a cover of the rolling stones a. The album was recorded in a matter of days, there are very few overdubs and many of the tracks are first takes. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. Meat puppets ii is a music album by meat puppets released in 1984. Cris, once again happy and healthy, and curt reunited for 2007s rise to your knees and three wellreceived subsequent albums. Mascis to nirvanas kurt cobain and downwards, can attest. We will compare we will be king gonna be all tongues we with our us you with your tongues gonna make it to the time on is us is very us dont down with my number. Rat farm significantly brighter than meat puppets ii. The ten landmark albums that made indie rock number. Meat puppets are an american rock band formed in january 1980 in phoenix, arizona.
The kirkwood brothers met bostrom while attending brophy prep high school in phoenix. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Meat puppets 1982 meat puppets ii 1984 up on the sun 1985 meat puppets ii is the second album by the phoenix, arizona band the meat puppets, released in 1984. Meat puppets released rise to your knees in 2007 followed by a gigs at sxsw festival and atp new york festival. Meat puppets lyrics 194 song lyrics sorted by album, including monkey dance, oh, me, lake of fire. For those who prefer the hard stuff, theres also new gods and lake of fire, the latter of which has become a meat puppets classic, covered by nirvana on their unplugged album and rerecorded by the meat puppets ten years after its first incarnation. It is a departure from their selftitled debut album, which consisted largely of noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals.
Meat puppets vinyl album meat puppets ii record by meat puppets, rock. It covers many genres from countrystyle rock to slow acoustic songs to psychedelic guitar effects to hard rock. Add album if there is an album missing from the list, find its releasegroup id from and add it here. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The meat puppets continued to grow and impress as a live act, though the set lists mostly acknowledged albums such as meat puppets ii and up on the sun, which had long been recognized as landmarks of alternative music. Nov 18, 2014 three of those covers came from their 1984 lp meat puppets ii, as members curt and cris kirkwood joined nirvana onstage to provide backing instrumentals on plateau, oh, me, and lake. This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on. Listen free to meat puppets meat puppets ii split myself in two, magic toy missing and more. The reason that daytrotter exists at all can be traced back to november 10, 1995, high school days and the phoenix, arizona band, playing here in davenport, iowa, at palmer auditorium a gymnasium with taupecolored linoleum flooring thats now, used solely for recreational basketball games and table tennis matches. Unfollow meat puppets to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
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