Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Meat puppets ii was followed by 1985s up on the sun. Meat puppets ivy room albany, california october 05, 2019 curt kirkwood vocalguitar cris kirkwood vocalbass elmo kirkwood vocalguitar derrick bostrom drums ron stabinsky keyboards photo by derrick bostrom 01 coming down 02 warranty 03 sam 04 oh me 05 dusty notes 06 unfrozen memory 07 seal whales 08 flaming heart 09 moving on lost 10 plateau 11 the great. This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on. Meat puppets, concert posters, movie posters, punk rock, photo art, archive, seen. Release group meat puppets ii by meat puppets musicbrainz. 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. 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. 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.
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. Meat puppets ii turned the band into one of the leading bands on sst records, and. Meat puppets live at unknown on 19830527 internet archive. The album is unlike their later, betterknown releases due to its hardcore punk sound. Meat puppets ii is a music album by meat puppets released in 1984. On the turntable is the 1990 sst pink one which imo. Meat puppets are an american rock band formed in january 1980 in phoenix, arizona.
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. Meat puppets meat puppets ii 1984 full album youtube. Curt kirkwoods dislocated guitar style veers between hillbilly, heavy metal. 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. It covers many genres from countrystyle rock to slow acoustic songs to psychedelic guitar effects to hard rock. Cris, once again happy and healthy, and curt reunited for 2007s rise to your knees and three wellreceived subsequent albums. The album was recorded in a matter of days, there are very few overdubs and many of the tracks are first takes. Curt kirkwood cris kirkwood elmo kirkwood derrick bostrom ron stabinsky label. Though i dig meat puppets, up on the sun, and mirage a lot too. Unfollow meat puppets to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Meatheads should go ahead and add dusty notes to the canon, on record and onstage. It is a departure from their selftitled debut album, which consisted largely of noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals. The band eventually took the meat puppets name and signed to breaking records and cris kirkwood returned after a 7year struggle with drug use. 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.
The kirkwood brothers met bostrom while attending brophy prep high school in phoenix. 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. 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. 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. An awesome punkrock band that formed in the early eighties. A year and a half separated the meat puppets first and second albums, and that time made all the difference in the world. Mascis to nirvanas kurt cobain and downwards, can attest. Rat farm significantly brighter than meat puppets ii. 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.
Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. Heres a countdown of 15 best meat puppets songs, topped by two they went on to perform with nirvana on mtv. 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. The star of nbcs council of dads makes some unexpected picks for her own council of moms, pulled from her favorite tv shows. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our coo. Meat puppets ii is still one of my favorite records of all time. Meat puppets ii is the second album by the phoenix, arizona band the meat puppets, released in 1984. I like huevos and monsters too but not as much as their earlier records. Find meat puppets discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Meat puppets released rise to your knees in 2007 followed by a gigs at sxsw festival and atp new york festival. Rykodisc reissued the album in 1999 with extra tracks and bsides, including a cover of the rolling stones. Meat puppets were my favorite band of all time until i heard earth. 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. The cover art is by curt kirkwood and neal holliday.
The cultural icon meat puppets ii, a landmark album that resonates with the acid trails and heatdriven madness of southwest america. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Rykodisc reissued the album in 1999 with extra tracks and bsides, including a cover of the rolling stones a. The ten landmark albums that made indie rock number. 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. Watch the video for lake of fire from meat puppetss meat puppets ii for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. As a whole generation of musicians, from dinosaur jr. Meat puppets tickets at shank hall in milwaukee on may 5, 2017. Meat puppets is an american rock band formed in january 1980 in phoenix, arizona. The groups original lineup was curt kirkwood guitarvocals, his brother cris kirkwood bass guitar, and derrick bostrom drums. Add album if there is an album missing from the list, find its releasegroup id from and add it here. You can include this album in your own chart from the my charts page. Meat puppets is the first album by american band the meat puppets, released in 1982.
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