Classic Puppets
''Classic Puppets'' is a 2004 compilation CD by American rock band the Meat Puppets. It is composed of material from 1981 to 1989 (as well as a previously unreleased track from the ''Golden Lies'' period). Reception In a three out-of five star review, Sean Westergaard of AllMusic remarked that ''Classic Puppets'' "does a decent job" anthologizing the band's output with SST Records, but that the compilation "seems almost like an afterthought" and "comes off as a bit lackluster." Track listing All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted. # "Foreign Lawns" (Meat Puppets) - 0:38 # "H-Elenore" - 1:38 # "Blue Green God" (Meat Puppets) - 1:22 # "Walking Boss" ( Doc Watson) – 2:40 # "Lost" - 3:28 # " Plateau" - 2:23 # "Lake of Fire" - 1:57 # "The Whistling Song" - 2:58 # "Up on the Sun" - 4:03 # "Swimming Ground" - 3:06 # "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:31 # "Two Rivers" - 3:21 # "Out My Way" - 4:50 # "On the Move" - 3:50 # "Burn the Honky Tonk Down" (Wayne Kemp Way ...
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Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar/vocals), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers 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 purchased two adjacent homes, one of which had a shed in the back where they regularly practiced. Meat Puppets started as a punk rock band, but like most of their labelmates on SST Records, they established their own unique style, blending punk with country and psychedelic rock, and featuring Curt's warbling vocals. Meat Puppets later gained significant exposure when the Kirkwood brothers served as guest musicians on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance in 1993. The band's 1994 album '' Too High to Die'' subsequently became their most successful releas ...
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