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Curtis Matthew "Curt" Kirkwood (born January 10, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and primary songwriter for
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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 brothe ...
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Biography

Curt Kirkwood formed the Meat Puppets along with his brother Cris on bass, and drummer Derrick Bostrom. The trio went in a hiatus in 1996 after a long career where the band became hailed as one of the premier and innovative indie bands as well as briefly achieving mainstream success in the early 1990s. As the group's lead vocalist and primary songwriter (including solely penning most of the band's best-known songs: "Plateau," "Oh, Me," "Lake of Fire," "Up on the Sun," "Backwater," etc.), Curt is the sole member of the original trio to have played in all of the band's incarnations since 1980. He re-formed the Meat Puppets in 1999 with Kyle Ellison (guitar), Andrew Duplantis (bass) and Shandon Sahm (drums) to complete one studio album, '' Golden Lies'', released in 2000. The new lineup disbanded in 2002 after the departure of Duplantis. After the Meat Puppets, Curt toured as a solo act before banding together with
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bassist
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and Sublime drummer
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to form Eyes Adrift. They released a self-titled album in 2002 and toured the United States before going separate ways. Curt then formed another band,
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, which only released one album, before he decided to focus on his solo career. His first solo album ''
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'' was released in October 2005. He is also an artist and created the cover art for several
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 brothe ...
albums, as well as for Stephen Beachy's novel ''The Whistling Song''. In 2006, the Meat Puppets re-formed with Cris back on bass and drummers Ted Marcus and Shandon Sahm serving as replacements for Derrick Bostrom until he returned to the band in 2018. Since reforming, the band has released five new albums, '' Rise to Your Knees'' (2007), '' Sewn Together'' (2009), ''
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'' (2011), '' Rat Farm'' (2013) and '' Dusty Notes'' (2019).


Personal life

Kirkwood is the grandson of Carl W. Renstrom, who was owner of Tip-Top Products and a multi-millionaire from
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.David Holthouse
"Shooting Star"
''Phoenix New Times'', November 12, 1998. Retrieved June 28, 2015.


Discography


Meat Puppets


Nirvana

* ''
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'' (1993)


Eyes Adrift

* '' Eyes Adrift'' (2002)


Volcano

* ''
Volcano A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates ...
'' (2004)


Solo

* ''
Snow Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughou ...
'' (2005)


The Dean Ween Group

* ''The Deaner Album'' (2016)


References


External links


Interview with Curt Kirkwood by Jarrod Dicker

Meat Puppets' new official website
maintained by the band and Anodyne Records.
Meat Puppets' original website
maintained by original drummer Derrick Bostrom
Live Repository

Moonglampers Ramble
- a music blog primarily focusing on live Meat Puppets.
Little Dog Records' Curt Kirkwood Page

Silver Wonder Press
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