Back From the 'Backwater'
The Meat Puppets
September 12, 2007 9:30pm
The Earl
Atlanta
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The Meat Puppets, originally formed back in early 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona, had a number of independent releases throughout the 80’s and early 90’s. The band applied punk’s loud, fast energy and free spirit to a mix of blues-laced hard rock, country and psychedelic rock to form their own unique sound. Meat Puppets had a massive influence on more that one generation of indie rockers, including Nirvana. Remember them? Nirvana invited The Meat Puppets along as opening act on their In Utero tour, and even invited them to share the stage to perform 3 Meat Puppet songs on their historic 1994 MTV Unplugged special.
The band signed with London Records in the early 90's and made unexpected inroads into the rock mainstream, and had a huge chart topping hit with 1994’s single “Backwater”. The band went on hiatus in the mid 1990’s and each of the guys had their own side projects- forming other bands, solo projects and jail time.
This months release of Rise to Your Knees is the first album to bear the Meat Puppets name since 2000, and the first in a dozen years to reunite guitarist/singer/main songwriter Curt with his brother, bassist/co-founder Cris Kirkwood, who recently rejoined the band after a lengthy struggle with substance abuse. “I think it’s the most dynamic version of the band ever, and so far the love coming from the audience has been really, really great,” says Curt.
Check out The Meat Puppets on tour now!
www.myspace.com/themeatpuppets, www.themeatpuppets.com
September 12, 2007 9:30pm
The Earl
Atlanta
Find Tickets!
The Meat Puppets, originally formed back in early 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona, had a number of independent releases throughout the 80’s and early 90’s. The band applied punk’s loud, fast energy and free spirit to a mix of blues-laced hard rock, country and psychedelic rock to form their own unique sound. Meat Puppets had a massive influence on more that one generation of indie rockers, including Nirvana. Remember them? Nirvana invited The Meat Puppets along as opening act on their In Utero tour, and even invited them to share the stage to perform 3 Meat Puppet songs on their historic 1994 MTV Unplugged special.
The band signed with London Records in the early 90's and made unexpected inroads into the rock mainstream, and had a huge chart topping hit with 1994’s single “Backwater”. The band went on hiatus in the mid 1990’s and each of the guys had their own side projects- forming other bands, solo projects and jail time.
This months release of Rise to Your Knees is the first album to bear the Meat Puppets name since 2000, and the first in a dozen years to reunite guitarist/singer/main songwriter Curt with his brother, bassist/co-founder Cris Kirkwood, who recently rejoined the band after a lengthy struggle with substance abuse. “I think it’s the most dynamic version of the band ever, and so far the love coming from the audience has been really, really great,” says Curt.
Check out The Meat Puppets on tour now!
www.myspace.com/themeatpuppets, www.themeatpuppets.com
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