Phoenix-based rock band the Meat Puppets have been kickin’ around off and on since 1980. They’ve released a whopping fifteen studio albums (their latest being 2013’s Rat Farm) and were ...

It's fucking disgusting. You're just a shit-spraying ... such a healthy sort of weeping." The story of the Meat Puppets' return is a harsh, redemptive saga. It's the history of a band broken ...

Preparations for Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged appearance in November 1993 were reportedly tense, but that’s not how easygoing Meat Puppets songwriter and frontman Curt Kirkwood remembers it.

The name alone horrifies some people. ”What do you mean, `Meat Puppets`? Are they one of those awful hard-core punk bands?” Hardly. Though the Meat Puppets can play as fast, loud and ...

It’s shaping up to be a busy year for veteran desert punkers the Meat Puppets. First up will be the release of a new studio album, Lollipop, on April 12th via Megaforce Records. Then the group ...

The post Meat Puppets Announce Reissues of SST Records Catalog and New Live Album appeared first on Consequence. Meat Puppets have teamed up with Megaforce Records for remastered reissues of the ...

Donate now. The Meat Puppets are back with a vengeance! Last night the Troubadour hosted the Los Angeles performance of the Meat Puppets’ reunion mini-tour. Brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood have ...

Shandon Sahm (from left), Curt Kirkwood and Cris Kirkwood of The Meat Puppets | PHOTO BY JAMIE BUTLER Share Of all the bands in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s rock lexicon, Meat Puppets are the ...

Cris Kirkwood’s older brother Curt joined on guitar and vocals in 1980, and the band eventually named themselves after one of Curt’s songs, “Meat Puppets.” Coming out of the Arizona desert ...

Today we revisit the Meat Puppets’ 1984 album, a sun-baked, country-fried, acid-addled cowpunk album that could have come from nowhere else but the Arizona desert. On July 8, 1976, a Grumman ...

The Meat Puppets were one of the most influential groups on the hallowed ’80s indie label SST — formed by Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn and home to Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Saccharine Trust ...