IT WAS 20 years ago, give or take a day, that the Meat Puppets released "In a Car," a seven-inch vinyl slab of thrashing hardcore punk that crammed five songs into 349 seconds. Guitarist-singer ...

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 ...

Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood talks about the influence of George Jones, performing with Nirvana on 'Unplugged' and new album 'Dusty Notes.' ...

Curt Kirkwood traces Meat Puppets story from hard-core roots to "Dusty Notes," their first release since 1995 with founding drummer Derrick Bostrom.

Though the Meat Puppets can play as fast, loud and aggressively as anyone, they`ve also experimented with and perfected myriad other styles-acid rock, country, boogie, blues, you-name-it.

In 1993, Meat Puppets released Too High To Die, featuring the band's most popular song, "Backwater," that established the band all over rock radio stations and brought mainstream success.

In the case of the Meat Puppets, it would seem, quite a bit. A much-heralded alternative-rock trio that will play Cabaret Metro Saturday, the Meat Puppets live in the Phoenix area, ...

In the years he was in the spotlight, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain brought attention to a number of artists who might not otherwise have received notice. The Vaselines, the Raincoats, the Wipers ...

What do you do when the music industry sucks you in, helps you garner a hit single, chews you up and then spits you out?

It’s not unusual that a reunion album is marketed as a return to the glory days. But in the case of the Meat Puppets’ recent ...

In August 2017, all the original members of the Arizona rock and roll band the Meat Puppets got together for the first time in 22 years to perform. Today, XPN premieres a new song, "Warranty ...