Name: Meat Puppets 2
Brand: Meat Puppets

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MVD5254A

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2011-12-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

760137525424

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Meat Puppets

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The group's classic lineup was [a=Curt Kirkwood] (guitar/vocals), his brother [a=Cris Kirkwood] (bass guitar), and [a=Derrick Bostrom] (drums). One of the more notable groups on the roster of [l=SST Records] (who released most of their early albums), the Meat Puppets could be broadly classified as punk rock, but like most of their SST peers, the Meat Puppets established their own unique style, blending punk with country and psychedelic rock, and featuring Curt's warbling vocals.

the meat puppets' second album, 1984's appropriately titled meat puppets ii, has since gone down in the rock history books as an all-time classic, and rightfully so. the meat puppets were one of the first punk acts to inject different musical styles into their sound, something that was an absolute no-no at the time — especially the sparkling sounds of country. the trio resembles a more conventional band than on their white-noise self-titled debut; the songwriting had improved dramatically, and you could even clearly decipher the playing and singing this time around. as many '90s alt-rock fans know, meat puppets ii reached a whole new generation of fans when nirvana covered the album's three best tracks on their mtv unplugged special from 1994 — "plateau," "lake of fire," and "oh, me." but this was an incredibly consistent recording from beginning to end; other highlights included the instrumentals "magic toy missing," "aurora borealis," and "i'm a mindless idiot," the rockers "split myself in two" and "new gods," plus such mellower fare as "lost," "we're here," "climbing," and "the whistling song." an essential recording that sounds as fresh and inviting as the day it was released.

Meat Puppets 2

Music GB