Meat Puppets News

The Deal: Latest lineup of the Kirkwood brothers rips through hour-and-a-half set in front of small Charlotte crowd.

Playlist: *all songs by Meat Puppets unless noted Look at the Rain I'm a mindless Idiot Walking Boss New Gods The Whistling Song Plateau Aurora Borealis Up on the Sun Swimming Ground Magic Toy Missing Sexy Music Backwater Nirvana - Lake of Fire Paradise Station Roof with a Hole Stone Eyes Dough Rey Mi Split Myself in Two

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

Once upon a time, two blue-blooded, musically gifted brothers from Arizona started a band.

Bassist Cris Kirkwood, drummer Derrick Bostrom, and lead vocalist-slash-guitarist Curt Kirkwood woowed the crowd with their awesom set at Bottletree on Oct 21.

I recently spoke with Cris Kirkwood, the quirky, long-time bassist for the influential rock band Meat Puppets, about the history of the trio, Athens, the late '80s and early '90s scenes, and what it means to be a "desert band." You've released records fairly often throughout your career, but since you got back together in 2007 you've already ...

It is Nuci's Space's 9th anniversary today and they are celebrating. Located just a five minutes' walk from North Campus, Nuci's Space is a haven for musicians, especially students.

Portsmouth, Va. Stone Temple Pilots , considered by fans and critics alike as one of the foremost rock bands of the past 15 years, will perform one of their few 2009 concerts on Friday, Oct.

For a band that has survived addiction, prison, gunshots and other calamities during almost three decades, the Meat Puppets continue to put out captivating material.

In December of 2006, long time friends and former band mates Heath Underwood and Sean Murphy began tracking original songs at Sean's parents recording studio .

The Meat Puppets have deep roots in the Valley dating back to the early 1980s, but the rock trio hasn't played much here since reuniting in 2006 after a 10-year hiatus.

At first blush The Meat Puppets and Dead Confederate, who joined forces for a show at a half-full Marquee Theatre last night, don't seem to have much in common.

Belly Up brings a bucket of Southern-fried psych rock to the club tonight with Phoenix family band the Meat Puppets , Athens, GA's Dead Confederate , and Austinites Ume .

Claim to fame: These local legends were plucked from the shadows of indie cultdom in the early '90s by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, who had them join him on the set of "MTV Unplugged" to dust off three songs from "Meat Puppets II." Having gone their separate ways in 2002, the Kirkwood brothers reunited in 2006 and have released two albums since, ...

Ween doing its thing a Ween, Meat Puppets Red Rocks Amphitheatre September 5, 2009 Better than: Seeing Gene Ween play a solo show.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. "It's one of the reasons we weren't entirely accepted by the punk-rock scene," says Cris Kirkwood, who started the band with his brother Curt.

Past the racks of used CDs, iPod accessories and DVDs, the Meat Puppets, 30-year veterans of the indie rock scene, sat snugly Tuesday in the corner of the Electric Fetus surrounded by new and used vinyl.

It may have taken a stint in prison and a lot of brotherly patience, but the Meat Puppets have been mended.

From his home in Austin, Curt Kirkwood, founding member of legendary indie rock band The Meat Puppets, sounds mellow and contented, a far cry from when he was leading his band through its tumultuous days in the '80s and '90s. Even though he's getting ready to tour with a recent incarnation of The Meat Puppets in support of the band's worthy new ...

Weekend's here. Rock 'n' roll and party time. Let's dive right in. First, the shows we've already hipped you to this week... Tonight at the House of Blues, the Meat Puppets will toss you into a "Lake of Fire." Also, up in Denton, there's the Mothfight! , Florene and Red Faced Laughter show at Bee's Manor.