{"title":"Meat Puppets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"meat-puppets-i","title":"Meat Puppets I","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of the Meat Puppets' full length debut, this album was recorded in a matter of days, with very few overdubs. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MVD","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50381523059019,"sku":"2204834","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50381521813835,"sku":"123679","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/II_b0fc286b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726232741"},{"product_id":"forbidden-places-black-friday-2023","title":"Forbidden Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eStop us if you've heard this one before: long-time indie favourite finally signs a major label contract and their first album is an overproduced shadow of their former sound. Well, that ain't what happened here; the Meat Puppets's first album for London Records (home of their beloved ZZ Top) is actually one of their best. And, ironically, one of their most overlooked, for their new home's major label marketing muscle was no match for the grunge craze that swept the rock music scene in 1991 (of course, grunge gods Nirvana later gave them a hand up on their MTV Unplugged special). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real Gone Music","offers":[{"title":"LP - Boysenberry with Black Swirl","offer_id":50402230403403,"sku":"2062923","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Coke Clear with Yellow Swirl","offer_id":56993479786827,"sku":"R5518-4210","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Forbidden_Places_a00ff2e1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726536281"},{"product_id":"in-a-car-2","title":"In A Car","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormed in Phoenix,1980, Meat Puppets exploded onto the scene with the blazing untitled 7” EP, In a Car. 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Mascis, leader of Dinosaur Jr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Car \/  Big House \/  Dolphin Field \/  Out in the Gardener \/  Foreign Lawns\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Megaforce","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50424883282251,"sku":"2052861","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/image_87b15a22_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726783894"},{"product_id":"up-on-the-sun-nfkzah","title":"Up on the Sun (2023 Remastered Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded and mixed over three days, 1985’s \u003ci\u003eUp on the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is the high-desert psychedelic followup to Meat Puppets II. Curt remembers, “I was trying to get outside of style, if anything. I always thought it was a pretty different album for us, one that stands out.  I love the sound of it.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It was just like magic,” says Curt, of the SST years. “You could make a record, with no thought to how much it will cost. There were no time worries, no money—but it wasn’t required. There wasn’t any production. You just go in and play. It was like you were doing a gig. Then we kind of figured out how to mess around with production, when we produced Up on the Sun. 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His latest contributions, especially songs such as \u003ci\u003eWarranty, On, Nine Pins, Outflow \u003c\/i\u003ecould be forgotten gems from Nashville, Bakersfield and Laurel Canyon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDusty Notes\u003c\/i\u003e also features keyboardist Ron Stabinsky, a jazz-trained virtuoso adept at any style, and Curt’s son Elmo, whose old-school rock-guitar grit ideally complements his father’s spacier explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Megaforce","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50449265885515,"sku":"1056398","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50449266377035,"sku":"1056397","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3eac9886-75a5-422c-92a0-e21d9688734e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727100952"},{"product_id":"lollipop","title":"Lollipop","description":"\u003cp\u003ethe legendary meat puppets release their new album 'lollipop' on megaforce records. recorded at spoon's hifi studios in austin, texas, the album features the indelible kirkwood brothers, cris and curt. also new to this album is the addition of drummer shandon sahm, son of the legendary doug sahm. 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The country influences that played such a big part on \u003ci\u003eMeat Puppets II\u003c\/i\u003e had faded a bit on \u003ci\u003eUp on the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, as a sunburned psychedelia took centre stage and the band allowed themselves to get good and trippy. However, \u003ci\u003eUp on the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e revealed the Puppets had learned one very valuable lesson from punk, and that was to get to the point. The album has an air of carefree drift, but it doesn't meander, and the performances are remarkably tight, full of energy and purpose even when the songs are redolent of goofing off. The title cut churns as Curt Kirkwood's precise but languid guitar figures dance with his brother Cris' insistent basslines and the percussive color of Derrick Bostrom's drumming. \"Maiden's Milk\" is playful as the abstract jangle of the opening section gives way to a tie-dyed jig, complete with whistling. The swirly phase-shifting and circular melody on \"Swimming Ground\" sounds as comfortable as a cool dip on a hot day. And the speedy attack of \"Buckethead\" and \"Enchanted Forest\" testifies to how strikingly well this band had learned to work as a unit. Up on the Sun isn't as revelatory as Meat Puppets II, and it lacks a song as memorable as \"Lake of Fire,\" but the band rarely sounded as joyous or played with the same fire and accuracy as they demonstrated here, and it's arguably their most purely pleasurable work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MVD","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50490778288459,"sku":"2027919","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Up_On_the_Sun_178ac9ac_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727673989"},{"product_id":"camp-songs-2","title":"Camp Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003eCamp Songs is a new live album from the Too High to Die era, 1991-95. “Back in those days, the Puppets were at peak powers,” says drummer Derrick Bostrom. “We played constantly in support of a hit album, so we got way out there.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklist: Walking Boss \/  Amazing Grace \/  I Saw the Light \/  El Paso City \/ White Sport Coat \/ Blue Moon of Kentucky \/ The Wayward Wind \/  Big Iron \/  Tennessee Stud \/  Crawdad Song \/  Ojo \/  The Adventures of Pee Pee the Sailor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Megaforce","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50525488939339,"sku":"2052860","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/meat-puppets-camp-songs.jpg_ecced619_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1728034012"},{"product_id":"too-high-to-die","title":"Too High To Die","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eToo High To Die\u003c\/em\u003e is the classic 1994 album by Meat Puppets, featuring the alternative rock hit, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eBackwater.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003eProduced by Paul Leary, the audio has been remastered from the original \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e1\/4” \u003c\/span\u003eproduction master tape. 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