Forbidden Places

Stop 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).