Curt Kirkwood

Curt Kirkwood perks up when he hears the words "Knoxville, Tennessee." Read More

The 1980s were a fertile time for American underground music, where the loose punk rock rules that had been laid down the decade before were disregarded and added to. Read More

Since the early 1980s, the Meat Puppets have been confusing critics and influencing followers with their acid-fueled, psychedelic, country-punk freakouts. Read More

When Nirvana covered three Meat Puppets songs for the band's MTV Unplugged session in the mid '90s, the nation was introduced to an obscure punk/hardcore band that's been around since the '80s. Read More

Spawned from the early '80s pre-alternative music scene in Phoenix, Ariz., the Meat Puppets were the ultimate musicians' musicians. Read More

When most people think of '80s music, the sound they usually conjure up is a kind of glossy, sexy, synth-laden pop somewhere between David Bowie and Duran Duran. Read More

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." Read More

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." Read More

Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland is well-known for crazy, chemical-induced mayhem, on and off the stage. Read More

Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland is well known for crazy, chemical-induced mayhem, both on and off the stage. Read More