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Years Active: 1986

Band Members: Curt Kirkwood, Derrick Bostrom, Shandon Sahm, Cris Kirkwood, Andrew DuPlantis, Kyle Ellison

Influenced by: The Germs, The Clash, Neil Young, The Ramones, Big Star, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Crazy Horse, Hank Williams, ZZ Top, The Stooges, Funkadelic, Grateful Dead, George Jones, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Black Flag, Johnny Cash, The Sex Pistols

Genre: Rock & Alternative

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Meat Puppets Offer Revisionist History of Nirvana

May 08 2009 12:00PM by Benjy Eisen

Filed under: News, Exclusive

Spinner: With a new album coming out on May 12 ('Sewn Together'), it seems as if theMeat Puppets are one of the last bands standing from the grunge era. Yes, we know -- that's a slightly misguided notion. The band predated grunge by no less than an entire ... Read more

Meat Puppets' Cris Kirkwood Gets a Second Chance

Apr 03 2009 8:00AM by Michael D. Ayers

Filed under: News, Exclusive

Spinner: When the original Meat Puppets resurfaced in 2007 with 'Rise to Your Knees,' it would've been a reasonable assumption that this was just a one-off return. Bassist Cris Kirkwood's well-documented legal and personal affairs didn't exactly bode well for ... Read more