Meat Puppets discography

Meat Puppets discography
Meat Puppets discography
Studio albums	15
EPs	4
Singles	16

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Tempe, Arizona.

Studio albums[]

Meat Puppets
Label:	SST (SST 009)
Released:	1982
Other information:	Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with the In a Car EP and 13 extra bonus tracks.

Meat Puppets II
Label:	SST (SST 019)
Released:	1984
Other information:	Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 7 bonus tracks.

Up on the Sun
Label:	SST (SST 039)
Released:	1985
Other information:	Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.

Mirage
Label:	SST (SST 100)
Released:	1987
Other information:	Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.

Huevos
Label:	SST (SST 150)
Released:	1987
Other information:	Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.

Monsters
Label:	SST (SST 253)
Released:	1989
Other information:	Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 3 bonus tracks.

Forbidden Places
Label:	London Records (828 254)
Released:	July 9, 1991
Other information:	First major-label album. Out of print.

Too High to Die
Label:	London Records (828 484)
Released:	January 25, 1994
Other information:	The band's only gold record (US).

No Joke!
Label:	London Records (828 665)
Released:	October 3, 1995
Other information:	Last release until 2019 with the original Meat Puppets line-up, i.e. Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood and Derrick Bostrum.

Golden Lies
Label:	Atlantic Records (83402-2)
Released:	September 26, 2000
Other information:	First reunion, with Curt Kirkwood fronting a new band: Kyle Ellison (vocals/guitar), Andrew Duplantis (vocals/bass) and Shandon Sahm (drums).

Rise to Your Knees
Label:	Anodyne Records
Released:	July 17, 2007
Other information:	Second reunion (and third lineup), with original bassist Cris Kirkwood rejoining brother Curt for the first time since 1996, and Ted Marcus drumming.

Sewn Together
Label:	Megaforce Records
Released:	May 12, 2009
Other information:	Second and final album by the Kirkwood-Kirkwood-Marcus lineup.

Lollipop
Label:	Megaforce Records
Released:	April 12, 2011
Other information:	First album by the fourth lineup: the brothers Kirkwood and Shandon Sahm (who replaced Ted Marcus in mid-2009).

Rat Farm
Label:	Megaforce Records
Released:	April 16, 2013
Other information:	-

Dusty Notes
Label:	Megaforce Records
Released:	March 8, 2019
Other information:	First release since 1995 with the original Meat Puppets line-up, i.e. Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood and Derrick Bostrum.

EPs[]

In a Car
Label:	1981: World Imitations Records
	1985: SST (SST 044)
Released:	1981 / 1985
Other information:	Reissued by Rykodisk in 1999.

Out My Way
Label:	SST (SST 049)
Released:	1986
Other information:	Reissued by Rykodisk in 1999.

Raw Meat
Label:	London Records
Released:	1994
Other information:	Promotional release that only came as a bonus record with the Too High to Die LP. Track listing: "Up On The Sun" (1994 acoustic version), "El Paso City", "White Sport Coat", "Goodnight Irene".^[1]

You Love Me
Label:	London Records (PRO 74691-2)
Released:	1999
Other information:	Promotional EP.

Compilations and live recordings[]

No Strings Attached
Label:	SST (SST 265)
Released:	1990
Other information:	Compilation CD from SST Records when the Meat Puppets left them for London Records.

Live in Montana
Label:	Rykodisc (RCD 10472)
Released:	1999
Other information:	Live album of two concerts on 7 and 8 December 1988 in U.S.A.


Label:	Rykodisc (RBX 00005)
Released:	1999
Other information:	Boxset containing all 8 of the rereleased Meat Puppets CDs

Live
Label:	DCN Digital Club Network (DCN CD 1003)
Released:	2002
Other information:	Live album by the new Meat Puppets line-up. Recorded in February 2001.

Classic Puppets
Label:	Rykodisc (RCD 10648)
Released:	2004
Other information:	-

Rare Meat
Label:	Unofficial Release
Released:	2005
Other information:	This is a compilation of rare and unreleased material, released on Derrick Bostrom's Meat Puppets blog.

Singles[]

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
Year	Title	US	US Main.	US Alt	Album
1985	"Swimming Ground"	—	—	—	Up on the Sun
1987	"Get on Down"	—	—	—	Mirage
	"I Am a Machine"	—	—	—	Mirage
	"I Can't Be Counted On"	—	—	—	Huevos
1989	"Light"	—	—	—	Monsters
1991	"Sam"	—	—	13	Forbidden Places
1991	"Whirlpool"	—	—	—	Forbidden Places
1994	"Backwater"	47	2	11	Too High to Die
	"We Don’t Exist"	—	28	—
	"Roof with a Hole"	—	—	—
	"Lake of Fire"	—	—	—
1995	"Scum"	—	20	23	No Joke!
1996	"Taste of the Sun"	—	—	—	No Joke!
2000	"Armed and Stupid"	—	—	—	Golden Lies
2009	"Rotten Shame"^[2]	—	—	—	Sewn Together
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack and compilation appearances[]

1981 – Light Bulb (Song "Meat Puppets")
1981 – Keats Rides a Harley (Songs "H-Elenore" and "The Losing End")
1981 – Amuck (Song "Unpleasant")
1983 – (Songs "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" and "Meat Puppets")
1983 – Bethel (Song "Soup")
1984 – Basic Sampler (Songs "Aroura Borealis" and "Problem Child")
1983 – Leather Chaps and Lace Petticoats (Song "Magic Toy Missing")
1986 – Lovedolls Superstar (Song "No Values")
1986 – The 7 Inch Wonders of the World (In a Car EP)
1986 – (Song "I Just Want to Make Love to You")
1990 – Duck and Cover (Song "Good Golly Miss Molly")
1990 – The Edge of Rock (Song "Light")
1991 – Stereophonic (Song "That’s How It Goes")
1991 – Aural Fixations (Song "Funnel of Love")
1994 – Chasers (Song "Sam")
1994 – Fast Track to Nowhere (Song "House of Blue Light")
1994 – Cream of Cuts (Song "Backwater")
1994 – Love and a .45 (Song "Animal")
1995 – White Man's Burden (Song "Animal")
1995 – Alterno-Daze 90's Natural Selection (Song "Sam")
1995 – X Factor (Song "This Day")
1995 – Songs in the Key of X (Song "Unexplained")
1995 – Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen (Song "The Price of Paradise")
1995 – UMPF (Song "Backwater")
1996 – A Small Circle of Friends (Song "Not All Right")
1996 – Barb Wire (Song "Scum" (Vapourspace remix))
1996 – Big Ones of Alternative Rock vol. 1 (Song "Backwater")
1997 – Alternative Rock Cafe (Song "Backwater")
1999 – Alt.Country Exposed Roots (Song "Lost")
1999 – Southern Edge vol. 1 (Song "Sam")
2000 – Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (Song "Two Rivers")
2004 – Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (Song "Lake of Fire")
2011 – Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana (Song Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit")

Music videos[]

short form[]

Year	Title	Director	Album
1984	New Gods		Meat Puppets II
1987	Get On Down	Robert Tucker	Mirage
1989	Light	Bill Taylor	Monsters
1991	Sam		Forbidden Places
1994	Backwater		Too High to Die
1994	We Don’t Exist		Too High to Die
1995	Scum	David Markey	No Joke!
2009	Rotten Shame	David Markey	Sewn Together
2011	Orange	Michael Etoll	Lollipop
2011	Damn Thing	Michael Etoll	Lollipop

long form[]

2003 - Alive in the Nineties
2010 - A History Lesson Part 1 [1]

References[]

^ "Meat Puppets : Raw Meat". www.spirit-of-rock.com. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
^ http://www.popmatters.com/post/111669-welcome-back-meat-puppets/

[1] "Meat Puppets : Raw Meat". www.spirit-of-rock.com. Retrieved 2018-02-21.

[2] ttp://www.popmatters.com/post/111669-welcome-back-meat-puppets/

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v t Meat Puppets
Curt Kirkwood Cris Kirkwood Elmo Kirkwood Derrick Bostrom Shandon Sahm Ted Marcus
Studio albums	Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II Up on the Sun Mirage Huevos Monsters Forbidden Places Too High to Die No Joke! Golden Lies Rise to Your Knees Sewn Together Lollipop Rat Farm Dusty Notes
Singles	"Swimming Ground" "I Am a Machine" "I Can't Be Counted On" "Backwater" "We Don't Exist" "Meat Puppets Promo" "Roof with a Hole" "Lake of Fire" "Scum" "Taste of the Sun"
Other songs	"Plateau"
EPs	In a Car Out My Way Raw Meat You Love Me
Other albums	No Strings Attached Live in Montana Live Classic Puppets Rare Meat
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