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Meat Puppets: Golden Lies

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On September 26, 2000, “Atlantic” label released “Golden Lies”, the tenth Meat Puppets album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood and Paul Leary.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – lead vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Kyle Ellison – vocals, guitar, co-producer
  • Andrew Duplantis – vocals, bass
  • Shandon Sahm – drums 
  • Mat Mitchell – programming
  • Jim Vollentine – engineer assistant
  • Brian “Big Bass” Gardner – mastering
  • Joseph Cultice – photography
  • Martin Ogolter – artwork
  • Shayne Ivy – artwork, design
  • John Plymale – co-producer

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. Armed and Stupid
  3. I Quit
  4. Lamp
  5. Hercules
  6. Batwing
  7. Take Off Your Clothes
  8. You Love Me
  9. Pieces of Me
  10. Push the Button
  11. Tarantula
  12. Endless Wave
  13. Wipeout
  14. Fatboy/Fat/ Requiem

Meat Puppets: Rise to Your Knees

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On June 18, 2007, “Anydone Records” label released “Rise to Your Knees”, the eleventh Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitjo
  • Ted Marcus – drums
  • Stuart Sullivan – Wurlitzer
  • Frenchy Smith – hypnosis guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. Fly Like the Wind
  2. On the Rise
  3. Radio Moth
  4. Tiny Kingdom
  5. Enemy Love Song
  6. Spit
  7. Island
  8. Vultures
  9. Stone Eyes
  10. This Song
  11. New Leaf
  12. Disappear
  13. The Ship
  14. Ice
  15. Light the Fire

The Meat Puppets: Meat Puppets II

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In April 1984, “SST” label released “Meat Puppets II”, the second Meat Puppets (The) studio album. It was recorded April – May 1983, at “Total Access” in Redondo Beach, California.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums
  • Spot – engineer
  • Neal Holliday – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Split Myself in Two
  2. Magic Toy Missing
  3. Lost
  4. Plateau
  5. Aurora Borealis
  6. We’re Here
  7. Climbing
  8. New Gods
  9. Oh, Me
  10. Lake of Fire
  11. I’m a Mindless Idiot
  12. The Whistling Song

The Meat Puppets: No Joke!

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On October 3, 1995, “London” label released “No Joke!”, the ninth Meat Puppets (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Phase Four Studio” in Phoenix, Arizona, “Westlake Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Paul Leary, Curt Kirkwood, Chris Kirkwood and Derrick Bostrom.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar, paintings
  • Chris Kirkwood – vocals, bass, illustrations
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, paintings

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Scum
  2. Nothing
  3. Head
  4. Taste of the Sun
  5. Vampires
  6. Predator
  7. Poison Arrow
  8. Eyeball
  9. For Free
  10. Cobbler
  11. Inflatable
  12. Sweet Ammonia
  13. Chemical Garden

Meat Puppets: Forbidden Places

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On July 1, 1991, “London” label released “Forbidden Places”, the seventh studio Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Pete Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Cris Kirkwood – bass, backing vocals, illustrations
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Skip Edwards – organ
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Dusty Wakeman – programming, recording
  • Pete Doell – recording engineer
  • Kevin Reeves, Leslie Ann Jones, Ray Blair, Tracy Chisholm – additional engineering
  • Judy Clapp – mixing
  • Stephen Marrcussen – mastering
  • Klotz – art direction
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. Sam
  2. Nail It Down
  3. This Day
  4. Open Wide
  5. Another Moon
  6. That’s How It Goes
  7. Whirlpool
  8. Popskull
  9. No Longer Gone
  10. Forbidden Places
  11. Six Gallon Pie

Meat Puppets: Rat Farm

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On April 16, 2013, “Megaforce Records” label released “Rat Farm”, the fourteenth Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 213, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood- vocals, guitars, arrangements
  • Cris Kirkwood- vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Shandon Sahm- drums, percussion
  • David Percefull – engineer
  • John Plymale – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jaime Butler – artwork
  • Douglas Heusser – design

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Rat Farm
  2. One More Drop
  3. Down
  4. Leave Your Head Alone
  5. Again
  6. You Don’t Know
  7. Waiting
  8. Time and Money – Kylie Ellison, Curt Kirkwood
  9. Something Blue
  10. Original One
  11. River Rose
  12. Sweet

Meat Puppets: Lollipop

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On April 12, 2011, “Megaforce” label released “Lollipop”, the thirteenth Meat Puppets album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood- vocals, guitars
  • Cris Kirkwood- vocals, bass guitar
  • Shandon Sahm- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. Incomplete
  2. Orange
  3. Shave It
  4. Baby Don’t
  5. Hour of the Idiot
  6. Lantern
  7. Town
  8. Damn Thing
  9. Amazing
  10. Way That It Are
  11. Vile
  12. The Spider and the Spaceship

Meat Puppets: Dusty Notes

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On March 8, 2019, “Megaforce Records” label released “Dusty Notes”, the fifteenth Meat Puppets studio album.

Personnel:

  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass, banjo
  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, piano, guitar, percussion
  • Elmo Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Stabinsky – keyboards
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Sam Hundley – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Shike – mastering
  • Sam Hundley – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Warranty
  2. Nine Pins
  3. On
  4. Unfrozen Memory
  5. Dusty Notes
  6. The Great Awakening
  7. Sea of Heartbreaker – Hal David, Paul Hampton
  8. Nightcap
  9. Vampyr’s Winged Fantasy
  10. Outflow

Meat Puppets: Too High To Die

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On January 25, 1994, “London” label released “Too High to Die”, the eighth Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “The Warehouse” in Memphis Tennessee, and was produced by Paul Leary, Derrick Bostrom, Cris Kirkwood and Curt Kirkwood.

Personnel:

  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, paintings
  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass guitar, illustrations
  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar, paintings
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dave Jerden – mixing
  • Paul Leary – mixing
  • Stuart Sullivan – engineer, mixing
  • Brad Vosburg – engineer
  • Josing Kiser – assistant
  • Michael Halsband – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Violet Eyes
  2. Never to Be Found
  3. We Don’t Exist
  4. Severed Goddess Hand
  5. Flaming Heart
  6. Shine
  7. Station – Cris Kirkwood
  8. Roof with a Hole
  9. Backwater
  10. Things
  11. Why?
  12. Evil Love – Cris Kirkwood
  13. Comin’ Down – featuring hidden track “Lake of Fire”

Mike Watt: Ball – Hog or Tugboat?

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On February 28, 1995, “Columbia” label released “Ball-Hog or Tugboat?”, the debut Mike Watt solo album. It was recorded May – September 1994, and was produced by Mike Watt.

Personnel:

  • Mike Watt – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, bass
  • Eddie Vedder- lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Nels Cline – slide, lead and  nylon guitar
  • Curt Kirkwood, Gary Lee Conner- lead guitar
  • J Mascis- guitar, drums
  • Joe Baiza, Zander Schloss, John Strohm, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Butler, Todd Rigione- guitar
  • Keith McCaw- acoustic guitar
  • Epic Soundtracks- tambourine
  • Cris Kirkwood- banjo
  • Dave Grohl – drums, guitar
  • Paul Roessler- piano
  • Bernie Worrell- B3 organ
  • Krist Novoselic- Farfisa organ
  • Flea- Lead Bass, Pocket trumpet
  • Michael Preussner, Bob Lee- drums
  • Stephen Perkins – drums, percussion
  • Steve Shelley, Wayne Griffin, Brock Avery, John Molo, Richie West – drums
  • Adam Horovitz- drums, guitar, backing vocals
  • Danny Frankel- percussion
  • Carla Bozulich- lead and backing vocals
  • Frank Black, Henry Rollins, Mark Lanegan, Michael Diamond, Pat Smear, Dave Pirner, Tiffany Anders- vocals
  • Evan Dando- vocals
  • Vince Meghrouni – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, tenor saxophone
  • Tony Atherton- alto saxophone
  • Ronda Rindone- bass clarinet
  • Petra Haden – violin, backing vocals
  • Spot- mandolin, viola
  • Tony Maxwell- cello
  • Anna Waronker, Rachel Haden, Coco Hayley Gordon Moore, Mario Caldato Jr.- backing vocals
  • Kathleen Hanna- spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Watt; except where noted.

  1. Big Train – Tony Kinman, Chip Kinman
  2. Against The 70’s
  3. Drove Up From Pedro
  4. Piss-Bottle Man
  5. Chinese Firedril – Mike Watt, Joe Carducci
  6. Intense Song For Madonna To Sing
  7. Tuff Gnarl – Sonic Youth
  8. Sexual Military Dynamics – Mike Watt, Henry Rollins
  9. Max And Wells
  10. E-Ticket Ride
  11. .. One Reporter’s Opinion
  12. Song For Igor
  13. Tell ‘Em Boy!
  14. Sidemouse Advice
  15. Heartbeat
  16. Maggot Brain – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  17. Coincidence Is Either Hit Or Miss