I'm in "Day Late and Dollar Short" mode, I'm afraid. Steve Kirsch said:
Yup, and I'd suggest further that from the second album (MP2) onwards
they never really released a clunker until that horrible No Joke record.
They were a hell of a band. I'm skeptical about the new lineup without
Cris and
In a message dated 4/26/99 8:11:06 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You have reason to be skeptical, judging from the new lineup's performance
at Liberty Lunch during SXSW. They were disappointing at best, mediocre at
worst, and not very much like the Meat Puppets, really. It was an
Neal:
Do you include the Bottle Rockets, who played right before the Pups at that
same venue, in your string of breathtaking shows? I'm curious because I
thought the were pretty awful, as well as arrogant as hell, refusing to play
*any* old material at all and practically taunting they they were
I've finally gotten around to listening to the Rykodisc reissue
of the first Meat Puppets album - with 18 (!) bonus tracks - and
I'm really digging it but I forgot how brutal it is at times.
For those on the list who find Freakwater unlistenable - I'd be
curious how long you'd listen to this
Tony - who once upon a time lived on a steady diet of the Germs,
Void, Discharge, Venom, Throbbing Gristle, SPK, James Chance and
the Contortions, Half Japanese, and a boatload of other noise.
Hurrah!
Oops, I meant to say: Tony, you male chauvinist pig you.
At 04:51 PM 4/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
I've finally gotten around to listening to the Rykodisc reissue
of the first Meat Puppets album - with 18 (!) bonus tracks - and
I'm really digging it but I forgot how brutal it is at times.
For those on the list who find Freakwater unlistenable - I'd be
Jeff Weiss:
That album is in the collection for completion purposes only. For me,
they
hit their stride with Up on The Sun.
Yup, and I'd suggest further that from the second album (MP2) onwards
they never really released a clunker until that horrible No Joke record.
They were a hell of a band.
