The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Tempe, Arizona.
Albums Studio albums TitleAlbum details Meat Puppets Released: 1982 Label: SST (SST 009) Meat Puppets II Released: 1984 Label: SST (SST 019) Up on the Sun Released: 1985 Label: SST (SST 039) Mirage Released: 1987 Label: SST (SST 100) Huevos Released: 1987 Label: SST (SST 150) Monsters Released: 1989 Label: SST (SST 253) Forbidden Places Released: July 9, 1991 Label: London (828 254) Too High to Die Released: January 25, 1994 Label: London (828 424) No Joke! Released: October 5, 1995 Label: London (828 665) Golden Lies Released: September 26, 2000 Label: Atlantic (83402-2) Rise to Your Knees Released: July 17, 2007 Label: Anodyne Sewn Together Released: May 12, 2009 Label: Megaforce Lollipop Released: July 17, 2011 Label: Megaforce Rat Farm Released: April 16, 2013 Label: Megaforce Dusty Notes Released: March 8, 2019 Label: Megaforce
Live albums +TitleAlbum details Live in Montana Released: 1999 Label: Rykodisc Meat Puppets Live Released: 2002 Label: DCN Digital Club Network (DCN CD 1003) Mountains Made of Sand (Live 1986) Released: 2020 Label: Shockwaves Live Manchester 2019 Released: 2022 Label: DC-Jam Records (DCJ21002) Camp Songs Released: 2023 Label: Meat Puppets Music (MPM010LP)
Compilation albums +TitleAlbum details No Strings AttachedReleased: 1990 Label: SST (SST 265) Meat Puppets 8 Released: 1999 Label: Rykodisc (RBX 00005) Classic Puppets Released: 2004 Label: Rykodisc (RCD 10648)
EPs TitleEP details In a Car Released: 1981 Label: SST (SST 044) Out My Way Released: 1986 Label: SST (SST 049) Raw Meat Released: 1994 Label: London You Love Me Released: 1999 Label: London (PRO 74691-2) "Multiply" EP Released: 2020 Label: Megaforce Records (MEGA 3064)
Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Album US US Main. US Alt UK Vinyl 1985 "Swimming Ground" — — — x Up on the Sun 1987 "Get on Down" — — — x Mirage "I Am a Machine" — — — x "I Can't Be Counted On" — — — x Huevos 1989 "Light" — — — x Monsters 1991 "Sam" — — 13 x Forbidden Places "Whirlpool" — — — x 1994 "Backwater" 47 2 11 x Too High to Die "We Don’t Exist" — 28 — x "Roof with a Hole" — — — x "Lake of Fire" — — — x 1995 "Scum" — 20 23 x No Joke! 1996 "Taste of the Sun" — — — x 2000 "Armed and Stupid" — — — x Golden Lies 2009 "Rotten Shame" — — — x Sewn Together 2014 "(Hey Baby) Que Paso"/"Cathy's Clown" — — — — Split single with Cass McCombs 2021 "One of These Days" — — — 34 Split single with Mudhoney "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Soundtrack and compilation appearances 1981 – Light Bulb ("Meat Puppets") 1981 – Keats Rides a Harley ("H-Elenore" and "The Losing End") 1981 – Amuck ("Unpleasant") 1983 – The Blasting Concept ("Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" and "Meat Puppets") 1983 – Bethel ("Soup") 1984 – Basic Sampler ("Aroura Borealis" and "Problem Child") 1983 – Leather Chaps and Lace Petticoats ("Magic Toy Missing") 1986 – Lovedolls Superstar ("No Values") 1986 – The 7 Inch Wonders of the World (In a Car EP) 1986 – The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 ("I Just Want to Make Love to You") 1990 – Duck and Cover ("Good Golly Miss Molly") 1990 – The Edge of Rock ("Light") 1991 – Stereophonic ("That’s How It Goes") 1991 – Aural Fixations ("Funnel of Love") 1994 – Chasers ("Sam") 1994 – Fast Track to Nowhere ("House of Blue Light") 1994 – Cream of Cuts ("Backwater") 1994 – Love and a .45 ("Animal") 1995 – White Man's Burden ("Animal") 1995 – Alterno-Daze 90's Natural Selection ("Sam") 1995 – X Factor ("This Day") 1995 – Songs in the Key of X ("Unexplained") 1995 – Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen ("The Price of Paradise") 1995 – UMPF ("Backwater") 1996 – A Small Circle of Friends ("Not All Right") 1996 – Barb Wire ("Scum" (Vapourspace remix)) 1996 – Big Ones of Alternative Rock vol. 1 ("Backwater") 1997 – Alternative Rock Cafe ("Backwater") 1999 – Alt.Country Exposed Roots ("Lost") 1999 – Southern Edge Vol. 1 ("Sam") 2000 – Crime + Punishment in Suburbia ("Two Rivers") 2004 – Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground ("Lake of Fire") 2011 – Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana ("Smells Like Teen Spirit")
Music videos YearTitleDirectorAlbum 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 "We Don't Exist" 1995 "Scum" David Markey No Joke! 2009 "Rotten Shame" Sewn Together 2011 "Orange" Michael Etoll Lollipop "Damn Thing" 2019 "Warranty" Dusty Notes "Nine Pins" Steve Moramarco
Video albums Alive in the Nineties (2003) A History Lesson Part 1 (2010)
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