Song:Backwater
Album:Too High To Die
Veteran punk band Meat Puppets had an underground following in the 80s but had their biggest commercial success with the 1994 hit Backwater. The group is from Phoenix led by singer guitarist and main songwriter Curt Kirkwood (born Jan. 10, 1959) and bassist brother Cris Kirkwood (born Oct. 22, 1960). They played in local bands in the late 70s and formed Meat Puppets with drummer Derrick Bostrom (born June 23, 1960) in 1980. They started out as a standard punk pand and signed with Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn's label SST in 1982. They refined their sound as they built a following in the 80s. They left SST in 1989 and split up. They reformed and signed with London Records in 1991. They got a lot of attention when Kurt Cobain performed with Meat Puppets on a 1993 MTV Unplugged. MTV's constant reairing of the show created interest in the group and their 1994 CD Too High To Die reached #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and went gold. Backwater reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group fell apart in 1996 due to Cris Kirkwood's drug abuse. It got really bad including the overdose death of his wife. Bostrom quit the music business though he still runs their website and owns their SST recordings which have been reissued on Rykodisc. Curt Kirkwood moved to Austin, TX and formed the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra and eventually adopted the Meat Puppets name. Cris Kirkwood continued to have cocaine problems and went to jail for an assault in 2004. He is now clean and reformed Meat Puppets with Curt and drummer Ted Marcus in 2006. Their 2007 CD Rise To Your Knees was released on Anodyne Records and they are now touring again. Here's the video for Backwater by Meat Puppets.
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