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by Greg PratoBesides Black Flags Greg Ginn, The Meat Puppets Curt Kirkwood was one of the top guitarists to emerge from the 80s U.S. punk rock movement. But in truth, Kirkwoods playing and writing has little to do with punk (besides being full of punks energy and unpredictability) - hes always listed such classic rockers as ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons and The Grateful Deads Jerry Garcia as his biggest guitar influences, while his singing/songwriting contains elements of such country legends as George Jones. Born January 10, 1959 and raised in Phoenix, AZ, Curt formed The Meat Puppets in the early-80 s along with bass-playing brother Cris and drummer Derrick Bostrom, releasing a string of classic albums on Black Flags SST label.Whereas most punk bands frowned upon guitar solos, most of The Meat Puppets songs spotlighted Kirkwoods six-string talents, especially such tracks as Enchanted Porkfist, Magic Toy Missing, Flight of the Fire Weasel, and the 1994 version of Lake of Fire (the latter included as an unlisted bonus track on Too High To Die). In addition to his music, Curts other love is painting - many of his drawings have graced The Puppets album covers (Meat Puppets II, Up On the Sun, Mirage, etc.), and he supplied the album cover art for the 1996 debut by friends Dez Cadena and George Hurleys band, Vida. The Meat Puppets music and Curt Kirkwoods exceptional guitar skills were confined to the underground for most of the 80s and the first half of the 90s, until a whole new generation of fans were turned on to the trio through their association with Nirvanas Kurt Cobain. Cobain was a longtime fan of the band, and invited the Kirkwood brothers to play 3 tracks from their classic 1984 release, Meat Puppets II, for Nirvanas MTV unplugged session, aired in 1994. Due to all of the new exposure, the trio enjoyed their biggest commercial success with their 8th full-length album, Too High To Die, which reached gold-certification on the strength of their radio hit Backwater. With brother Cris suffering from addiction by the late-90s, Curt Kirkwood formed a new version of The Meat Puppets (also sans-drummer Bostrom), gearing up for the new line-ups first release in 2000. After repairing to Austin, TX and recruiting members of Pariah Kirkwood issued Golden Lies. And though a live album followed, little more was heard from the Meat Puppets camp until 2005, when Kirkwood returned with the solo effort Snow.
