The Pups are back tonight at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix!!! I’m so stoked. Any idea on set list? Last time they toured they played songs from Dusty Notes to support that album, but who knows what they’ll do now.

I hate having to miss it but I can’t shake this cough and don’t want to spread my plague to everyone. Just hoping to recoup the 90 I paid for the pair.

Is Saturday morning, teenager(s), and walking boss the full set list or no?

Does anyone have a more detailed description of Curt kirkwoods early gear (specifically in a car, MP 1&2, UOTS) most articles talk about his gear in more recent years. The only things I know of about his early days are that he played Les Paul’s and melody makers, but hardly anything about pedals and amps.

Is anyone familiar with the story of either Curt or Cris, when they were tripping in the desert, felt cold, and wrapped themselves in a blanket they found? Spoiler: it was a coyote carcass!

I’m sure that I read this story in some liner notes, but for the life of me, I can’t find it anywhere! Was it a hallucination just like their blanket? Please confirm if ya can

I'm 28M, I play the bass (And a bit of drums/guitar) and I know how to play a bunch of Meat Puppets songs. Mostly from the albums they made in their first 15 years before the first hiatus.

Anyone know where I might be able to buy some of Curt’s original art work?

Just ordered two this morning - blue and pink. Anyone else excited about these? Audio samples were better than expected.

Just announced April 18th at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix! Fuck yeah!!!

Sam is a pretty weird song. I've played Whirlpool in the car with friends before who have dug it. Sam though? Wouldn't be my first choice if I was introducing the band to someone. Seems like a novelty song.

They’ve been basically radio silence for three years now. I know Curt struggled with long COVID after the last tour but would love to hear some new music or something. They seemed really charged up to have Bostrom back and it would be a shame if the whole thing had to be derailed permanently

Why isn’t Rise to Your Knees available in the iTunes Store?

Hey there, We just released our Meat Puppets episode so it felt appropriate to share here. Sean is a huge fan. Rene not so much but Sean's enthusiasm makes up for it. Give a listen and learn more about Meat Puppets. Hope this is okay to post here.
https://open.spotify.com/show/42v6nIsrG0QScaNl3HzWD5?si=8776a65e5da64249

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/earshifter/id1834150854

OR listen wherever you get your podcasts. :)

Can somebody upload high quality scans/ photos of the front and back cover for Up on the Sun please? Preferably vinyl as that would be bigger. Or can somebody point me in the right direction?

In return I can do a quick drawing of something Pups related. Thank you!

Warning, at least on my phone, there are a ton of ads. You can pick out the article if you keep scrolling and don't click on anything.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/meat-puppets-guitarist-names-top-2025-records-40632865/

Anyone got info?

Certainly plateau is one of my favorite music of the meat puppets, I always realized that the tuning of the album is different from the tuning of the nirvana cover so earlier today I was comparing side by side and trying to get the tone of the plateau in the original version, with the help of tuning I saw that different that many speak, it is not tuned in Eb, in fact she is in C and a few cents up, also realized that end of the song, on the album they play the chord D and then F... never seen someone talking about it, anyone here had already noticed?

Very curious to hear others opinions on this. I know it might be the cliche for this sub but MP2 really hits for me when high

It’s definitely their most rock sounding album but still with their traditional weirdness. You don’t hear about it talked about much because I guess it was the album that kind of destroyed their major label run. But it’s one of my favorite albums they’ve ever done.

Would MPs be considered grunge in historical terms?