In The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat
Puppets II to No Joke!, Matthew Smith-Lahrman interprets the words
of Curt Kirkwood, founding member and songwriter of the Meat
Puppets, a pioneering rock 'n' roll band of the last thirty years.
Smith-Lahrman's analysis covers Kirkwood's lyrics on nine albums,
from 1983 to 1995, when he wrote virtually every lyric for the
band. A lyricist whom Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder once rated
alongside Bob Dylan, Kirkwood remains an important, yet overlooked
songwriter. His often oblique "cut-up" style not only recalls Dylan
but also other great lyricists, such as Brian Eno, Jimi Hendrix,
and Robert Hunter, as well as poets and authors like John Milton,
Arthur Rimbaud, Lewis Carroll, and William Burroughs. The original
Meat Puppets spent their early career releasing albums on the
seminal indie rock label SST Records, moving on to the major label
London Records in the early 1990s. Along the way they forged a
unique blend of punk, country, psychedelic, and hard rock that
paved the way for the grunge and alternative movements. As a
lyricist, Kirkwood commonly addresses the dichotomy between
individual psyche and behavioral expectations, and the problems
this creates for personal agency; drug use, mental illness, and
Christianity have important parts to play in Kirkwood's early
lyrical visions. As the original Meat Puppets began to dissolve,
Kirkwood turned to writing about personal issues: his frustrations
with the major label industry, the death of his mother, the
addictions of his brother, and the demise of the band itself. The
Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II
to No Joke! is the perfect work for Meat Puppets fans worldwide.
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