Tag Archives: meat puppets
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The 22 concerts we missed most in 2020, starring Billie Eilish, BTS and Taylor Swift
Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…
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REWIND: Iron Maiden and 4 more songs about smoke for the West Coast
Smoke on the water. The western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge photographed on Sept. 9, 2020. Jane Hu/STAFF. There’s a lot going on in the world that could inspire a column, even if I already wrote one of them in advance. But, like most of the rest…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins sharp on final day
Emmylou Harris performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Everything one could ask for from a music festival in Golden Gate Park was on display Sunday, as the 19th annual incarnation of Hardly Strictly…
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SPRING TRAINING REWIND: Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms and other Arizona exports
Alice Cooper enters the batter’s box. Courtesy. As you read this—assuming of course you’re frantically refreshing the site on the day it’s posted—I am in Mesa, Arizona to watch my beloved Oakland Athletics play baseball. Well… sort of, since they’re mostly players destined for the minor leagues and the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Meat Puppets dust off feel-good cowpunk on 15th album
Whether they’re remembered for playing with Nirvana on MTV Unplugged in New York, or getting spat on for playing heartland rock to the SST crowd, Pheonix’s Meat Puppets never really got the break they deserved. Curt Kirkwood (guitar, vocals), his brother Cris (bass, backing vocals) and Derrick Bostrom (drums) godfathered…
