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	Curt Kirkwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Curt Kirkwood (born January 10, 1959) is an American musician, who sings and plays guitar.
		After Meat Puppets, Curt toured solo a bit before banding together with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh to form Eyes Adrift.
		Curt then formed another band, Volcano, released one album, and then broke out to go solo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curt_Kirkwood (222 words)

	Paradise: Land of the Meat Puppets
		The childhood of the Kirkwood brothers was as warped as their surreal lyrics; Curt calls his childhood a "twisted mess." The Kirkwoods moved from locale to locale, including Texas, Mexico, and Arizona, and witnessed their mother go through a string of abusive husbands after their original father, an Air Force pilot, divorced her.
		Curt continued to work with the new band he formed in 1998, the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, eventually re-dubbing it confusingly as the Meat Puppets.
		Curt continues to write great songs, and the new songs premiered on his solo tour are alive with passion, creativity, and intensity.
	www.geocities.com /meatpups/Bio/bio.html (2022 words)

	Curt Kirkwood, Snow
		Curt Kirkwood's long-awaited solo debut is an album of subtle and off-kilter beauty.
		Curt moved to Austin, played in a couple of other short-lived bands, and did a little solo touring with the likes of Jerry Joseph.
		Kirkwood and Anderson play most of the instruments, with a handful of guests on things like keyboards, bass and drums.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_kirkwood_snow.html (725 words)

	Curt Kirkwood: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In addition to his music, Curt's 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 friend's Dez Cadena [+] and George Hurley [+]'s band, Vida.
		The Meat Puppets'; music and Curt Kirkwood [+]'s exceptional guitar skills were confined to the underground for most of the 80's and the first half of the 90's, until a whole new generation of fans were turned on to the trio through their association with Nirvana [+]'s 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 Nirvana [+]'s MTV unplugged session, aired in 1994.
	www.music.com /person/curt_kirkwood/1 (343 words)

	Music: Curt Kirkwood, His Brother Cris, and Heroin
		Curt was going to be an animator before he became a rock star, and his artwork has graced the covers of most Meat Puppets albums.
		Curt took one look at her, dialed 911, then went into his room, closed the door, plugged in his guitar, turned the amp way up, and started to wail.
		Curt is waiting for the sunset on the huge wooden deck of his new, beautiful home in the hills that skirt Austin.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue18/music.kirkwood.html (7477 words)

	phoenixnewtimes.com \| News \| Shooting Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Curt says the last time he saw Cris, his brother was probing inside an abscess on his stomach with a needle, searching for a vein.
		Curt, at 39 the elder of the two brothers by a year, says he misspent a few nights of his youth staying up all night, snorting coke.
		Curt tells of many nights when a weasel would slit open a corner of an ounce bag of cocaine--$900 worth--then squeeze the contents out like frosting into one big line, and set down a box of straws.
	www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1998-11-12/feature2.html (905 words)

	Curt Kirkwood - Snow Review - sputnikmusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 2002, Curt Kirkwood, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, and former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh, released Eyes Adrift.
		Consisting of Curt Kirkwood at the helm with vocals and acoustic guitar, Snow is a stripped down effort featuring 10 songs of impressive guitar dynamics and imagery painted thick with Curt’s staple writing style.
		Since Curt had always been the one who wrote the bulk of Meat Puppets, Eyes Adrift, and Volcano material, it is no surprise that his solo album holds close resemblance to those bands.
	www.musicianforums.com /sputnik/album.php?reviewid=4114&genreid=26 (617 words)

	Curt Kirkwood - Snow - Stylus Magazine
		Curt's first post-Meat Puppets band, a quartet formed in Austin as the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, eventually succumbed to the need for name recognition to secure a label deal, and released the 2000 album Golden Lies as the Meat Puppets.
		And the acoustic treatment suits Kirkwood well, considering that the biggest audience he's ever had was when he and his brother appeared on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged to play three Meat Puppets tunes.
		Kirkwood's first band's joyfully nihilistic sense of the absurd is largely absent on Snow, but the subdued sensibility that takes its place suits him.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=3566 (698 words)

	Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
		Curt Kirkwood's guitar heroics take centre stage, and unlike the sloppy, hard-edged sound of Meat Puppets II, it is rich in clear guitar tones and precise musicianship.
		With Curt Kirkwood's classic rock-inspired guitar riffs all over it and the rough strewn vocal harmonising of the Kirkwood brothers, Huevos is more workman-like than anything the band has ever done.
		Curt sees the couple together for the last time in late 1996, at their mother's funeral.
	www.exclaim.ca /index.asp?layid=22&csid1=410 (2042 words)

	Curt Kirkwood - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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 Flag's SST label.
		The Meat Puppets' music and Curt Kirkwood's exceptional guitar skills were confined to the underground for most of the 80's and the first half of the 90's, until a whole new generation of fans were turned on to the trio through their association with Nirvana's 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 Nirvana's MTV unplugged session, aired in 1994.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,525808,00.html (452 words)

	swizzle-stick: Interview: Curt Kirkwood
		But it’s not as if Kirkwood went into retirement and was living off the royalties from Rykodisc who re-issued the band’s seven seminal SST albums in 1999.
		Kirkwood has remained an active performer, playing the occasional solo or full band gig (once again, using the name Meat Puppets but remaining the only original member).
		Kirkwood took some time out of his day earlier this week to answer the dozen or so questions I sent to him via email and the answers are rather amusing.
	www.swizzle-stick.com /2005/11/interview-curt-kirkwood.html (1382 words)

	The long, sad tale of the Meat Puppets’ Cris Kirkwood (printable version)
		From left, the Meat Puppets were Derrick Bostrom, Curt Kirkwood and Cris Kirkwood; Cris is in the furry outfit.
		No one knew that the heavyset man injured on the pavement had been a rock star: Kirkwood, 43, was the bassist for the Meat Puppets, an alternative band that transcended the Tempe, Ariz., scene to become a national act and a precursor to the grunge revolution.
		Kirkwood told a different story: Goodrum struck him from behind with the baton, so he took it and threw it to the ground, then punched the guard in the face.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=62202 (926 words)

	Kirkwood keeps substance at forefront - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Curt Kirkwood, former frontman of the Meat Puppets, one of Kurt Cobain's favorite bands, is currently touring the country with not much more than his guitars and a few changes of clothing.
		Kirkwood's fame might have peaked with "Unplugged in New York," the live Nirvana release that showcased three Meat Puppets' songs.
		Kirkwood, when prodded, agrees that live concerts were special and beyond the norm of the average rock concert.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/music/s_426577.html (668 words)

	SPIN.com: Curt Kirkwood Snow (Little Dog)
		Curt Kirkwood is probably best known as guitarist and founding member of the Meat Puppets.
		The Meat Puppets are, realistically, best known for their 1994 radio hit "Backwater." And after that, they're probably best known as the longhaired guys who performed a few songs with Kurt Cobain on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance.
		The straightforward approach Kirkwood uses on Snow, his first solo effort, is therefore somewhat underwhelming.
	www.spin.com /reviews/online/2005/10/051028_curt_kirkwood (280 words)

	Little Dog Artists - Curt Kirkwood
		A solo record is the next natural step in Kirkwood’s long musical career, which started 25 years ago in Phoenix, Arizona, with the formation of the Meat Puppets featuring his brother Cris on bass and Derrick Bostrom on drums.
		After nearly 20 years of constant touring and a dozen albums, the Meat Puppets decided to take, as Kirkwood describes it, a "sabbatical." As the frontman and main songwriter for the band, Kirkwood found that he couldn’t sit still for long, craving an artistic outlet.
		Kirkwood and Anderson spent the next few weeks working furiously on the basic tracks for SNOW, playing the majority of instruments themselves.
	www.littledogrecords.com /artists_kirkwood.php (919 words)

	Meat Puppets: Golden Lies: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the meantime, Curt Kirkwood has relocated to Austin and enlisted a new backing band, including second guitarist Kyle Ellison, who served as an addition to the original trio's last few tours together.
		Kirkwood barely even got Golden Lies issued under the Puppets' name, having been screwed on their contract to London/Polygram thanks to the Unigram merger that rendered so many of the labels' bands and workers unemployed.
		Curt Kirkwood and the Meat Puppets have built a long career out of both disappointing and surprising, and have still managed to turn out a fair share of enduring works.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/meat-puppets/golden-lies.shtml (981 words)

	Music \| CURT KIRKWOOD
		As frontman of the Meat Puppets back in the mid 1980s, Curt Kirkwood blew minds marrying hardcore punk rock to sunbaked country music.
		Arizona natives recording for SST, singer/guitarist Kirkwood, his bassist brother Cris, and drummer Derrick Bostrom just figured the combination made sense.
		Curt has toured a bit under his own name since releasing a so-so album with a reconfigured version of the Puppets in 2000.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/05198085.asp (165 words)

	newtimesbpb.com \| Pieces of Meat \| 2001-01-18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yes, the Phoenix trio is meandering through "Up on the Sun." Curt Kirkwood plucks the descending hook line with aching clarity on his unfuzzed Les Paul, his brother Cris offers his baritone countermelody on the bass, and drummer Derrick Bostrom builds a loping rhythmic framework as flimsy and perfect as the ribs of a kite.
		From his home in Austin, Texas, the 42-year-old Kirkwood ponders the question of whether what he calls "the whole Nirvana thing" was a blessing or a curse.
		And make no mistake, this group is not the Curt Kirkwood Experience: Ellison and Kirkwood collaborated on four of the fourteen tracks on Golden Lies, and Sahm and Duplantis chipped in on a tune apiece.
	www.newtimesbpb.com /issues/2001-01-18/music/music.html (1502 words)

	POPsmear 20.0 \| Chris Kirkwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Curt describes the partying on that tour as "Hollywood Babylon at its finest worst." He tells of many nights when a weasel would slit open an ounce of cocaine, then squeeze the contents out like frosting into one big line, and set down a box of straws.
		Curt, the interventionist and a group of the Kirkwoods' old friends spent four days with Cris in a luxury Phoenix hotel, trying to talk him into getting on a plane.
		Curt looked to be having a fine time back on stage, improvising his way through a version of "Waltzing Matilda" to kill time after a bass amp blew out.
	www.popsmear.com /popculture/features/20/meat.html (5453 words)

	Who's Driving the Bus?: Curt Kirkwood @ the Living Room
		Late last year I heard that Curt Kirkwood(the chief Meat Puppet) was releasing a solo album entitled "Snow".
		At around 11:30 Curt took the stage no longer looking like the character "Thing" from the Addams Family.
		Once the show began I was presented with a brand new Curt Kirkwood.
	whosdrivingthebus.blogspot.com /2006/01/curt-kirkwood-living-room.html (437 words)

	Music: What Is This? (Austin Chronicle . 04-12-99)
		In contrast to the first album, for which Bostrom had written the majority of the lyrics, Meat Puppets II was notable in the outing of Curt Kirkwood as the group's principal songwriter, a supremely talented guitarist who is credited with all the music and lyrics on the second album.
		Curt Kirkwood's songwriting, a farcical blend of drug-induced paranoia and existential sincerity -- smiling one minute, snarling the next, always fun -- kept the machine running.
		Moving to Austin in '97, Curt Kirkwood and his new, local version of the Meat Puppets (which at this time does not include Bostrom) are currently waiting on their recently restructured Unigram subsidiary to give them the go-ahead on converting new demos into their fourth London album.
	weeklywire.com /ww/04-12-99/austin_music_feature1.html (4205 words)

	The Exponent Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nirvana was the driving force behind music in the '90s, but Kurt Cobain was only in junior high when Curt Kirkwood started playing music.
		Curt Kirkwood founded his band, the Meat Puppets, in 1980, but it wasn't until 1993 when Nirvana played three Meat Puppets songs with Curt Kirkwood on "MTV Unplugged" that the band made its first commercial breakthrough.
		Although Kirkwood and Bostrom were not a part of the new album, they were never officially removed from the band.
	www.purdueexponent.org /2001/02/15/features/puppet.html (514 words)

	Music Preview: Curt Kirkwood puts the meat puppets behind for a solo trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In his glorious post-punk heyday, Curt Kirkwood was a frenetic blur of swinging hair, sun-warped melody and spidery psychedelic riffs spun from the Arizona desert.
		On his latest road trip, Kirkwood's hair is clipped and the electric guitar is back at home.
		That's when Kirkwood and former Meat Puppets producer Pete Anderson began working on his solo outing with new songs and some that never made it onto Meat Puppets records.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06054/659575.stm (1192 words)

	Rolling Stone : Curt Kirkwood's New Meat
		Former Meat Puppets frontman Curt Kirkwood plans to release his first solo album early next year.
		Kirkwood has also re-teamed with ex-Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh (the two were bandmates in the short-lived Eyes Adrift) to form a new band called Volcano.
		Missing from Kirkwood's projects is his brother Cris, who co-founded the Meat Puppets with him in 1980 before falling out of the band amid drug problems in the late Nineties.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/6214296/curt_kirkwoods_new_meat (421 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Curt Kirkwood's Mojave-hot guitar licks and country-tinged punk with the Meat Puppets typified that band's Southwestern roots.
		Kirkwood and Gaugh hadn't met previously, though they shared just a couple of degrees of separation.
		With Kirkwood and his brother Cris in tow, Nirvana covered a few Meat Puppets tunes on the band's "Unplugged" album.
	www.novoselic.com /adrift/articles/sacramento-com.html (799 words)

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