Meat Puppets discography explained

Artist:	Meat Puppets
Studio:	15
Live:	2
Compilation:	3
Ep:	4
Singles:	16

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Tempe, Arizona.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details
Meat Puppets	Released: 1982 Label: SST (SST 009)
Meat Puppets II	Released: 1984 Label: SST (SST 019)
Up on the Sun	Released: 1985 Label: SST (SST 039)
Mirage	Released: 1987 Label: SST (SST 100)
Huevos	Released: 1987 Label: SST (SST 150)
Monsters	Released: 1989 Label: SST (SST 253)
Forbidden Places	Released: July 9, 1991 Label: London (828 254)
Too High to Die	Released: January 25, 1994 Label: London (828 424)
No Joke!	Released: October 5, 1995 Label: London (828 665)
Golden Lies	Released: September 26, 2000 Label: Atlantic (83402-2)
Rise to Your Knees	Released: July 17, 2007 Label: Anodyne
Sewn Together	Released: May 12, 2009 Label: Megaforce
Lollipop	Released: July 17, 2011 Label: Megaforce
Rat Farm	Released: April 16, 2013 Label: Megaforce
Dusty Notes	Released: March 8, 2019 Label: Megaforce

Live albums

!Title!Album details

Live in Montana	Released: 1999 Label: Rykodisc
Meat Puppets Live	Released: 2002 Label: DCN Digital Club Network (DCN CD 1003)
Mountains Made of Sand (Live 1986)	Released: 2020 Label: Shockwaves
Live Manchester 2019	Released: 2022 Label: DC-Jam Records (DCJ21002)
Camp Songs	Released: 2023 Label: Meat Puppets Music (MPM010LP)

Compilation albums

!Title!Album details

No Strings Attached	Released: 1990 Label: SST (SST 265)
Meat Puppets 8	Released: 1999 Label: Rykodisc (RBX 00005)
Classic Puppets	Released: 2004 Label: Rykodisc (RCD 10648)

EPs

Title	EP details
In a Car	Released: 1981 Label: SST (SST 044)
Out My Way	Released: 1986 Label: SST (SST 049)
Raw Meat	Released: 1994 Label: London
You Love Me	Released: 1999 Label: London (PRO 74691-2)
"Multiply" EP	Released: 2020 Label: Megaforce Records (MEGA 3064)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Album
		US	US Main.	US Alt	UK Vinyl
1985	"Swimming Ground"	—	—	—	x	Up on the Sun
1987	"Get on Down"	—	—	—	x	Mirage
	"I Am a Machine"	—	—	—	x
	"I Can't Be Counted On"	—	—	—	x	Huevos
1989	"Light"	—	—	—	x	Monsters
1991	"Sam"	—	—	13	x	Forbidden Places
	"Whirlpool"	—	—	—	x
1994	"Backwater"	47	2	11	x	Too High to Die
	"We Don’t Exist"	—	28	—	x
	"Roof with a Hole"	—	—	—	x
	"Lake of Fire"	—	—	—	x
1995	"Scum"	—	20	23	x	No Joke
1996	"Taste of the Sun"	—	—	—	x
2000	"Armed and Stupid"	—	—	—	x	Golden Lies
2009	"Rotten Shame"^[1]	—	—	—	x	Sewn Together
2014	"(Hey Baby) Que Paso"/"Cathy's Clown"	—	—	—	—	Split single with Cass McCombs
2021	"One of These Days"	—	—	—	34	Split single with Mudhoney
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack and compilation appearances

• 1981 – Light Bulb ("Meat Puppets")
• 1981 – Keats Rides a Harley ("H-Elenore" and "The Losing End")
• 1981 – Amuck ("Unpleasant")
• 1983 – The Blasting Concept ("Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" and "Meat Puppets")
• 1983 – Bethel ("Soup")
• 1984 – Basic Sampler ("Aroura Borealis" and "Problem Child")
• 1983 – Leather Chaps and Lace Petticoats ("Magic Toy Missing")
• 1986 – Lovedolls Superstar ("No Values")
• 1986 – The 7 Inch Wonders of the World (In a Car EP)
• 1986 – The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 ("I Just Want to Make Love to You")
• 1990 – Duck and Cover ("Good Golly Miss Molly")
• 1990 – The Edge of Rock ("Light")
• 1991 – Stereophonic ("That’s How It Goes")
• 1991 – Aural Fixations ("Funnel of Love")
• 1994 – Chasers ("Sam")
• 1994 – Fast Track to Nowhere ("House of Blue Light")
• 1994 – Cream of Cuts ("Backwater")
• 1994 – Love and a .45 ("Animal")
• 1995 – White Man's Burden ("Animal")
• 1995 – Alterno-Daze 90's Natural Selection ("Sam")
• 1995 – X Factor ("This Day")
• 1995 – Songs in the Key of X ("Unexplained")
• 1995 – ("The Price of Paradise")
• 1995 – UMPF ("Backwater")
• 1996 – A Small Circle of Friends ("Not All Right")
• 1996 – Barb Wire ("Scum" (Vapourspace remix))
• 1996 – Big Ones of Alternative Rock vol. 1 ("Backwater")
• 1997 – Alternative Rock Cafe ("Backwater")
• 1999 – Alt.Country Exposed Roots ("Lost")
• 1999 – Southern Edge Vol. 1 ("Sam")
• 2000 – Crime + Punishment in Suburbia ("Two Rivers")
• 2004 – ("Lake of Fire")
• 2011 – Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana ("Smells Like Teen Spirit")

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Album
1984	"New Gods"		Meat Puppets II
1987	"Get On Down"	Robert Tucker	Mirage
1989	"Light"	Bill Taylor	Monsters
1991	"Sam"		Forbidden Places
1994	"Backwater"		Too High to Die
	"We Don't Exist"
1995	"Scum"	David Markey	No Joke!
2009	"Rotten Shame"		Sewn Together
2011	"Orange"	Michael Etoll	Lollipop
	"Damn Thing"
2019	"Warranty"		Dusty Notes
	"Nine Pins"	Steve Moramarco

Video albums

• Alive in the Nineties (2003)
• A History Lesson Part 1 (2010) http://mvdb2b.com/s/HistoryLessonPart1PunkRockInLosAngelesIn1984/H1001

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meat Puppets – "Rotten Shame" (Video / Tour dates), PopMatters . 18 September 2009 .