Great American Bands of the Eighties # 10 - The Meat Puppets

 

In 1985 R.E.M. made the cover of The NME for the first time for the release of their third album Fables of the Reconstruction. In the article writer Andy Gill classed them as one of the four most important American bands of the time at a point when there were a lot of great American bands. The others were Husker Du, The Replacements and The Meat Puppets. If memory serves me Sonic Youth didn't make the list. High praise for The Meat Puppets. They were the most eclectic of the bunch. I have a vinyl copy of their third Up on the Sun winging its way to me as we speak. This comes from their second II which some would say is their classic. Nirvana later covered two songs of this record. I don't like it all but love this!