Huevos And More

 

In the early eighties, Greg Ginn founded his label SST and signed the most influential bands of the post-punk and pre-Nirvana era. Alongside Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, his own band Black Flag, but also the Meat Puppets.

In the beginning, the Meat Puppets were still strongly oriented towards the hardcore punk of the 80's, but became more and more experimental and allowed other influences such as folk or blues rock. I became aware of them when they released their fourth album Huevos in 1987, which was a fast-paced country-influenced song with great hooks and harmonies. 

That made me look into their beginnings and also buy their second album. On this record they got sick of the hardcore punk and they experimented with acid-rock and country and western sound. This record also featured their biggest hits, which made them unforgettable at the acoustic concert with Nirvana. Time to play this band again.

Meat Puppets - Lost

Meat Puppets - Magic Toy Missing

Meat Puppets - Paradise

Meat Puppets - Look At The Rain

In Memory Of Elisabeth Cotton

I remembered the great Minutemen these days and listen to a lot of their songs. Still appreciate their powerful playing and combining a lot of different styles in their very own way. The Minutemen were on way to a little success when their guitar player D. Boone died at a car accident. The band immediately resolved to found fIREHOSE. The hired as their guitar player Ed fromOHIO (Crawford) a fanatic fan of The Minutemen. Maybe this song is not quite typical for fIREHOSE but I love it all over the years. As I know it is a homage to Elisabeth Cotton, an American blues and folk musician who created a very own style of playing guitar (playing the bass line with her fingers and the melody with her thumb). That's why her way of playing bass is called 'Cotton picking'.

fIREHOSE - In memory of Elisabeth Cotton