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Feb 14

MEAT PUPPETS - “Lake of Fire” live in Austin (1/17/99)

Now relocated to Austin, TX - the Meat Puppets performs “Lake of Fire” at Emo’s on Jan. 17, 1999. Being a Sims Foundation charity show, the Meat Puppets headlined the bill with openers Godzilla Motor Co. and Skrew. This version of “Lake of Fire” is short and highly explosive, showing an exciting, fresh renewal for the Meat Puppets. Although Curt Kirtwood is the only committed orignal Meat Puppet (although rythym guitarist, Dle Ellison, and bassist Andrew Duplantis were in the band during the “Golden Lies” era. Anyway, back to the PJs, the band (exept Sahm) wore cute matching pink PJs during the performance! This was an extraodinary night at Emo’s - hope you can enjoy this vigorously powerful onslaught. Because of its effective catchiness, no wonder Kurk Cobain covered this 1early 1982 song while in Nirvana!
-Sincerely, TryLSDnow (~);}
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“Lake of Fire” lyric by Curt Kurkwood

(Chorus)
“Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don’t go to heaven where the angels fly.
They go to a lake of fire and fry,
Won’t see ‘em again ’til the 4th of July”

“I knew a lady who came from Duluth,
Got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth.
She went to her grave just a little too soon,
flew and laid down on the yellow moon.”

(Repeat Chorus)

“People cry and people moan,
Look for a dry place to call their home.
Try to find some place to rest their bones,
While the angels and the devils
Try to make ‘em their own”

(Repeat Chorus)
(guitar lead)
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http://meatpuppets.com/

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Feb 14

VERUCA SALT on CAPITAL CHAOS TV 2006

VERUCA SALT performing “Centipede” @ The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA 2006 1993 - 1998: Formation and Success Named after a character from the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend and actress Lili Taylor, and began playing music together. They wrote songs for a year and a half before being joined by drummer Jim Shapiro, who is Gordon’s brother, and bassist Steve Lack. It’ interesting to see that the guitarists are using vintage Gibson guitars… an SG and a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Vintage instruments are popular with many new bands because of their linkage to the past. The band had done a handful of shows when Jim Powers of Minty Fresh Records asked to sign them to the independent label. http://verucasalt.com The band’s first release was the single “Seether”/”All Hail Me” on Minty Fresh Records, in 1994. The single was a success and Veruca Salt accompanied Hole on a tour, before releasing their debut full-length LP, American Thighs, which eventually reached gold status. After signing to Geffen Records, the band quickly gained in popularity as “Seether” became an MTV hit. A stopgap EP produced by Steve Albini, Blow It Out Your It’s Veruca Salt, was released in 1996. Veruca Salt’s popularity skyrocketed after their second full album, Eight Arms to Hold You, was released in 1997. Produced by Bob Rock, the album generated the hit lead single “Volcano Girls”, which gained exposure as the opening theme to teen comedy Jawbreaker. Shapiro left the band soon after the release of Eight Arms and was replaced by Stacy Jones (of Letters to Cleo and now American Hi-Fi). Songwriting duties were shared between Gordon and Post, though the two seldom collaborated. Rather, each would typically submit a complete song to the group and sing the lead vocal on that song, while the other would submit backing vocals. Critics often cited the harmonies between Gordon and Post as one of the band’s major strengths. [edit] 1998 - 2005: Gordon’s Departure, Reformation and Resolver In 1998, Gordon left the band acrimoniously to pursue a solo career (her debut album Tonight and the Rest of My Life was released in 2000). The undisclosed dispute between Gordon and Post has been described as “one of the greatest rock soap operas since Fleetwood Mac or Hüsker Dü.”[2] Post recruited a new band, consisting of Stephen Fitzpatrick (guitar), Suzanne Sokol (bass) and Jimmy Madla (drums), and continued to record and perform under the Veruca Salt moniker. The new band signed with Beyond Records. The debut album with the new lineup was 2000’s Resolver. December 2002 saw the release of both Resolver and lead single “Born Entertainer”, in Australia through Embryo Records / MGM. Following the release of “Born Entertainer” Embryo Records / MGM released the single “Officially Dead” which contained newly recorded tracks as well as a remix of ‘the Same Person. The band toured Australia, including the “Splendour in the Grass” festival alongside bands such as Placebo and Coldplay. ‘Yeah Man’ was released as a radio only single and like “Officially Dead”. After planning to take some time to step away from the music industry the band once again toured and performed at some festival shows in Australia. The tour took in the capital cities as well as performances at both the “Falls Festival” and the newly created Southbound festival in Perth.The band completed the 2 week tour and upon arrival back in the United States performed a show at the iconic “Viper Room”. The band debuted the tracks ‘Blissful Queen’ and ‘Circular Trend’ live, both would end up on the album “IV” [edit] 2005 - Present: VSIV 2005 saw the release of a new EP and new lineup; the band now consists of Post, Fitzpatrick, with drummer Kellii Scott and bassist Nicole Fiorentino, and the band completed a tour of America during the fall. The EP, released independently at the band’s live shows and via their website, was entitled Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things, and included six new songs. The title of the EP is an extract from Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. This preluded the full length album, “IV”, released September 2006. Lead single “So Weird” was released to radio at the end of October 2006. The band are now on a short spring tour including their first ever Canadian date. They recently recorded a cover of Neil Young’s song “Burned” for a 2007 Breast Cancer Benefit album due for release in October 2007 http://capitalchaos.net