Up On The Sun

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The high watermark of their early years, Up on the Sun remains Meat Puppets fans all-time favourite Recorded in just three days back in early 1985, the album received universal praise For this edition, the album has been expanded to include five additional tracks, including very different demo versions of Hot Pink, Up on the Sun and Maidens Milk, plus the previously unreleased Embodiment of Evil Also included is the original extended instrumental of Hot Pink Features a 12 page booklet with lyrics, pictures and liner notes by drummer Derrick Bostrom and journalists Scott Schinder, Steve Appleford (Daily Sundial) and Richard Grabel (New Musical Express) The Meat Puppets started as a punk rock band but established their own unique style, blending punk with country and psychedelic rock, and featuring frontman Curt Kirkwoods warbling vocals. They have influenced various rock bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and Pavement.