(Megaforce) The legendary Meat Puppets have signed to Megaforce Records and will release their new album Sewn Together on May 12, 2009. Meat Puppets will do a special album release show at The Mint in Los Angeles on May 12.The band recently debuted new songs from the album at SXSW at Stubbs on March 19, 2009. Recorded at The Saltmine in Phoenix, Arizona in winter 2009, the album features the Kirkwood brothers, Cris and Curt, with drummer Ted Marcus.
The highly influential Meat Puppets started as a punk rock band, but established their own unique style, blending punk with country and psychedelic rock. The Meat Puppets later gained significant exposure when the Kirkwood brothers served as guest musicians on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance in 1993. The band's subsequent album Too High to Die went gold, selling over 500,000 albums, and became their most successful release. The band reunited in 2006.
May 12 - The Mint, Los Angeles CA (RECORD RELEASE PARTY)
May 27 - WFPK Waterfront Park Festival, Louisville KY
May 28 - Blueberry Inn, St Louis MO
May 29 - Annex, Madison WI
May 30 - Schuba's, Chicago IL
May 31 - Schuba's, Chicago IL
June 02 - Mad Hatters, Cincinnatti OH
June 03 - The Summit, Columbus OH
June 04 - Magic Stick, Detroit MI
June 05 - Mr Smalls, Pittsburgh PA
June 06 - Grog Shop, Cleveland OH
June 07 - Mohawk Place, Buffalo NY
June 09 - Higher Ground, Burlington VT
June 10 - Paradise, Boston MA
June 11 - Mercury Lounge, NYC
June 12 - Mercury Lounge, NYC
June 13 - Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington DC
June 14 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro NC
June 16 - Earl, Atlanta GA
June 17 - Exit Inn, Nashville TN
June 19 - Pontiac Garage/HOB, Dallas TX
June 20 - Parish, Austin TX
