His lists were generally eclectic and included artists of many genres, from indie and alternative rock ( the Vaselines, Pixies, the Breeders, Sonic Youth, R. E. M., PJ Harvey, Meat Puppets ) to protopunk, punk rock and hardcore ( The Stooges, the Velvet Underground, Butthole Surfers, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Slits, The Saints, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Faith, Rites of Spring, Flipper ) to hip-hop ( Public Enemy, N. W. A ) to blues ( Leadbelly ) and hard rock and metal ( Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, Led Zeppelin, AC / DC ).

Derrick recorded a solo EP under the moniker Today's Sounds in 1996, and later on in 1999 took charge of re-issuing the Puppets ' original seven records on Rykodisc as well as putting out their first live album, Live in Montana.

In " Attack of the Living Brain Puppets ," Static is immune to Madelyn Spaulding's ability to hear the thoughts of others and exert control over their actions, ( as speculated by Richie ,) Static's greater bioelectric field shields him and his brainwaves from any attempts at reading his mind and asserting control over him, as also seen in the second part of " A League of Their Own ," when one of Brainiac's mind-controlling devices shorts out shortly after being placed on Static.

Other shows, such as The Kids in the Hall, 4 on the Floor, Bizarre and Puppets Who Kill, revelled in absurdist humour, making household names out of characters such as Chicken Lady, Mr. Canoehead and Super Dave Osborne.

Would the original line up of the Meat Puppets interest anyone?

After Cheri's parents and neighbors all get turned into Living Puppets, she and Unico team up to stop Kuruku.

On January 20, 2007, The Meat Puppets brothers performed two songs during an Army of Anyone concert, at La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas.

The Meat Puppets performed at the 2009 Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans over the Halloween weekend.

* Meat Puppets collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

" Examples included two UK groups — the country-tinged pop band Boothill Foot Tappers and the tongue-in-cheek New Wave outfit Yip Yip Coyote — and several U. S. bands: X, The Blasters, Meat Puppets, Rubber Rodeo ( which ironically " juxtaposed countrypolitan elements and more conventional rock postures " in homage to " a pop-culture west rather than a geographic or historic one "), Rank and File ( playing " an updated version of 1960s country-rock "), Jason and the Scorchers ( with " authentically deep country roots "), and Violent Femmes ( at that time incorporating " mountain banjo, wheezing saxophones, scraping fiddle, twanging jew's harp, and ragged vocal choruses ").

Out of this grew the Italian comedy called commedia dell ' arte Puppets were used at times in this form of threate.

* Meat Puppets collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

* David Dixon ( Webmaster of Puppets ) describes the band's history ( mp3, recorded April 2005 at the Berkman Center )

The Meat Puppets have played this song at most of their concerts, and even after the Meat Puppets, Curt Kirkwood has performed this song himself at most of his concerts as well as a unique version on a 2005 radio interview with KCXI.

* On 21 September 1986, Metallica performed at the Apollo during their Master of Puppets Tour.

Metallica's signing to Megaforce Records, the release of their first album and the songwriting process and rehearsals for Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets had all taken place while the group resided at Whitaker's El Cerrito home.

While WXIX was running test transmissions before its inaugural broadcast, the station intermittently aired " mini-shows " featuring The Larry Smith Puppets promoting the sale of UHF converters which can be used with pre-1964 television sets which were only equipped to receive VHF signals at the time.

* Andrzej Walicki, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame's May 17, 1987 New York Times review of Teresa Torańska's book, Them: Stalin's Polish Puppets

The film debuted at the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival on 04 / 15 / 2011 and documents their beginnings playing at CBGBs to signing to Alternative Tentacles and performing at Reading Festival's Main Stage and touring with bands like Blind Melon, Meat Puppets and NoMeansNo.

They can also still be purchased from the original designers at Senitt Puppets.

The popular, easily recognized guitar work of Metallica's " Master of Puppets " is almost entirely played using downstroked eighth notes at a tempo of 212 BPM.

Kim then went on to guest star in the comedy show I Love Mummy as Katie, a small supporting role in TV movie The Rats as Jay, a guest star appearance as Denise on Doc and guest starring on Puppets Who Kill as Evelyn, a beautiful worker at a department store who uses her looks to her advantage.

Mann formed his first band at the age of 15 with friend Adam Toussaint called The Glove Puppets, and personally funded a 7 " vinyl single, sold through local record shops in 1987.

Along with Igor ’ s Puppets, the Merlya Marionettes performed on stage at the children ’ s matinees at The Coronet Cinema, Bondi Junction, The Sixways Cinema, at Bondi, and the Randwick Cinema, at Randwick, on Saturday 23 November 1957 ; and at The Bondi Road Cinema, at Bondi, The Sixways Cinema, at Bondi, and The Woollahra Cinema, at Woollahra on Saturday 30 November 1957.

After briefly toying with the name The Bastions of Immaturity, they settled on the name Meat Puppets in June, 1980 after a song by Curt of the same name which appears on their first album.

Carducci suggested they sign with the label, and the Meat Puppets released their first album Meat Puppets in 1982, which among several new originals and a pair of heavily skewed Doc Watson and Bob Nolan covers, featured the songs " The Gold Mine " and " Melons Rising ", two tunes Derrick and Cris originally had written and performed as Atomic Bomb Club previously.

Curt formed a new band in Austin, TX called the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, but they changed their name to Meat Puppets for legal reasons and released a promotional EP entitled You Love Me in 1999, Golden Lies in 2000 and Live in 2002.

One example from this field is the song " Sam " by the Meat Puppets, which begins with the lyric: Maybe they had a / ridiculous statement / to make about something / they hadn't experienced.

That year and the next The Godz went on the road with Metallica as they supported Master of Puppets on their ' Damage Inc. Tour ' with Ozzy Osbourne.

The band recorded and released their 1996 debut album We are Puppets less than a year after they first formed.

These creatures are created by the Black and White Puppets and are protected by Douji and Hime until they have fully matured.

In 2008 – 2010, they covered / remixed songs including Led Zeppelin's " Immigrant Song ", Linkin Park's " The Catalyst ", Calvin Harris's " I'm Not Alone ", Coldplay's " Violet Hill ", and Metallica's " Master of Puppets ".

One of the more notable groups on the roster of SST Records ( who released most of their albums ), the Meat Puppets started as a punk rock band, but like most of their SST peers, the Meat Puppets established their own unique style, blending punk with country and psychedelic rock, and featuring Curt's warbling vocals.

The album's sound resembled the folk-rock of The Byrds more than punk, and some of the group's fans accused Meat Puppets of sounding dangerously like hippies and abandoning their punk roots.

Subsequently, the Nirvana exposure and the strength of the single " Backwater " ( their only charting single ) helped lift Meat Puppets to new commercial heights.

The Meat Puppets have played several gigs in their hometown since 2009, such as the Marquee show in June 2011 with Dead Confederate.

In 2009, thrash metal band Metallica played their version of " La Marseillaise " as an intro to " Master Of Puppets ".

Several artists formerly on the label, including Sonic Youth and the Meat Puppets, sued SST to reclaim their master recordings, claiming unpaid royalties.

Black Flag were suddenly enjoined from recording any more records under their own name, although SST were able to continue with its own release schedule, releasing The Minutemen's The Punch Line and the debuts of the Meat Puppets and Saccharine Trust.

Nirvana's set list consisted of some of their lesser known originals, and covers of songs by the Meat Puppets, Lead Belly, David Bowie and The Vaselines.

The title of this game was taken from a song named Damage, Inc., a thrash metal song by Metallica off from their 1986 album Master of Puppets.

In Shadow Puppets, Alai has become a caliph for the Muslim nations: their chief military, political and spiritual leader.

It appears on their 1983 album, Meat Puppets II and consists of three choruses, punctuated by two verses, in the key of G #.

The Last Shadow Puppets performed a version of " Memories " on their Autumn 2008 tour.

It is the opening track and was released as the second single from their third album, Master of Puppets.