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Meat Puppet Cris Kirkwood talks pre-Germs Phoenix cult band Exterminators' 1st-ever LP (interview + song premiere)

Cris talks about Phoenix punk OGs Exterminators’ first-ever LP (that he produced and plays bass on) and upcoming first live show since the ’70s, plus Meat Puppets stuff, Nirvana, Grateful Dead, The Feederz, Destruction Unit (who are named after an Exterminators song), and MUCH more.

Mike Watt releasing 1995 live LP album. Dave Grohl, Pat Smear & Eddie Vedder; Exterminators reunited

Mike Watt’s releasing a live album of his 1995 tour with Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Eddie Vedder, and William Goldsmith. In semi-related news, Exterminators, whose members went on to play in The Germs, The Gun Club, and more, reunited and Meat Puppets’ Cris Kirkwood is in the new lineup.

A389 releases free sampler featuring rare & unreleased tracks

Pulling Teeth’s final show at A389 anniversary (more by BBG) A389 Records have dropped their annual mixtape sampler, a ridiculous and borderline obnoxious 52-track extravaganza featuring multiple new or unreleased songs from the likes of Masakari, Mighty Sphincter, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Ilsa, Homewrecker, and many many more in addition to contributions from names like Integrity, Ringworm, Pulling Teeth, Gehenna, Full of Hell, and many many more…