| "Lake of Fire" | ||||
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| Single by Meat Puppets | ||||
| from the album Meat Puppets II and Too High to Die | ||||
| Released | March 12, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Cowpunk (1984 version)[1] Hard rock (1994 version)[2] | |||
| Length | 1:54 (1984 version) | |||
| Label | London Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Curt Kirkwood | |||
| Meat Puppets singles chronology | ||||
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"Lake of Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, written by vocalist and guitarist, Curt Kirkwood.[3] It appears on their second album, Meat Puppets II, released in April 1984. An alternate version appeared as a hidden track on their 1994 album, Too High to Die.
The song gained widespread exposure when it was covered, along with two other songs from Meat Puppets II, by American rock band Nirvana during their MTV Unplugged appearance in November 1993. All three songs during the performance featured Curt on guitar and his brother and Meat Puppets bassist Cris Kirkwood on bass and backing vocals.
"Lake of Fire" has been performed at the majority of Meat Puppets concerts, as well as at most of Curt Kirkwood's solo shows.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Slant Magazine. March 5, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Too High to Die - Meat Puppets | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Song Facts - Lake of Fire".