Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets
"It's  a very strange, wonderful experience to read...I love the way it  flows...a linear time capsule compendium of the band's past...so many  perspectives tied together so well. I feel like I've been hanging out in  these scenes just yesterday." -Curt Kirkwood, Meat Puppets  singer/guitarist"Greg's retrospective just helps bring everything just that much  more full circle. Well done, sir." -Derrick Bostrom, original Meat  Puppets drummer"Greg  Prato takes an in depth look into the deeply fried psychedelic  scriptures of these most essential southwestern country-punk cowboys,  leaving no desert stone unturned in telling the saga of the Kirkwood  Bros luminescent journey, from the early days at SST to Nirvana and  beyond. Weird scenes inside the goldmine, indeed..." -Lee Ranaldo, Sonic  Youth guitarist"The title of this book is a little deceptive, as it’s about far more  than just the extraordinarily underrated underground rock band the Meat  Puppets. It, like 'American Hardcore' and 'Our Band Could Be Your Life,'  helps add to the mythos surrounding the formation of the American rock  underground in the late 1970s, through the early 1990s." -Jeremiah  Griffey, geekexchange.com"Prato has not only nailed down the story of the Puppets  perfectly, but that whole SST Records crew who saw Punk as a wide open  world of gelatinous freedom and not just a haircut."-Tony Rettman, Vice Magazine"The very first official, definitive bio on The Meat Puppets ever written. Engaging, honest and intimate...and often just plain hilarious...it's a must read."-Shirley Pena, The Los Angeles Beat"Interviewing dozens of key players, including the band members  themselves as well as producers, other musicians, friends and record  company people, the author stitches together an illuminating look at the  mighty Meats." -Steven Rosen, CurledUp.com"Employing what seems like some massive interviews, Prato looks at the   Meat Puppets by framing the book in a chronological starting from when   the Kirkwood brothers were children and running through to the present,   documenting the trials and tribulations of the band and their personal   lives." -Bob Morgan, Scenepointblank.com"The new book, Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets, is a comprehensive oral history of the band's career, assembled by Rolling Stone writer Greg Prato." -Rolling Stone"'Too  High To Die: Meet The Meat Puppets' is one of the most adventurous and  ultimately satisfying literary journeys about rock ‘n’ roll that I’ve  ever experienced. I’m really hoping that a film adaptation is in the  works…." -The Impaler Speaks (theimpalerspeaks.com)