Nick Lowe

Freed from commercial constraints, Lowe has recorded more solo albums to critical acclaim. In August 2004 he was sentenced to 21 months in prison. Because Lowe received royalties from these sales, he suddenly found himself a millionaire. Kirkwood was subsequently denied bail, the judge citing Kirkwood's previous drug arrests and parole violations. In 1992, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was covered by Curtis Stigers on the soundtrack album to The Bodyguard, an album that sold over 15 million copies. The guard shot Kirkwood during the melee. Lowe was also a member of Little Village with John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, and Jim Keltner. In December of 2003, Cris Kirkwood was arrested for attacking a security guard at a post office with the guard's baton.

The marriage with Lowe lasted until the mid 80's, but they remained friends, and Lowe remained close to the Carter/Cash family; he and Johnny Cash played and recorded together, and Cash recorded several of his songs. 1995's No Joke! was the final album recorded by the original Meat Puppets lineup. Derrick recorded a solo EP under the monicker 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. Curt formed a new band in Austin, TX called the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, but they changed their name to Meat Puppets to release Golden Lies in 2000 and Live in 2002. Carlene's father is country singer Carl Smith. In 1994, the band found themselves suddenly popular when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain played "Plateau" and "Lake of Fire" (both originally from Meat Puppets II) among other songs with Curt and Cris on MTV. In 1979, Lowe married country singer Carlene Carter, step-daughter of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Over the next decade, the Meat Puppets released a series of albums, both on SST Records and finally on major labels, which hearkened back to ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin. Because they had record contracts with different labels, there is only one official Rockpile album, from the very end of the collaboration--1980's Seconds of Pleasure, featuring the Lowe songs "When I Write The Book" and "Teacher Teacher"--but all of Lowe's and Edmunds' solo albums from the period were effectively Rockpile albums. These sounds gave way to psychedelia, acid rock, and quieter tunes alongside the western-style thrash on Meat Puppets II, and to more intricate and melodic songs on 1985's Up On the Sun.

After leaving Brinsley Schwarz in the mid-1970s, Lowe began playing in Rockpile with Dave Edmunds. Their early works (the In a Car ep and Meat Puppets I lp) were wholeheartedly punk, with unintelligible vocals and often sloppy musicianship. Other well-known Lowe songs include "Cruel to Be Kind," "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass," and "All Men Are Liars.". They started calling themselves the Meat Puppets in June, 1980, after a song by Curt of the same name. On the 1977 Live Stiffs compilation with a pickup band called Last Chicken in the Shop, he virtually sneers out his contempt for all concerned; in 1985, fronting Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit on the album The Rose of England, he hasn't changed the words, but the tone is entirely different, even affectionate. The Kirkwood brothers, Curt and Cris, played guitar and bass, respectively, and Derrick Bostrom played drums. "Teenage Wedding"). The Meat Puppets formed as a three-piece band in Scottsdale, Arizona in January 1980, originally calling themselves the Bastions Of Immaturity.

Lowe's best-known song from this era is probably "I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll" (a reworking of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell," a.k.a. On this and other labels, Lowe would go on to produce The Damned's Damned Damned Damned and many albums by Elvis Costello, including My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, and Armed Forces. In 1976, Lowe released "So It Goes" b/w "Heart of the City", the first single on the Stiff Records label where he was in-house producer (the label's first EP was Lowe's 1977 four-track release Bowi, apparently recorded in response to David Bowie's contemporary LP Low!) . Lowe's best-known song from the Brinsley Schwarz era is probably "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding," which was a major hit for Elvis Costello in 1979.

Three years later Kippington Lodge had changed its name to Brinsley Schwarz and its musical focus to country- and blues-rock. Born in Walton-on-Thames, England, he began his recording career in 1966 as a member of Kippington Lodge, founded with his friend Brinsley Schwarz, which released a few singles on Parlophone. Nick Lowe (born March 24, 1949) is a rock and roll singer-songwriter and producer. Untouched Takeaway (live) (2004).

The Convincer (2001). The Doings (box set) (1999). Dig My Mood (1998). The Impossible Bird (1994).

The Wilderness Years (compilation) (1991). Party of One (1990). Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe (compilation) (1989). Pinker and Prouder than Previous (1988).

Nick's Knack (compilation) (1986). The Rose of England (1985). 16 All Time Lowes (compilation) (1984). Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit (1984).

The Abominable Showman (1983). Nick the Knife (1982). Labour of Lust (1979). as Pure Pop for Now People).

Jesus of Cool (1978) (released in the U.S.