Background
He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas.
He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Curt has been the lead singer and founding member for the alternative rock group Meat Puppets since 1980. He re-formed the Meat Puppets with Kyle Ellison (guitar), Andrew Duplantis (bass) and Shandon Sahm (drums) to complete one studio album, Golden Lies in 2000 before disbanding. After the Meat Puppets, Curt toured as a solo act before banding together with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh to form Eyes Adrift.
They released a self-titled album in 2002 and toured the United States before going separate ways.
Curt then formed another band, Volcano, which only released one album, before he decided to focus on his solo career. His first solo album Snow was released in October 2005.
He is also an artist and created the cover art for several Meat Puppets albums, as well as for Stephen Beachy"s novel The Whistling Song. In 2006, the Meat Puppets re-formed with Cris back on bass and drummers Ted Marcus and Shandon Sahm serving as replacements for Derrick Bostrom.
The band has since released four new albums, Rise to Your Knees (2007), Sewn Together (2009), Lollipop (2011) and Rat Farm (2013).
Kirkwood is the grandson of Carl West. Renstrom, who was owner of Tip-Top Products and a multi-millionaire from Omaha, Nebraska.