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About Me

myspace-html-layout.com! The Meat Purveyors started playing together in 1996 and have put out five records on Bloodshot: Sweet in the Pants (1998), More Songs About Buildings and Cows (1999), All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail (2002), Pain By Numbers (2004), and Someday Soon Things Will Be Much Worse! (2006).Along the way we've toured all over the US and Canada, and even Norway. We have met a shitload of cool people everywhere we've gone.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/3/2004
Band Website: themeatpurveyors.com/
Band Members: Jo Stanli Walston--sweet but mean singerCherilyn diMond--upright bass, more singing, and wisecracksPeter Stiles --speedmetal mandolinBill Anderson --guitarist, songwriter, control freakSome bands we've been in: poison 13, ballad shambles, the horsies, joan of arkansas, the danged, wad, wet, cat scientist, big foot chester, neko case and her boyfriends, various bands fronted by jon langford, etc.
Influences: Hmmmm, that's too tough a question. Instead, this are some folks we've covered: George Jones, Ratt, Velvet Underground, Bill Monroe, Daniel Johnson, Madonna, Boyd Rice, Johnny Paycheck, ABBA, Fleetwood Mac... you put it together.
Sounds Like: Turbonegro, but with some girls. And not scandinavian, gay, or junkies. Also, playing bluegrass. OK, maybe more like ABBA. But with more soap opera, fewer instruments, and no blondes.
Record Label: Bloodshot Records (Chicago, IL)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Come and Take It" available at Bloodshotrecords.com

Just wanted to let you folks know that our new EP is available at bloodshotrecords.com for $8, a bargain if there ever was one. At the moment, it's only in old-school (yes, the CD is now c...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:26:00 PST

tonight! it’s on!

with the american people and the gary newcomb trio, at the continental club. we'll go on sometime after midnight, but don't miss the two fabulous opening bands. we'll also have our new EP for sale......
Posted by the meat purveyors on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:36:00 PST

come and take it

we have a new 7-song EP called "come and take it" being manufactured as i write this. the official release date is august 21, and we'll be playing a show in manhattan, ks that night, and KC the ...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:02:00 PST

-sigh- how embarrassing...

ok ok, i know we broke up and everything, but we needed an excuse to travel for free. or at least cheap. so we are playing a few shows later this summer.&nbs...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:21:00 PST

last sunday/next saturday

why is manhattan, kansas so good to us? those people know how to throw a party and, more importantly, how to make a band from out of town feel welcome. jeff denney is one hell of a nice ba...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:19:00 PST

yeah, we’re playing a show.

our only show of the year. we might be great or we might suck. or both. the jackpot, thursday night, 1 a.m. either way, it will be damn fine to be in kansas again.
Posted by the meat purveyors on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:27:00 PST

Big party at the Sweatbox June 10! Short TMP set!

We're helping Cherilyn and Mike celebrate the re-opening of the world-famous Sweatbox recording studio, in a fabulous new eastside location. A shitload of bands will play 20-minute sets and there will...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:09:00 PST

TMP-related news, however tangential...

March 9-18 will be very busy for Bill. Here is his fucked-up schedule: march 9 friday Scoot Inn Etta Vendetta and the King Bees--a burlesque extravaganza of sorts, with stripp...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:02:00 PST

i lied.

here is another blog. we got so much love in NYC that i had to say something. the people are beautiful, the weather was awesome, and that fucking borat movie is hi...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:31:00 PST

meat purveyors and related news...

This may be the last blog on this page for a long while. We prepare to play our last show ever as the Meat Purveyors on Saturday, November 4, at the Union Pool in ...
Posted by the meat purveyors on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:03:00 PST