Lake of Fire (song)

"Lake of Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band the Meat Puppets. It appears on their 1983 album, "Meat Puppets II" and consists of three choruses, punctuated by two verses, in the key of F major.

It was re-recorded as a hidden track on the "Too High To Die" album, as well as a corresponding single including this version, as well as acoustic and live versions.

The Meat Puppets have played this song at most of their concerts, and even after the Meat Puppets, Curt Kirkwood has performed this song himself at most of his concerts as well as a unique version on a 2005 radio interview with KCXI.

Promo single

Infobox Single
Name = Lake of Fire


Artist = Meat Puppets
from Album = Too High to Die
B-side =
Released = 1994
Format = promo single
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = London Records
Writer = Curt Kirkwood
Producer =
Last single = "Roof with a Hole" (1994)
This single = "Lake of Fire" (1994)
Next single = "Scum" (1995)

The fourth promotional release to boost the Too High to Die record. Released after they played on MTV Unplugged with Nirvana.

;Track listing(All songs by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

# "Lake of Fire" (1994 version) - 3:12
# "Lake of Fire" (acoustic version) - 2:45
# "Lake of Fire" (live) - 2:56

Covers

*Along with "Plateau" and "Oh, Me", this song was performed on stage with the popular grunge band Nirvana during Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged" appearance in 1993. This version appears on Nirvana's 1994 live album, "MTV Unplugged in New York".

*The song was also covered by a hip-hop/rock crossover group named Lordz of Brooklyn. Although this version features different verses to that of the Meat Puppets, and "bad folks" in the chorus is replaced by "gangstas".

Trivia

*In the game Mafia, the song is played at the end credits, covered by Lordz of Brooklyn

ee also

*Fire and brimstone

External links

* [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3296 Song Facts - Lake of Fire]
* [http://www.meatpuppets.com/ Meat Puppets' Web Site]