Kirkwood’s role in the band grew over the years to include singing and songwriting. Their certified gold album of 1994, Too High to Die, featured two songs written and sung by Kirkwood. Unfortunately, his use of drugs had at this point begun to spin out of control, and he developed a heroin addiction. After the release of the album No Joke! in 1995, Kirkwood’s compulsive behavior during what was already a stressful time for the band led to the Meat Puppets entering a period of inactivity. …