No makeup. No gimmick. No shtick. But does Mesa's fast-rising Jimmy Eat World really stand a chance against the likes of Britney and the Backstreet Boys?
At first blush, The Meat Puppets and Dead Confederate, who joined
forces for a show at a half-full Marquee Theatre last night,
don't seem to have much in common. Originating two decades and 2,000
miles apart the two twangy alt-rock bands acts do have some small musical similarities, but even more intriguing is the way both acts kinda-sorta owe their careers
to Nirvana.The Puppets, a Phoenix-bred band now billing themselves from Austin, Texas, have been around since 1980, with the most imp
