Saturday, May 14, 2011

Butthole Surfers

the Butthole Surfers are one of my favorite bands when I need to get my blood pumping. Electriclarryland is a brilliant album from start to finish. These guys are the real deal and a meal!


They are true to their nature and it's reflected in the music. They spent a summer in Athens, Georgia one year [back in the day], stalking members of the band R.E.M., until it was time for there European tour in the fall...
it's like,
"I'm bored, what do you wanna do?"
"Oh, I don't know, let's go to Athens and bug R.E.M."
"sounds good, let's get some bus tickets."


The Buttholes are best known for their chaotic and disturbing live shows, black humor, a sound that incorporates elements of punk rock, psychedelia, heavy metal, noise rock, and electronica, as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing.


Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fan base, the Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996's Electriclarryland, their only gold record to date. The album contained the hit single "Pepper" which climbed to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.

Released in March 1987, Locust Abortion Technician is one of the heaviest Butthole Surfers albums, and it is often considered their finest to date. Harnessing aspects of punk, heavy metal, and psychedelia, its unique sound produced a number of grinding, slower-paced songs, arguably making it an early precursor of grunge.

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