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About Butthole Surfers
Hometown
San Antonio, TX, United States
Formed
1982
Genre
Alternative
As music journalist Michael Azerrad famously put it, the Butthole Surfers seemed as if they came from another planet. The Texans’ Frankenstein-like stitching of psychedelia and DIY punk to experimental art and lysergic toilet humor was ruthlessly weird, shocking even. Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, King Coffey, and their supporting cast of freaks weren’t interested in opening third eyes so much as scooping them out. Yet the Butthole Surfers were also profoundly influential. The band’s run of releases from 1984’s Psychic…. Powerless…. Another Man's Sac to 1996’s unlikely hit “Pepper” reshaped vast swaths of modern music. While twisted classics like 1986’s Rembrandt Pussyhorse and 1987’s Locust Abortion Technician helped launch noise rock and alt-metal, their postapocalyptic look and ritualistic performance style (replete with nudes and fires) seeped into industrial, as well as the murky fringes of rave culture—an impressive legacy for a group of people who had frequently resorted to dumpster diving to feed themselves on early tours.
Members of Butthole Surfers include, or have included, Gibby Haynes, Scott Stevens, King Coffey, Paul Leary, Kramer, J.D. Pinkus, Jeff Coffey, and Andrew Weiss.
Musical InfluencesButthole Surfers's musical influences include Jerry Lee Lewis, 13th Floor Elevators, Chrome and more.
Influenced by Butthole SurfersButthole Surfers has influenced the music of The Reverend Horton Heat, White Zombie, Ween and more.
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