The Butthole Surfers were:

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Poll question: The Butthole Surfers were:

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1. I preferred the Butthole Surfers of the 80s,

but I understand that they did some work of genuine quality in the 90s as well.

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2. i only listened to them in the 90's.

because in the 80's i was a wee one.

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7. Well, I hope you're familiar with

"Rembrandt Pussyhorse"
"Creamed Corn from the Socket of Davis" (ep) and
"Locust Abortion Technician"

There were several other good uns, of course.

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"Psychic, Powerless, Another Man's Sac" - if only for the song "Cherub," featured as the soundtrack of one of Richard Kern's rather transgressive early films.

[Heyo]

9. You know.....

... I never did care for the "musical elitism" I guess you would call it... where if you mention a particular band's popular song or something... some die-hard fan will go on and on about how their new stuff sucks and you don't know shit because you haven't listened to them since they started and know all their old stuff yada yada yada..

(I'm sure you understand that attitude I am getting that some people have, at even if I'm not explainign it right)

My exception, however, I always got a little annoyed when you mention the Butthole Surfers and right away people just say "Oh yeah...'Pepper'!...'I dont mind the sun sometimes..' blah blah blah"

.. not like it's their fault or anything... but jeez I mean the legacy of Butthole Surfers is not represented at all by that song...

From '91 on back.. and to a lesser extent Independant Worm Saloon in '93, THAT'S where the true meaning of what they were all about, swirly and abstract though it may be, was apparent.

Heyo

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. overrated

though I do like many of their songs..

[Heyo]

4. I worshipped...

The Butthole Surfers for years and years..

Saw them in concert twice....

Definitely one of the COOLEST bands ever, going all the way back to their stuff in like '83.

Gibby is one of the most talented guys around.

Heyo

[Maddy McCall]

5. The 90s?

Try the 80s.

[rednek_Liberal]

6. 90's??????

You mean 80's...
http://www.buttholesurfers.com/disco.html

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10. my bad

i listened to their records in the nineties.

[TankLV]

8. You mean it's NOT a sex thread?!

Damn!

[Taverner]

11. How about "great to see live"

Saw them once - Gibby was shooting a shotgun in the air during the show.

Texas Experimentalism...gotta love it

[nightperson]

14. My answer as well.

If people have only heard the records or seen a tamer live show than I did, I can understand less enthusiasm. I saw them in my youth around '87, which may explain any posts that seem :freak: . I was very impressed. I thought at the time they would have more of an influence on future "entertainment".

[NightTrain]

12. "Byron! Bring me my bacon!"

:evilgrin:

[enigmatic]

13. Saw them live in Athens, GA in 1989, I think..

The tour where they had the film of the male castration on in the background of the stage..

[drumwolf]

15. I was fortunate enough to see 'em live.

It was summer 1988 at the late great Ritz in NYC, it was the first real punk rock show I went to, and it was arguably the loudest show I've ever seen.

It was completely insane, with a naked and bald-shaven woman dancing under strobe lights, a display of films on a screen in the background (including footage of a sex change), and Gibby pouring kerosene on a cymbal and lighting it and hitting the cymbal so the flames shot higher. It was also my first time in a real moshpit, and eventually I got elbowed in the solar plexus and spent the rest of the show on the sidelines.

You can imagine just how overwhelmed I was. And the kicker was that I had to start my first day at my summer job the next day -- with only four hours of sleep and my ears ringing.

Ah, memories.

[nightperson]

16. At my show she had two tufts of hair, kinda like horns.

}( . The music really synched well with the strobes and films. I didn't see them there, but I remember The Ritz in the mid 80's used to show footage from Deathrace2000 etc. with a punk soundtrack before bands. The psychedelic/multimedia thing didn't seem to catch on like I thought it would. Too much work?

[mitchum]

17. ...one of the greatest bands of the 80s

They made bad acid seem so good. Pity about that pathetic slide in the 90s, though

[solinvictus]

18. "Gary Floyd and all his pals...."

"are gonna come on down to the Brown Corral, they're gonna shoot all of you uppppppp!!!" I love "Psychic, Powerless".