Butthole Surfers Anal Obsession

Butthole Surfers - Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ 8/27/86

2012-01-18T12:28:00.001-05:00

This show flies under the radar a bit, since the massive and incredible Cat Club performance, inspired Graystone Hall show, and Chicago Metro gem all hail from this same time period. Those shows are longer, better quality, and two out of the three include brain melting versions of “Whirling Hall of Knives”…

So, you may ask, why am I posting this one…aside from the fact that I got a request for it…well, I’ll tell you…

The Court Tavern is just as it says, a TAVERN…the shows were held downstairs in a Fire Inspector’s worst nightmare of a cramped basement…holding maybe 100 people, but probably crammed with close to twice that due to overselling…

I always found it amazing that the band could fit on CBGB’s stage, and I’ve seen them squeezed into Fast Lane II in Asbury Park, but this place makes those dives look palatial…I can’t image a smoke machine getting kicked on in this joint, the ceiling is only 8 feet high and the room maybe 50’x100’…MAYBE…

The palpable and not entirely unfounded fear of death, confounded by the fact that not many people could have been there, may be the reason the band is a bit more playful here…they break out the “Human Cannonball” that hadn’t been played since the spring European tour, and which had never been played with Teresa prior to this…nor since.

The Cartoon Song (Jimi acoustic part) shows up here coming out of their soundcheck, which is done onstage just prior to starting the gig…we are fortunate it was recorded, as it includes rare noodles of Blue Cheer’s “Second Time Around”, a song the band would eventually cover…in 1991!...here it is alluded to a full 5 years prior to it becoming part of their set (as “Blue Cheer” on setlists)

Cartoon Song, itself isn’t played again until July of 1987…and the noodling of the never-played-live “Eindhoven Chicken Masque” is always welcome on the few soundchecks that exist where Jeff plays it…

The rest of the set settles into the old staples we all love, but the first 5-6mins of the set are the reason we search these things out!...

Since a first gen has come to light, the quality here is pretty solid, but still not the perfect 8/30/86 Metro experience…Because of this, though, it is a lot less common than the others…so enjoy it, but please:

DO NOT SELL!!

DO NOT DISSEMINATE IN MP3 FORMAT – allow everyone to enjoy this in lossless quality for generations to come!

Butthole Surfers

Court Tavern,

New Brunswick, NJ

August 27, 1986

Source\Lineage: Aud(1)>unknown transfer>.wav>flac

1) >tune up<

2) Cartoon Song

3) Human Cannonball

4) Graveyard

5) Sweat Loaf

6) Creep in the Cellar

7) To Parter

8) Johnny Smoke

9) Cherub

10) No Rule

11) 100 Million

12) the Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave

13) Moving to Florida

14) Pittsburg to Lebanon

15) Suicide

16) Gary Floyd

17) U.S.S.A.

18) Comb

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Butthole Surfers - The Channel, Boston, MA 1987/1988

2011-09-22T09:55:00.010-04:00

I received a request for the 1987 and 1988 Boston shows, so here they are.

Without a long diatribe..(HA!...yeah right!)

the band played three warm-up shows before embarking on their third tour of Europe in the summer of 1987; one in Dallas, then this here in Boston, then the Cat Club in NYC...my first ever BHS show!...

They were using rented equipment for these two gigs, and they struggle a bit with it at times, but it makes fer a really interesting show...This one is a true rarity, only ever found on one list, that of Malcolm Tent and his 'Trash American Style' store, which was an instituion in the fine state of CT for the longest time, and which sadly closed it doors a few years back...He's still around carrying rare records fer cheap, you should hunt him down and buy stuff from him!...

The 1988 sticks pretty much to the standards fer the Fall tour, although includes one of the only "Tornadoes" they played on that tour...it falls apart a bit, but the show overall is quite good, sound is good, not great, though, it includes an odd harmonica jam during the ending Gibby rant that is really effective in melting yer brain...I don't often track out ending jams, but this one deserves it...

So, no bells and whistles here, just two gigs that ya all should enjoy...

In doing so, please show a little respect observing the protocol:

Do not sell it!
Do not disseminate in MP3 Format!

Thanks!

Butthole Surfers
The Channel,
Boston, MA
July 26, 1987

Source\lineage: AUD(2)>CD>EAC>.wav>flac (level 8)

1) Graveyard
2) Roky
3) Johnny Smoke
4) To Parter
5) Sweat Loaf
6) Cherub
7) Psychedelic Jam
8) Gary Floyd
9) Pittsburg to Lebanon
10) No Rule
Kuntz
11) 22 Going on 23
12) 100 Million
13) U.S.S.A.
14) Lady Sniff
15) >outro<

-x-

Butthole Surfers
The Channel,
Boston, MA
November 17, 1988

Source\Lineage: AUD(3)>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit pro 2.0>.wav>CD Wave>flac (level 8)

1) Barking Dogs
2) Psychedelic Jam
3) To Parter
4) Tornadoes
5) Blindman
6) Nee Nee
7) X-Ray
8) Roky
9) Gary Floyd
10) …Sweat Loaf
11) Graveyard
12) …Fast
13) Paranoid
14) >Gibby<
15) Ghandi
16) 1401
17) Edgar
18) Jimi
19) Lou Reed
20) >harmonica<

1987 here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3RBMLTGW

1988 here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DTS3S7AJ

Butthole Surfers - Glen Miller Ballroom, Denver, CO Halloween, 1988

2011-04-19T15:45:00.005-04:00

I received a request for this one, as it obviously was a cathartic experience fer the person in question.

There's nothing that sticks out here, a fairly standard setlist, though "Paranoid" and "Edgar" seem to trade spots from where they were performed at most of the gigs on this tour...A solid set and performance, as most of the Fall 1988 was...

Still, for those of us who have witnessed the band and had our own religious experiences, we can empathize with the need to have a recording of it, and though not the strongest recording from this tour, it has not circulated much and maybe one of the rarer ones..I offer it up to you all free of charge!...

You should always do the same. And please, when doing so, keep it in flac format...this will allow the recipient to pass it along losslessly with no deterioration of sound quality!

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Warlock Pinchers opened this show...remember the days when RHCP would open for Butthole Surfers?...:

Butthole Surfers
Glenn Miller Ballroom,
Boulder, CO
October 31, 1988

Source \ lineage: AUD(3)> Nakamichi LX-3 w\ azimuth correction>SB Audigy
II>SoundForge 7.0>.wav>dBPowerAmp>flac (level 8)

Set:
1) Barking Dogs
2) Blindman
3) Nee Nee
4) Paranoid
5) 1401
6) To Parter
7) Johnny Smoke
8) Psychedelic Jam
9) Roky
10) Gary Floyd
11) Edgar (cut)
12) Sweat Loaf
13) Backass
14) Fast
15) Graveyard
16) X-Ray
17) Jimi
18) Lou Reed

Go grab it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZL7UJ80G

New Pandora's Music Box Festival Footage!

2011-01-04T10:01:00.002-05:00

Well, Well, Well!...

2011 starts off with a HUGE bang, bringing to light a brand new video of the classic Pandora's Music Box Festival from October 12, 1985!! Endless thanks to Fred fer posting it!...:

Butthole Surfers - Pine Street Theatre, Portland, OR, Sept. 30, 1989 - Soundcheck and show

2010-12-09T11:07:00.011-05:00

Back after some time to bring you all yet another installment!...

Talk on the BHS forum regarding the lack of rehearsal recordings brought about the talk of recorded soundchecks. That brought up this one, which includes a full hour long check that includes some meanderings and odd jams. While not quite a rehearsal, it's probably as close to the band being playful and relaxed that we'll ever get...

the show, which I included as well, is very solid, but the soundcheck is the focus here. Probably not fer the more casual listeners, but a gem fer those who delve a bit deeper...

-x-

Butthole Surfers
Pine Street Theatre
Portland, OR
September 30. 1989

Source\lineage: fergotten recorder info (m)>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction >Cooledit Pro 2.0>.wav>flac (level 8)

soundcheck
1) >mic rustling<
2) Paul check:
Edgar \ Blindman (solo)
3) >soundcheck<
4) Gibby (guitar):
Revolution \ Psychedelic Jam \ ballad
5) King check
6) Jeff:
Eindhoven Chicken Masque
7) King: cymbals
8) Jeff:
Bong Song \ 100 Million \ Eindhoven Chicken Masque \
? \ Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars \ Fast
9) Paul:
Edgar \ Revolution
10) >-<
11) Gibbytronix
12) Gibby vocal:
Hey \ 1401
13) Ballad
14) >soundcheck<
15) Paul: Edgar
16) >-<
17) Paul: Edgar
18) Psychedelic Jam
19) Parchment Farm(??)
20) Check \ Suicide (abort
21) Suicide (instrumental)
22) 1401
23) Paul: Edgar
24) Edgar
25) >-<
26) …Lonesome Bulldog (flip)
27) Lonesome Bulldog (cont)
28) >-<
29) Strawberry
30) >-<
31) >-<

Show
1) Revolution
2) You Don't Know Me
3) Bong Song
4) Nee Nee
5) 1401
6) Edgar
7) Blindman
8) Roky
9) Sweat Loaf
10) Gary Floyd
11) To Parter
12) Psychedelic Jam
13) Fast
14) Hey
15) Suicide
16) X-Ray
17) Helicopter
18) Ricky
19) Lonesome Bulldog
20) Concubine

Enjoy it, but fer chrissakes PLEASE!:

do not sell it!
do not disseminate in MP3 Format!...remember that great show ya got on an unknown gen cassette...the one that sounded all muddy and which you wished you had a pristine copy?...yeah, well, if you keep this lossless fer everyone, you'll never have to worry about that ever again! Death to MP3!

notsaved

Go grab this one here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=46KF6CX4

Butthole Surfers - Paycheck's Lounge, Hamtramck, MI, August 11, 1984

2010-08-27T11:20:00.009-04:00

This month marks the 26th anniversary of the first time the Butthole Surfers played Detroit. Here is that show, a showcase fer Corey Rusk who was very interested in putting the band on Touch & Go even before this show…and no doubt was more interested after seeing it.

An odd show that is slightly disparate, possibly because of the recent addition of Terence Smart on bass a week prior, or maybe because of the addition of so many new songs into the setlist. The band had a month or so to work on new material prior to Terence joining the band, and they used that time to pen some true classics in “Cherub”, “To Parter” and “Tornadoes”.

The “Whirling Hall of Knives” closer is a real treat as well.

Some warts on the recording, a tad ‘hot’ in spots, but overall really nice, and an important document of the band sealing the deal with Touch & Go.

-x-

Butthole Surfers
Paycheck’s Lounge,
Hamtramck, MI
August 11, 1984

Source\Lineage: fergotten model boombox w\ adjustable levels>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit Pro 2.0>.wav>CD>eac>flac (level 8)

Taper: J Howard

1) Mexican Caravan
2) Cherub
3) The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave
4) Cowboy Bob
5) BBQ Pope
6) Dum Dum
7) To Parter
8) Hey
9) Concubine
10) Something
11) Tornadoes
12) >chat<
13) Whirling Hall of Knives

follow this link here to get it fer yerself!:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=980N0TI9

Enjoy it, but please.

Never Sell It!!
Please do not DISSEMINATE in MP3 format!

Anal Obsession Blog Post

Lollapalooza

2010-04-27T22:54:00.012-04:00

We're coming on 19 years since the first Lollapalooza festival (wow! 19 years!?!), and I seem to be getting more and more requests to put up a show from that tour.

We older fans had a hard time sharing our favorite band with the masses, but they didn't disappoint us, nor the friends who we cajoled into going early to see them. Oh sure, they were forced into a 2PM time slot outdoors, rendering films and smoke and strobes useless, but the band was beginning its "rock" phase anyway, so they just went out there and did what they always did best...rock.

The 1991 tour pre-Lollapalooza was a real barn-burner. The speed at which they blazed though sets made them more of a punk rock band than the psychedelic act we were used to, but they still could drop some mind-melting jams, even at break neck speed...

It's this more 'honed' Butthole Surfers that we see on the Lollapalooza tour, but despite the obvious commercial trappings inevitable with playing shows like this, the band did not fall prey to playing what could be considered their most accesible material. A look at the best show of the tour to surface, August 11 at Waterloo Village in Stanhope, NJ, demonstrates this best. It could be held against any show from the four piece band and stand its ground.

A 10+ minute jam with the Rollins band set the stage fer a full 60 minute set of their own...playing as long as the headlining act and ditching "Roky", "1401" and "Hey" fer songs like "No Rule", "Shah" and "Ricky".

While the set here is slightly less impressive than the NJ show, the sound is amazing (being a SBD Master), and it has never been circulated from this source...it also was the show requested...and I do aim to please...;)) I don't think it will disappoint...though short, it is still a great one, and probably more indicative of MOST of their Lollapalooza sets than NJ is anyways...

Butthole Surfers
‘Lollapalooza’
World Amphitheatre,
Tinley, IL
8/3/91

Source\Lineage: SBD(m)>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit Pro 2.0>.wav>flac (level 8)

1) Bong Song
2) 1401
3) Blindman
4) GJK
5) You Don’t Know Me
6) Watlo
7) Hey
8) No Rule
9) Nee Nee
10) Fast
11) Gary Floyd
12) Graveyard
13) Human Cannonball
14) Blue Cheer
15) Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars
16) Pittsburg to Lebanon

Enjoy, but please keep this in a lossless format if yer gonna give it to a pal...and NEVER EVER sell it to anybody!...

Here's the link!:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J0FUUJPN

Remashing

2010-04-02T12:00:00.002-04:00

Remashes

1) The Revenge of Anus Presley intro (reverse)
2) Butthole Surfers - Perry intro pt 1 (speed increase)
3) Butthole Surfers - Perry intro pt 2 (reverse+speed increase)
4) Annoying Song (reduced speed)
5) The Things They Said That I Saw (reverse)
6) Hay (reverse+decrease speed)
7) The O-Men (reduced speed)
8) Strangers Die chat
9) Strangers Die chat (speed increase)

So here is a silly project I did with windows sound recorder.

I tried to capitulate the songs into some cohesive thing. It may keep ya interested. May not…in my opinion, however, songs like “The Things They Said That I Saw”, “Hay”, and the “Perry” intro jam are almost as interesting without the studio effects.

Sure “Annoying Song” lumbers, but ya gotta admit…it isn’t quite as annoying…;)

Ya get to hear Paul’s amazing “cyborg lust” vocals on O-Men too…and Gibby’s vocals, while still indecipherable, take on a more sinister growl, rather than the manic frenzy on the true version…

I left the original version of the “Strangers Die Everyday” outro. It is from an unknown gen demo of the sessions, and was left off Caso Raro…hell, even a 2nd gen version I got of most of the session didn’t have it…so there ya have it…

This in no way blows up the band’s spot…this might actually show how technically proficient, as well as severely fukked they are as a band…if not, at least it may make ya chuckle. Consider it an April Fool’s joke…

GRAB IT here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TPMYZ3GC

RIP Scott Mathews

2010-03-25T14:46:00.014-04:00

It is with a heavy heart that I annouce the passing of one of the founding members of the Butthole Surfers, Scott Mathews.

Scott was drummer fer the band from it's incarnation in Spring of 1981 until August of 1982. During his tenure, the band wrote dozens of songs, many of which comprise the first two LPs, 'A Brown Reason to Live' and 'Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac'. Some, like "I Love You Peggy" and "Perry", were recorded years after he had left the band. Many more never saw a proper release.

In March of 1982, Scott's brother Quinn joined the Buttholes to play bass. The Mathews Bros. rhythm section is what many consider the band at its finest. Though never officially touring, they did make it out of Texas to play Phoenix and the West Coast, and even recorded a demo with famed SST house producer Spot. Those sessions remain unreleased as the band was unable to fork up the $300 charge fer the tapes.

In 2001, Chris Smart, a local stalwart in the Austin punk scene, and brother of another BHS member, Terence Smart, conducted an interview with many of the members of the band...Here is a transcript of his interview with Scott:

THE ORIGINAL BAND WAS ME PAUL GIBBY AND SCOTT STEVENS. ANDREW MULLENS REPLACED SCOTT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT WAS THE BEST INCARNATION OF THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS.
WE PLAYED AS THE BLEEDING SKULLS, EL BATMAN, ASHTRAY BABY HEADS, ALL KINDS OF SHIT.
GIBBY WAS A BASKETBALL PLAYER AND BUSSINESS MAJOR AND A BUTTHOLE SURFER. WE WERE ALL MAKING ART AND MUSIC AND THEATER. TRINITY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY NEVER ADMITTED ANYBODY LIKE US AGAIN.

I TALKED PAUL AND GIBBY INTO DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE THE WHOLE PUNK THING WAS SO STRONG. WE GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED JAMMING WITH NO BASS PLAYER AND THEN WE ADDED SCOTT STEVENS ON BASS. THAT WAS THE END OF 1980 OR EARLY 81.
PAUL AND I WERE ART MAJORS AT TRINITY AND GIBBY WAS PAULS BEST FRIEND WHO WAS MAJORING IN BUSINESS. PAUL USED TO GO AROUND S.A. WRITING THINGS ON PEOPLES DOORS AND STUFF. HE HAD LITTLE XEROX THINGS WITH LITTLE PHRASES LIKE "SELF CONTAINED UNIT" THAT HE USED TO PASTE ON PEOPLES DOORS. HE WAS INTO THAT WHOLE GUERILLA ART THING.
WE WERE SORTA DOING PERFORMANCE ART THINGS. GIBBY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GUYS ON CAMPUS TO JUMP INTO THE WHOLE PUNK THING. THERE WAS A CORE GROUP OF US. WE WERE ALL ART MAJORS. GANG OF FOUR WAS A BIG INFLUENCE AND THE JAM AND ALL THE BRITISH GROUPS. THE CALI THING CAME IN LATER.

PAUL HAD PLAYED GUITAR SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE KID. HE SORTA REVEALED IT ONE DAY. EVERY WEEKEND WE WERE GOING UP TO AUSTIN SEEING BANDS BECAUSE THE WHOLE PUNK THING HAD EXPLODED. THE ENERGY OF THE AUSTIN SCENE WAS OVERTAKING ALL OF US. WE WERE JUST SMOKIN POT AND DRINKING BEER. ONE DAY PAUL SAID HE PLAYED GUITAR AND I FOUND A SET OF DRUMS AND LEARNED TO PLAY.

WE WERE JUST SCREWING AROUND TRYING TO FIND A NAME. WE PUT 8 SONGS TOGETHER AND FOR THE OPENING NIGHT OF MY ART SHOW AT THIS TINY GALLERY WE PLAYED AS DICK SMOKE OR THE DICK CLARK FIVE.

WE STARTED PLAYING UP IN AUSTIN CAUSE PAUL AND GIBBY HAD SENT OUR TAPE UP TO THE BIG BOYS WHICH WERE LIKE AUSTIN'S NUMBER 1 PUNK BAND AND THEY’D STARTED PASSING OUR TAPE AROUND AND BECAUSE WE HAD A SONG ON THE TAPE CALLED BUTTHOLE SURFER, PEOPLE USED TO YELL OUT FOR IT. WE PLAYED UP THERE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AS THE BLEEDING SKULLS AND DIFFERENT NAMES EVERY SHOW BUT BECAUSE OF THAT SONG, BUTTHOLE SURFER JUST SORTA TOOK OVER.

ANDREW REPLACED SCOTT AND THEN WE STARTED PLAYING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN AUSTIN, HOUSTON AND DALLAS AS THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS. THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THE BAND GIBBY WAS WORKING AS AN ACCOUNTANT. HE’D COME STRAIGHT FROM WORK TO PRACTICE IN HIS SUIT AND THEN HE’D TAKE HIS SUIT OFF AND WE’D START PRACTICING AS THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS. IT WENT ON FOR AT LEAST A YEAR LIKE THAT UNTIL HE COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE AND QUIT HIS JOB. BUTTHOLE MANOR ON WOODLAWN WAS WHERE IT ALL STARTED. I SOLD MY CAR AND BOUGHT A 1976 CHEVY VAN SO WE COULD HAUL OUR SHIT AROUND TEXAS.

ONE PRACTICE GIBBY RAN INTO MY BATHROOM AND CAME OUT WITH A TOILET PAPER ROLL AND SANG THROUGH IT INTO THE MIC AS AN EFFECT.IT WAS THE TOILET PAPER ROLL THAT LED TO THE BULL HORN. I HAD A SAX THAT I USED TO PLAY AT OUR EARLY SHOWS AND GIBBY STARTED PLAYING IT LATER JUST SORT OF SQUEAKING AND MAKING NOISE WITH IT.

WE THOUGHT IF WE’RE REALLY GONNA MAKE IT WE GOTTA GO TO CALI CAUSE THAT WAS LIKE THE ANT BED OF THE WHOLE SCENE IN THE U.S. WE HAD CONNECTIONS OUT THERE WITH MDC AND THE BIG BOYS WHO WERE OUT THERE AT THE TIME SO WE SET UP SOME SHOWS. ANDREW LOST HIS MARBLES AND LEFT THE BAND. QUINN WENT OUT AS THE BASS PLAYER.

THE FIRST NIGHT WE GOT THERE WE MET THIS LADY WHO LET US MOVE INTO HER HOUSE ON FORMOSA AVE FOR LIKE A MONTH.

WE PLAYED WITH THE MINUTEMEN AT THE GRANDE ROOM AND WORD GOT AROUND ABOUT US REALLY QUICKLY. WE WENT UP TO S.F. AND PLAYED THIS GIG AND JELLO BIAFRA SAW US AND FREAKED OUT. A WEEK LATER JELLO HAD US OPEN FOR THE DK AND TSOL AT THE WHISKEY. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS WE EVER DID.GIBBY WAS DOING HIS TOILET PAPER THING AND STRIPPING DOWN TO HIS BOXERS. WE HAD THESE HUGE BAGS OF PAPER COCKROACHES WE WERE DUMPING ON THE AUDIENCE. GIBBY WAS INTO ROACHES. THERE WERE SO MANY ROACHES IN S.A. THAT HE DECIDED TO MAKE IT ART. WE’D TAKE CLOTHES AND STUFF THEM WITH CHEESE BURGERS AND MOUSE TRAPS AND CONDOMS AND TEAR THEM APART AT SHOWS AND THROW THEM AT THE CROWD.WE PLAYED LIKE 2 OR 3 ENCORES THEY WERE STILL YELLING FOR US WHEN THE DK CAME ON STAGE. THAT’S WHEN WE KNEW WE WERE LIKE A NATIONAL BAND. EVERYBODY IN L.A. WAS TALKING ABOUT US THE NEXT DAY.

WE WERE PLAYING LIKE 25 SONGS BY THEN, A LOT OF THEIR GREATEST SONGS LIKE NEGRO OBSERVER AND RADICAL WESTERN WORLD.

WE WERE HANGING OUT WITH BLACK FLAG AND SPOT WHO RECORDED THEM SAID WE NEED TO GET YOU GUYS ON VINYL. WE ARRANGED A STUDIO SESSION WITH SPOT PRODUCING AND CUT A LOT OF THE EARLY SONGS LIKE WHITE DUMB UGLY AND POOR, SOMETHING, NEGRO OBSERVER, MATCHSTICK, BUTTHOLE SURFER IT WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 82.

WE WERE IN CALI FOR LIKE 2 MONTHS. WE PLAYED LIKE 8 OR 9 SHOWS AND WE WERE LIKE AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. JELLO WANTED TO SIGN US TO ALT TENTACLES. WE WERE LIKE COLLEGE GUYS WHO STARTED A BAND TO ENTERTAIN OURSELVES BUT AFTER CALI WE REALIZED WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL.

WE CAME BACK TO TEXAS CAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER TO LIVE THERE AND WE WERE STARTING TO FIGHT. I THINK GIBBY TRIED TO GET ON A GAMESHOW. I STARTED HAVING 2ND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BAND BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO BE A WRITER. WE PLAYED SOME SHOWS IN TEXAS

AFTER I LEFT I NEVER THOUGHT THEY’D BE LIKE U2 BUT I THOUGHT THEY'D DO OKAY. THEY WERE SO INCREDIBLY BLASPHEMOUS THAT I THOUGHT THEYD NEVER BE RADIO FRIENDLY ENOUGH. IN THE EARLY DAYS WE HAD MUCH MORE OF A POP SENSIBILITY BUT LATER ON THEY STARTED DOING ALL THAT REALLY WEIRD SHIT. YOU CAN’T BE LIKE A CIRCUS SIDE SHOW FOREVER. AT SOME POINT YOU GOTTA MAKE MONEY.

WE PLAYED WITH THE DK IN DALLAS AND PAUL AND GIBBY TOOK ALL THE MONEY AND WENT TO GIBBYS DADS HOUSE AND THEY DIDN’T WANT TO PAY ME AND QUINN SO I GOT IN A FIST FIGHT WITH GIBBY IN MR PEPPERMINTS FRONT YARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I PLAYED WITH THEM. IT’S A SHAME CAUSE WE WERE ALL SUCH GREAT FRIENDS BEFORE.

(c) 2001 Chris Smart

-x-

Unfortunately, very little in the way of live recordings has surfaced from this crucial period fer the band, although many old BOSS demos have come into circulation. Since King has expressed that he didn't want demos to appear on the web, I bring this gem instead. While it DOES appear on archive.org, this is a brand new transfer and is much better sounding than the one put up there.

A recording featuring many of the staples of the time period, and an amazing performance by the classic Mathews bros line-up:

Butthole Surfers
Bonham Exchange,
San Antonio, TX
May 27, 1982

SBD(x)>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit Pro 2.0>.wav>flac (level 8)

1) Matchstick
2) BBQ Pope
3) (middle class u.s.a.)
4) D.O.A.
5) Radical West
6) Desert
7) I Hate My Job
8) Negro Observer
9) White, Dumb, Ugly & Poor
10) DNA
11) (werewolves)
12) Butthole Surfer
13) (I don’t know why)
14) Holy Man
15) (time to go)
16) Mexican Caravan

You can download this show here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EZAGQ1F7

My condolences go out to Quinn and the Mathews family

Butthole Surfers - ULU London, UK February 26, 1988

2010-02-16T16:31:00.005-05:00

To celebrate the completion of recording 'Hairway to Steven', the band headed over to the UK fer a quick couple of weeks to do some press and play a couple of gigs. the Mean Fiddler is the more popular of this short stint fer winding up in the SNUB broadcast, but this here is equally as bizarre and fun to listen to.

There were no films, King went back to standing up, and no real stage show to speak of on this short excursion abroad...just wild drunken sets. Check it out:

Butthole Surfers
U.L.U.
London, UK
February 26, 1988

source\Lineage: AUD(1)>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit Pro 2.0>.wav>CD)

CD 1
1) Backass
2) Ricky
3) Roky
4) Julio
5) Sweat Loaf
6) Johnny Smoke
7) Psychedelic Jam
8) >scream sequence<
9) Graveyard Jam
10) Fast
CD 2
11) Gary Floyd
12) Strawberry
13) Paranoid
14) Dum Dum
15) Jimi
16) Kuntz
17) 22 Going On 23
18) Graveyard
19) The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave
20) Pittsburg to Lebanon (cut)
21) Pittsburg to Lebanon (complete from alt x-gen source)

I had an x-gen recording from an obvious alternate source that had the complete last song...it is infintely inferior in sound quality, but hey...it's complete!...

Hope ya all enjoy, but please:

Don't sell this!
Please do not dissminate in MP3 format...I don't come to yer house and piss in yer pool...

notsaved

go here and get it!:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LJKW0Y96

Roseland Ballroom, NYC, August 3, 1993

2009-12-21T10:03:00.005-05:00

Butthole Surfers
Roseland Ballroom,
NYC
August 3, 1993

Source\Lineage: SBD(m)!!>Onkyo TA-RW344 w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit Pro 2.0>.wav>flac (level 8)

1) Human Cannonball
2) Blindman
3) Wooden Song
4) Goofy’s Concern
5) Alcohol
6) Creep in the Cellar
7) Watlo
8) Gary Floyd
9) Graveyard
10) Fast
11) Edgar
12) 1401
13) You Don’t Know Me
14) GJK
15) Annoying Song
16) Leave Me Alone
17) Tongue
18) Dust Devil
19) Strawberry
20) >crack or heroin?<
21) Who Was In My Room Last Night
22) >encore break<
23) Bong Song
24) Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars
25) The Money Will Roll Right In
26) Pittsburg to Lebanon
27) The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave

-x-

It's sometimes difficult to see many positives about the 1993 tour fer some of we older fans...Gibby was in the throes of addiction, the package tour with Stone Temple Pilots meant larger venues, and disinterested alterna-rock douchebags talking throughout the Buttholes sets...

But, with the benefit of time, ya may be able to leave some of that baggage aside and just listen to the music.

Here is a MASTER Soundboard Recording(!!) that has NEVER circulated prior to this here post. It is a perfect mix, and one of the better shows from this tour...

An A+ mix, and a thoughtful transfer from yers truly means ya get what may be considered the live album that never got released...

LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY, please...

DO NOT SELL!!
Do not disseminate in MP3 Format!
Please Do Not Repost!

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Anal Obsession

Download it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IMM55X7O

RUBBLE

2009-10-28T14:42:00.010-04:00

King's project before the Butthole Surfers reunion was an absolutely amazing space jam band called Rubble. Aside from "Grey Baby", released on a compilation on Emporor Jones Records (it was released, right?), none of these tracks were ever released, other than as MP3's.

Some of these were available from the band's own webpage, and some from their MYSPACE page. Since most of these tracks have been taken down, and now that MYSPACE doesn't allow downloads, yer not able to get these anymore...unless ya grab it from here!...

Musically, RUBBLE combines many different elements, from Velvet Underground's sheets of tribal noise to Hawkwind's spacey jams, to Monster Magnet's early experiements with effects...there's even a quaint, almost Ween-esque song in "Marquee Banner".

I was thrilled when i first heard RUBBLE. They have little commercial appeal, but deliver where it counts most..in the earhole!...

Now that the RUBBLE LP has finally seen a proper release, and none of these songs are on it, here's yer chance to grab these gems

ENJOY!...

-x-

RUBBLE
Web Tracks
2003-2006

1) Frozens
2) Blanky
3) Knew Silas
4) Blame My Soul
5) The Living Creo
6) Grey Baby
7) Cassie
8) Marquee Banner
9) Oranges
10) Spitting Sideways
11) Steak with Dignity
12) The Road South
13) Cedar Choppin’ Blades
14) Peel ‘n’ Sheila
15) Got U What
16) Kiwi Angel of Death
17) Masculine Glue
Bonus
18) The Last Neighbors – Shawn McMillian

grab it here!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LB391J53

Daddy Longhead

2009-09-11T15:05:00.018-04:00

There have been many side projects over the years: Paul's solo efforts, Gibby's Problem, along with his other ventures with P and Ministry, King's Drain, and later Rubble...but Jeff's side project, turned full-time band, Daddy Longhead, is worthy of a study all its own...and who else would do it, besides me...(ok, maybe my pal Tracy, but very few others!..;)...

Daddy Longhead formed in 1991, as a trio consisting of Jeffrey, work horse drummer, Reynolds Washam (Big Boys, Helios Creed, Rx...the list goes on and on!), and guitar\fiddle\vocalist Jimbo Young: a fellow Atlanta native who is likely the person who introduced Jeff to the Butthole Surfers. Their first effort, 'Cheetos' was released while Jeff was still in the Butthole Surfers and is a psychedelic guitar\fiddle bacchanalia that surely could drive dogs in yer neighborhood into a frenzy if played at high volume...which it most certainly would be...

When Jeff left the Butthole Surfers in early 1994, Daddy Longhead became a full time project. They did some recordings for a 10" EP on Man's Ruin Records later on in 1994. Man's Ruin eventually released more recordings from those sessons as the aptly titled, 'Classic', but not before Rey's departure, and release of 'Supermasonic' with Pain Teens' drummer Frank Garymartin.

They had a huge cache of songs not recorded when Jeff hung up DL to work full time on Honky in 1998. It is a true shame, since the band's unreleased tracks remain some of the highlights of their catalog.

-x-

Daddy Longhead
Triple Crown,
San Marcos, TX
August 23, 1997

Source\Lineage: Sony ECM 959A>Sony D8 DAT(m)>Tascam DA20>Philips CDR765>CD

Taper: Tracy

1) Erson
2) Plano
3) Shingles
4) Unreasonable
5) Riddle Cap
6) Belize
7) Just for a Day
8) 2nd Hand Noose
9) Undertaker
10) Lung Punch!
11) Case of the Feelings
12) Raisans
13) What Did I Feed the Dogs?
14) Twinkle
15) Churn
16) Dewey

-x-

Jimbo Young - vox, guitar
Jeffrey Pinkus – vox, bass
Frank Garymartin – drums

So, here is great show from the waning days of our heroes. While not containing all the unreleased songs, this one does have some of the best ones, including classics like “Lung Punch”, “Plano” and “Case of the Feelings”. “Dewey” was later recorded with Jeff’s other short-lived band, Areola 51., but never saw a Daddy Longhead release…They had at least another great release in them..but, alas it was not to be…they played what was likely their final show in on February 6, 1998 on a co-bill with Honky…a sort of a passing of the torch, if you will…

They played a loose reunion set in September 2004, but nothing came of it, unfortunately…

I highly recommend ya play this loud and often, but PLEASE!

Do not sell!
Do not disseminate in MP3 Format!

Go and get it here!

"http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I0UVTDBU"

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Butthole Surfers - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands September 27, 1988

2009-09-03T13:25:00.001-04:00

Hey!

It's time for the second installment of the Anal Obsession's exclusive audio downloads. This one comes from the Paradiso in Amsterdam on 9/27/88.

WOW! A massive set here. European setlists always seem to be filled with reckless abandon, and this one is no exception. By the time the band hit the US fer the Fall 1988 tour, setlists had become more solidified, but here, it's a free-fer-all. Just when you think the show is over and "Lou Reed" comes to an end, they pull out an encore set that truly BAFFLES! This is one of the longest performances of the band captured on tape!

Some highlights include the "Psychedelic Jam" closer, something they hadn't done in at least 3-4 years prior to this. Also, this is one of the last performances of "James Brown", their own take on the Godfather of Soul's "Papa Don't Take No Mess". (NYC was treated to the final performance of it on 11/19/88).

Just when you think you know what's coming next, they seem to pull out another surprise. The normal trifecta of "Blindman", "Edgar", and "Nee Nee" so prevalent on the US Fall 1988 sets are spread out...a "22 Going On 23" with no "Kuntz". Oddities galore.

This would also mark the last known show that Kathleen would dance fer the band. Although, she came out fer part of the 11/19/88 show, she had officially stopped her artistry after this European tour.

The 1988 tour of europe was really just a short excursion abroad to record songs fer the 'John Peel Session'. They played one show in the UK at the Brixton Academy, then went to the mainland fer the 'Futurama Festival' in Belgium. The two known shows in Tilburg and this here are probably the only two they played as headliners. They certainly did not disappoint!.

Enjoy, but PLEASE!

do not sell this recording!!
Please be mindful if encoding this to MP3 that it is fer yer own personal usage...please only disseminate in .flac format.

Butthole Surfers
Paradiso,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
9/27/88

Source\Lineage: Sony ECM 939LT>Sony WMD6c(m)>Onkyo TA-RW w\ azimuth correction>Cooledit Pro 2.0>wav>CD>flac (level 8)

Taper: Guenter Meesen (thanks!!)

CD 1
Barking Dogs
Blindman
Ricky
1401
Edgar
To Parter
Nee Nee
Johnny Smoke
Sweat Loaf
Backass
Gary Floyd

CD2
X-Ray
22 Going On 23
Graveyard
Fast
Jimi
Lou Reed
Paranoid
Pittsburg to Lebanon
The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave
James Brown
Psychedelic Jam

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4IKEGHX0

The Bootlegs

2009-08-24T17:44:00.023-04:00

Here's a list of the Bootlegs that got released over the years. I've provided proper info too fer each one also, which is hopefully helpful.

Fer the most part, the bootlegs suck (isn't that always the case?...). Aside from some nice artwork, most are sourced from high gen tapes and sound like shit. Also, most of the bootlegs are sourced from the same two shows, the 4/30/86 VPRO-FM session, and the 5/10/86 Paradiso radio broadcast. Both of these full shows can be downloaded via the Internet Archive in MUCH better quality than can be found on the bootlegs...Plus, they are the complete broadcasts, unlike any of the bootlegs..

With that being said...let's begin:

Butthole Servisir 7"
both songs recorded live at Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX 3/12?/83. Limited to 500 copies
side A: Sinister Crayon
side B: The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave

>does anyone have this to scan fer me??<

The 'Butthole Servicer' 7" has been quite elusive. A true rarity and probably the first bootleg of the band to surface. The two songs are culled from the infamous 'naked Houston' show found at the end of 'Blind Eye Sees All'. They are the only other songs to surface from this show to date. While this particular 7" is difficult to find, it was later pressed in a larger, unknown quantity as the ridiculously titled, 'Flaming Lips/Declaration of Love' 7"...a bootleg of a bootleg, if you will.

-x-

Dick Gas 45 7"
VPRO-FM Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands for "Backline" radio broadcast, 4/30/86

Side A: Interview
Side B: Moving to Florida, Sweat Loaf

The first of many bootlegs of the VPRO-FM broadcast. The sound on this is better than "Soiled", but it's still no sonic masterpiece.

-x-

Ecstacy 12"
Arche Noire, Pinhead Records
(ANR029DSL25)
A live compilation bootleg released in Europe.

Side A:
American Woman (BESA 5" version)
Come Together (The Loft, Berlin, Germany, 10/24/85)
Hurdy Gurdy Man (Cameo Theatre, San Antonio, TX, 9/21/85
I Hate My Job ('Anus Presley' Demo 1982)
Matchstick ('Anus Presley' Demo 1982)
Paranoid>Scream Sequence (RPM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12/8/87)
The One I Love (RPM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 12/8/87)
Creep in the Cellar (The Ritz, Aachen, Germany, 5/11/86)
Side b:
Ricky (Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany, 8/14/87)
Psychedelic Jam (Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany, 8/14/87)
100 Million (Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5/10/86)

Actually a rather good one, featuring tracks from the killer 12/8/87 Toronto recording, as well as some other stuff which was pretty rare at the time of this LPs release in 1989. 'Ecstacy' was probably the inspiration fer the "Hole Truth" bootleg, but the song selection here makes it better than the 'Hole Truth' fer the more die hard fans among us. While most of the "Hole Truth was comprised of material that was fairly easy to find, this includs some rarer material. The "I Hate My Job" runs WAY too fast, but the "Paranoid>Scream Sequence" (called "Wheels of Fire" on the LP) is an interesting inclusion. The import, bootleg status makes this one a relatively difficult score.

-x-

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 7"
no label

Side A: Come Together (The Loft, Berlin, Germany 10/24/85)
Side B: Cherub (Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5/10/86)

By far the the most common bootleg of the bunch. When the band caught wind of this one, they pressed up a bunch of copies themselves...which almost makes it an official release, no?...since there are seemingly no differences between the repress or the bootleg, who can tell? An acceptable sounding bootleg, more popular fer its inclusion of "Come Together" more than than fer any other reason.
-x-

'Acid House' 12"

Side A
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5/10/86):
Mark Says Alright
Moving to Florida
The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave
Sweat Loaf
Johnny Smoke
Cherub

Side B
(VPRO Radio Session, Hilversum, Netherlands 4/30/86):
Mark Says Alright
Johnny Smoke
Graveyard
Sweat Loaf
100 Million

Probably the reason bootlegs have a bad name. The sound is godawful (despite being from FM broadcasts), the info is filled with inaccuracies (both spelling, on the song listings), and, since its release, master recordings have come to light in amazing quality you're welcome fer that...;P). The artwork is pretty decent, however, and the LP even includes a poster insert.

-x-

'River of No Return' compilation cassette
rel: 1988

1) Graveyard (The Ritz, Aachen Germany, 5/11/86)

Good luck finding this one. A limited edition of 150, along with the fact it was only released in Germany, makes this one damn near impossible to get. Thankfully, the show "Graveyard" is culled from is not so difficult to score. It's really a very good compilation...some sound quality fluctuations between the recordings, but overall very good...and great list of artists who didn't give permission fer their songs to appear on it...

-x-

'Soiled' 7"
(Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5/10/86)

Side A: Johnny Smoke
Side B: Moving to Florida, The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave

Yet ANOTHER bootleg from this broadcast. Again, the sound is lacking. Not sure why so many bootlegs of this show suck so hard, but alas...This may be another the band pressed up, as it's one of the more common boots to find. Despite that fact, and the fact that ya can get these songs on other bootlegs, it was again repressed and issued under the name 'Maung'.

-x-

100-foot Worm Makes Own Food - Stargazers 7"
(Stomach Ache Records - SA-80)
Side A:
1) Leather Nun No Rule! (studio - unknown info)
2) Paul Leary And Mutt Turban With His Sarcaphone 1/2 Bone Sand Suit: Wodan
Chicken Poo Pool Tool
3) Criminal Unicorn Men In Formation
Side B:
4) White, Dumb, Ugly & Poor (live - unknown info)
5) 100 Foot Worm Makes Own Food: Bacteriophage Windup Grease
6) Flup Harvey Arse Ward

By far the most obscure of the bunch, info on this one has eluded me. It claims to be a Paul Leary pre-Butthole Surfers recording, but it's not...or at least part of it is not. The "White, Dumb, Ugly & Poor" is a live SBD recording...a version that has not surfaced at all, other than here. The rest are strange instrumentals, one (titled here as "Criminal Unicorn Men In Formation") seems to be from the same Thai cassette as "Kuntz". a very odd studio version of "No Rule" too. Rumors that this comes from an old mix tape of Paul's can't be verified, although only a few in the inner circles ever knew that Paul wanted to use this name before settling on Butthole Surfers.

It's impossible to tell when these recordings are even from. The "No Rule" sounds to be from earlier than when they started playing it live, but that could be due to the poor sound quality. Either way, though, I'd call this the most interesting of the lot. Despite of the mediocre quality, and the odd non-Butthole Surfers material, I really enjoy this one.

-x_

'Peel Session' 7"
(recorded 9/20/88, Maida Vale 4 Studios, London, UK)
rel: 1989

Side A: Nee Nee
Side B: Blindman, Edgar

it's hard go wrong pressing up a bootleg of this incredible session recorded for the 'John Peel' program. The session itself is one of the best things the band ever recorded, and, at the time of the release of the 7", all the songs were previously unreleased. A pre-FM master has turned up within the last couple of years, exponentially surpassing the quality of this 7". Well thought out artwork would be the only reason ya'd need to add this to yer collection.

-x-

'Waco Kid' 7"
(Graystone Hall, Detroit, MI 10/20/84)
Tex Ass Showdown Records
(TASR)

Side A: Cowboy Bob
Side B: Holy Man

I believe this one was pressed up ages ago by Shane Zuckero and his Butthole Surfers online fan club. That fanclub webpage pre-dated even the band's own site...Since Shane seemed to know what he was talking about, he may have purposefully made this one look amateurish. As well as listing "Cowboy Bob" as "Dead", the artwork is a travesty. I believe this one was limited to only 1000, but it's a pretty easy score if yer willing to shell out more than what it is really worth (ie: $10-$20).

-x-

'From the Lips of Death' 7"
no label
(LBV01)

Side A: I Hate My Job ('Cottage Cheese from the Lips of Death' compilation)
Side B: 100 Million (P.E.A.C.E. Compilation)

A pointless bootleg of songs already pretty readily available...even at the time of its release in the mid-90's or so...

-x-

'Caso Raro' LP
Paranoide Discos
(PD05)

Side A:
1) 100 Million People Dead (P.E.A.C.E. compilation)
2) To Parter ('Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis')
3) Tornados ('Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis')
4) American Woman ('Blind Eye Sees All' 5" version)
5) Perry Mason (Rembrandt Pussyhorse demo)
6) Hetero Skeleton (Rembrandt Pussyhorse demo)
7) Strangers Die Everyday (Rembrandt Pussyhorse demo)
8) Things That They Said That I Saw (Rembrandt Pussyhorse demo)
9) Psychedelic Jam (Rembrandt Pussyhorse demo)
Side B:
10) Gary Floyd (Live - Meridian, San Antonio, TX 3/25/84) - now on first two EP's CD
11) Matchstick (Live - Meridian, San Antonio, TX 3/25/84) - now on first two EP's CD
12) Knife In The Back (Live - Meridian, San Antonio, TX, 3/25/84) - 'LIVE PCPPEP'
13) Whirling Hall Of Knives (Live - Woodshock Festival, 7/1/84)
14) The Bassplayer Says Goodbye (Live - Woodshock Festival, 7/1/84)
15) Paranoid ('Double Live' - Rockitz, Richmond, VA, 11/23/88)**
16) Fast ('Double Live' - Rockitz, Richmond, VA, 11/23/88)**
17) I Saw An X-Ray Of A Girl Passing Gas ('Double Live' - Rockitz, Richmond, VA 11/23/88)**

** Useless 'Double Live' sourced bonus tracks on 'American Tornadoes'

Every so often, someone gets it right...Oh Sure, there is some extraneous bullshit on here, but the heart of the recordings, the 'Rembrandt Pussyhorse demos' are truly great. They were certainly sourced from a low gen cassette, which narrows it down to about a million people who could have released it...from a worker at Alternative Tentacles where RP was being bounced around as a potential release, to a worker at Touch & Go, to (most likely) one of the many close friends of the band the tapes wound up going to while RP was still in limbo. It obvously came from someone in the know, as the titles of the songs are actually CORRECT(!).
From other RP demo source tapes that have surfaced, it seems "To Parter" and "Tornadoes" were included on tapes made fer their pals, which may explain why the album versions are included. These versions MAY be a slightly different mix than what was actually released on CCftSoD, but they are certainly not different recordings.
The outtakes from the 'Live PCPPEP', as well as the very rare Woodshock '84 recording (made by Steve Fitch, perched in a tree) were true rarities. It wasn't until the CD issue of the first two EPs that made the former more accessible...Steve's complete recording of the Woodhshock fesitvial still remains elusive to most..
'Caso Raro' was later pressed on CD as 'Amercan Tornadoes', but it is vastly inferior in sound quality. A CD pressed from the LP would do ya much better as far as the sound, however, 'American Tornadoes' does have great cover art...

American Tornadoes \ Live '93
Mic Records
MIC120

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'1983 Demos' EP
'Spot Demos'? July 1982
no label
(PUNK007)

Side A:
Radical West
White, Dumb, Ugly & Poor
Matchstick
Side B:
BBQ Pope
Something
I Hate My Job

A very recent edition to the bootleg cache, only appearing within the last year or so. Looking at the setlist, it appears to be comprised of the Spot Demos, which are actually from 1982, not 1983. I can only assume the quality is subpar as well, though I haven't had the nerve to buy it yet...if yer info is wrong, how can I trust yer product is gonna be good...fer chrissakes! don't they know that the Anal Obsession is here to give you all the correct info fer FREE!...dumbasses!!

Sorry bout that...bootleggers piss me off...

Butthole Surfers WALLPAPER?

2009-08-11T12:07:00.001-04:00

Fer those who could care less if you EVER find those icons on yer desktop...or fer those high, legally blind, or suffering from an affliction, be it physical or psychological. Here's a Desktop Wallpaper fer ya! ..just LOOK at the DEBRIS FIELD!!:

Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands October 14, 1985

2009-08-03T10:59:00.003-04:00

I can write about the Butthole Surfers all day, feeding endless bits of trivial information, but in the end (so to speak), it all comes down to the music...so let's proceed with the first installment of what I hope will be a continuing series of music here, to supplement the Anal Obsession page.

I got word that this Soundboard was posted on Soulseek from the master soundman in MP3 format. I was able to get in touch with him and he graciously sent off this LOSSLESS version. This is the first time this has been posted anywhere in LOSSLESS quality. Big thanks go to Maarten fer sending this off!

Recorded just two days after their classic performance at the Pandora's Music Box Festival, this one has our heroes riding high from success and delivering an impressive performance.

Of course, it's direct from the master SBD, so it's pert near a perfect recording as far as sound quality...

Please, do not think of selling this. Please refrain from disseminating this in MP3 format unless expressly noting it is available as a lossless recording. It seems odd that folks would opt fer MP3 when flac is just as easy, but to each his\her own, I suppose...

without further ado....:

Butthole Surfers
Doornroosje,
Nijmegen, Netherlands
10/14/85

Source: SBD(master)>.flac>.rar

setlist:
1) 100 Million
2) Cherub
3) BBQ Pope
4) To Parter
5) Tornadoes
6) Graveyard
7) Dum Dum
8) Suicide
9) Moving to Florida
10) The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave
11) Gary Floyd
12) Hey
13) Pittsburg to Lebanon
14) Lady Sniff
15) No Rule
16) Psychedelic Jam
17) Butthole Surfer
18) Hurdy Gurdy Man
19) Come Together

-x-

Line-Up: Gibby, Paul, King, Teresa, Kramer

Grab it here!:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y2IX100W

High Fashion - T-Shirts through the Years

2009-07-10T10:38:00.000-04:00

Here are SOME of the T-shirt designs available through the years...Since uploading photos here ain't all it should be, this isn't chronological or nothing...lucky it even made it up here at all...bootlegs are included, despite the fact they are VASTLY inferior to the real things...

Line-Up - Part 2 - Electric Boogerloo

2009-06-30T16:01:00.000-04:00

When we last left off, our heros had kicked out Cabbage and were on their way to NYC, then off to Europe...

16) April 1986 - July 1986
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeff - bass, King - drums
first show: 4/19/86 Irving Plaza, NYC
last known show: 5/24/86 Graystone Hall, Detroit, MI
The band plays one show in NYC as a four piece, than heads to the UK with King doing solo duty on drums...He is still standing, opting fer no kick drum even as he's playing the parts of 2 drummers. Truly, TRULY amazing to witness. With Teresa in the band, King can play the skeleton of the beat, while she adds the meat to the bones, here, he is constantly in motion. Baffling stuff.
Anywho, The trip to Europe is plagued by a series mix ups. They are kicked out of the UK fer lack of proper working permits at the beginning of the tour, then, detained and held at gunpoint by Belgian police after an odd rape allegation.
It seems some language discrepancy between the female promoter and the police lead to the trouble. It turns out, she felt she got jipped outta money, not raped, and the band was able to proceed back to the good old U.S.S.A without having an episode of "Locked-Up Abroad" dedicated to them.
They return home to play a show in Detroit, before heading to back to TX, not Georgia, to settle down a bit.

The four piece band enjoying themselves

-x-

17) July 1986 - March 1987
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeff - bass, King - drums, Teresa - drums first known show: 7/14/86 - South Bank, Austin, TX
By the grace of YHWH, Teresa decides to return to the band. Here we have the beginning of what many consider to be the prime era of the band...well...what I consider to be the prime era of the band. March 1987?...ending point fer this line-up??...bear with me, here....

Teresa back where she belongs

-x-

18) March 1987 - Sept. 1988
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeff - bass, King - drums, Teresa - Drums, Kathleen Lynch - dancer
first show: 3/28/87 - The Ritz, Austin, TX
last known show: 9/27/88 - The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
That's right, I said it! Kathleen was a band member! She was not just some girl jumping around onstage. Although other girls occassionally filled in during Kathleen's tenure, NO ONE could take her place. She was a true artist, and embodied all the sexiness and horror in the music and stage presentation the band was conveying. Kathleen danced on occassion(s) prior to this time, and after this too, but was more or less a full-time member here.
Gibby once said (back in 1984!) the Butthole Surfers were not a "political band', but were more political than most of the "so-called" political bands around. He was RIGHT, and this line-up proved it one-hundred fold. The band, and their fans at the shows, became a completely separate society. A cult of freaks and weirdos operating apart from the so-called normal man. That's politics folks!
Along with Kathleen, I could also put Bill Daniel, who began the whole film setup, but let's leave it to the onstage performers. It doesn't get much betther than this!

Kathleen dancing in NYC

-x-

19) October 1988 - July 1989
Gibby - vox, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeff - bass, King - drums, Teresa - Drums
first show: 10/21/88 - Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
last show: 7/4/89 - NORML Rally, Lafayette Park, Washington, DC
Kathleen stops dancing full-time after the summer 1988 European tour, leaving the 5-piece band solidly intact. By this point, the Butthole Surfers have become the highest grossing indie band on the road, commanding anywhere from 10,000-$15,000 per performance, and almost immediately selling out every show they play. It's a great time fer the band. They pull out a national tour in the fall of 1988, and a few select dates through the spring of 1989. Again fer unknown reasons, Teresa decides to pack it in and leave the band after a performance at the N.O.R.M.L rally in DC, and just before the 5th excursion to Europe.

Towards the end of Teresa's tenure...again

-x-

20) August 1989 - January 1994
Gibby - vox, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeff - bass, King - drums
first show: 8/23/89 - Subterrania, London, UK
Last show: 1/8/94 - Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
Stripped back down to a four-piece, the band hones its sound to less of a sprawling psychedelic band to a more rock centered unit...with a substancial amount of psychedelic undertones...;)..
King takes a seat and the typical 25 song sets are blazed through in 70-80 mins. They see their first commerical success, first with "Hurdy Gurdy Man", and then with "Who Was in My Room Last Night". The Lollapalooza festival broadens the band's horizons, and eventually sign with Capitol records, as indie acts are snatched up by majors hoping to cash in on the post-Nirvana success. A tour with STP begins to further expand the fan-base, though it's partially at the expense of losing some older fans. The end of 1993, beginning of 1994 sees the band on a huge stadium mini-tour with none other than Nirvana. All seems like the band is headed fer real success, then Jeff abruptly quits. It's a sad end to his tenure and the band is truly in flux. Not to mention Gibby's heroin addiction. The band as we know it takes a hiatus to regroup, get clean, and write material

and then there was 4

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21) February 1994-May 1996
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, King - drums
no shows
Not much going on through 1994 and 1995. Other than some minor compilation appearances and 7" record, the band lays low. Gibby does the P project, King continues to run his label, and play guitar sporatically in his band, Drain. Paul has success producing Meat Puppets and Sublime, among others. They recruit some pals to help out on bass through the recording of Electric Larryland, including Andrew Weiss of the Rollins Band (and unofficially, Ween), but with no shows, they don't settle on anyone to join officially...no need.

3 members means more money!

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22) May 1996 - January 1997
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Kyle Ellison - guitar, Owen McMahon - bass, King - drums
They recruit Kyle Ellison, who helped the Meat Puppets out during the "No Joke" tour, to play 2nd guitar and get King's Drain cohort, Owen McMahon to play bass on the ELL tour. After the tour ends in Nov., they get back together to perform on the 'Larry Sanders Show', in January of 1997.

on the set of the 'Larry Sanders Show' 1997

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23) January 1997-August 2001
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, King - drums
no shows
The core band remains a trio. I am here listing touring bands, but it's really just these guys the whole time. They begin to record the follow-up to ELL, After the Astronaut, and Capitol wants no part of it. It is an electronica, psychedelic effort that once again proves the Butthole Surfers cannot be pigeon-holed and confined to a "bag". Of course, because it is their best effort since "Hairway to Steven", Capitol drags it's feet, and eventually drops them from the label, leaving ATA to gather dust in their vaults fer 3 years. With other stuff on their plates, it seems the band is content to let it lie, and not bother to sue fer its release, or re-record it. They eventually DO remix many of the tracks on it, as well as record some new ones, that get released as the disappointing "Weird Revolution". The band then recruits some new members to tour.

Enjoying the fruits of their labor

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24) October 2001 - November 2001
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Josh Klinghoffer - guitar, drums, Nathan Calhoun - bass, King - drums
first show: 10/10/01 - The Metro, Sydney, Australia
last show: 11/17/01 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
Weird Revolution tour band. Nathan is full time bassist now, and gets to be in the promo picture...

with Nathan

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25) July 2002 - September 2002
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jason Morales - drums, Nathan Calhoun - bass, King - drums
first show: 7/12/02 - Tipitina's New Orleans, LA
last show: 9/7/02 - Deep Elum, Dallas, TX
The 2002 mini-tour sees the band in better form than they had been in a while. It ain't the old days, but they are busting out some older tunes and pulling some surprises

>coming soon<

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26) September 2002 - March 2008
Gibby, Paul, King
The tours end, the band stops. It seems like it could be over. Rumors of Gibby and Paul not getting along are more or less confirmed as some dirty laundry gets aired publicly. For much of this time, it seems like we will never hear from them again. They are brothers, after all, and will never say the band is broken up, per se, but fer all intensive purposes, it is.
Then, in a surprise move, Paul Green asks Gibby to front the School of Rock Kids fer a tour saluting the Butthole Surfers. Gibby's respect fer Paul Green contributes to him saying YES...and fans get some really fun performances, with Gibby seeming to enjoy himself onstage fer the first time in ages.
The success of the Gibby\SoR All-Stars shows lead to talk of a Butthole Surfers\SoR tour. King, Jeff, and Teresa sign on board, with Paul still holding out. Finally, we hear he'll play Europe, but no shows in the U.S., then we hear perhaps he'll play the NYC show.Up until about a week before the gigs are scheduled, it is unclear where, when or IF Paul is on board. Finally, it is confirmed! Paul signs on fer the whole tour!!...
my god, I'm getting teary-eyed....!

no, it's not Grand Funk Railroad

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27) June 2008 - Present
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeff - bass, King - drums, Teresa - drums
first show: 6/24/08 - Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ
Reunited, and it feels so good!!

They're back!! Catch them soon in a town near you!!

The line-ups...Part 1

2009-06-22T11:35:00.002-04:00

Ah, yes...the wonderful world of trying to figger out Butthole Surfers' revolving door of line-ups...it can make ya dizzy. They've had 2 bassists switch off tours during the same time period...they've had no bassist at all and Gibby has played bass...they've had no bass player and Paul has played bass...

Not only that, though...Teresa has come and gone (a few times)...she's been replaced, King has gone at it alone...it gets maddening...Now...fer the first time...one man will attempt the death-defying feat of deciphering the history of Butthole Surfers line-up changes.

brace yerself, this could get ugly:

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1) Early 1981 - August 1981
Gibby - vocals, Paul - guitar, Scott Stevens - bass, Scott Mathews - drums, sax
1st show: 5/17/81 Shown Davenport Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
last known show: 8/21/81 Randall's BBQ, San Antonio, TX

Scott Stevens actually sang a couple of songs too, Scott Mathews would play sax, and Paul would switch to drums as well, but yeah...I haven't found any pix of this line-up...are there
any out there?

>no pix<

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2) Sept 1981 - Feb 1982
Gibby - vocals, sax, Paul - guitar, Andrew Mullins - bass, Scott Mathews - drums
1st known show: 9/4/81 - La Villita Patio, San Antonio, TX
last known show: 2/20/82 - Rock Island, Houston, TX
As we all know by now, Andrew quits with the intent to go out to the desert and set himself on fire. That intent never does come to fruition, but the band gets the great song "Desert" out of it, so who can complain.

Andrew Mullins: left

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3) Feb 1982
Gibby - guitar, vox, Paul - bass, vox, Scott Mathews - drums
1 known show: 2/27/82 - The Island, Houston, TX
Andrew's departure was apparently quite sudden, and without a proper bassist, and with at least one show set up, the band perform as a trio.

weird seeing Paul jamming on bass, huh?

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4) March 1982 - August 1982
Gibby - vox, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Quinn Mathews - bass, Scott Mathews - Drums
1st known show: 3/13/82 - The Omni, Houston, TX
last show: 8/6/82 - Studio D, Dallas, TX
What many of the early fans consider the 'classic' line-up of the band; certainly one of the most fruitful times. It is during this time that the band first ventures outside Texas, moving to Los Angeles. The trip only lasted a month, but, hey, they tried.Quite unfortunate that the Mathews brothers both quit after the Studio D show after being pissed about not being paid. A major fist-fight ensues on the front lawn of Gibby's parents house late that night after the show.

Quinn Mathews with Gibby

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5) August 1982 - December 1982
Gibby & Paul
No shows
The band never officially breaks up, but takes a hiatus for this spell. It's seems they are getting the songs fer the 1st EP worked out. This may be the time period that Gibby was recording the "Brown Circus" demos that have surfaced. The version of "Concubine" on 'Humpty Dumpty LSD' is very likely a demo from the cache of "Brown Circus" material. According to sources, Gibby would plug his bass into an old toy turntable that had a 1/4" input jack to record his demos...it sounds like it...;)

>no pix<

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6) December 1982 - June 1983
Gibby - vox, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Bill Jolly - bass, guest drummers including Brad Perkins and Kevin Leman, Gene Dalibrio [sp?], etc?
first known show: 12/31/82 - 4509 Eastside House, Dallas, TX
last known show: 5/13/83 - Club Foot, Austin, TX
Paul and Gibby are introduced to Bill Jolly by a mutual friend. Bill was a local jazz musician, but agrees to join the band full time. Brad Perkins remains full time drummer with the Plague, but helps out on most of the shows, and some of 'Brown Reason to Live'. During this time, they record 'A Brown Reason to Live' at BOSS, recruiting a number of folks to help out. There may be even more drummers than are listed here, but Brad, Kevin, and Gene (who was only used as a session drummer on "Hey") are the only ones that have come to light. Kevin Leman was a "long-haired guy" who, by nearly all accounts, did not fit in with the band at the time (according to them...hair style was obviously very important back then...). He was a pretty good drummer, though, and can be heard on the 1st EP playing on "Suicide", ...ya can go to the 'Brown Reason to Live release info at the Anal Obessesion fer more info on that, if ya want...
Kevin only played 3-4 shows with the band. his last,was on 2/4/83 at Studio 29 in Austin. There, someone throws a bottle at Gibby and misses, hitting Kevin square in the face. He obviously decides that punk rock is not fer him and quits. It was also during this time that the infamous naked footage from 'Blind Eye Sees All' is taken. Brad and Bill couldn't make a scheduled show in Houston, so Brad recorded drum tracks to play behind Gibby and Paul. Wackiness ensues...and well, you know.

>no pix<

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7) June 1983 - July 1983
Gibby - vox, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Bill Jolly bass, King Coffey- drums
1st show: 6/24/83 - Soap Creek Saloon, Austin, TX
last known show: 7/8/83 - Raw Power & Light Co., San Antonio, TX
It was only fer about 3 shows that King was drumming by himself prior to Teresa joining the band. Unfortunately, the one picture to surface of the 6/24/83 show (thanks to Dixon Coulbourn, rip), is only of Paul...

>no pix<

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8) July 1983 - June 1984

Gibby - vox, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Bill Jolly bass, King - drums, Teresa Taylor - drums
1st show: 7/10/83 - Nightlife @ Club Foot, Austin, TX
last known show: 5/19/84 - Voltaire's Basement, Austin, TX

The band really starts to solidify during Bill's tenure., adding King and then Teresa. They finally feel emboldened enough to head back out onto the road, after the failed CA trip, and make trips up the West Coast and to NYC. This is the line-up that appears on the 'Live PCPPEP'.

Butthole Surfers w\ Bill & Teresa
thanks to Dixon Coulbourn(c)

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9) July 1984
Gibby - vox, guitar, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, bass, King - drums, Teresa - drums, David McCreath - bass
1 show only: 7/1/84 - 'Woodshock Festival' Hurlbut Ranch, Dripping Springs, TX
The Butthole Surfers must have been a late addition to Woodshock '84 because none of the flyers fer the festival mention they were even there. It wasn't until an excerpt of Steve Fitch's recording showed up on the 'Caso Raro' bootleg that the performance was confirmed by King. Fer unknown reasons, Bill leaves the band in June of 1984. It's unclear whether the band had already set up this gig, but they do play it, regardless, albeit in a rather rag-tag way. Gibby plays guitar for the first two songs ("Concubine" & "Shah"), he then passes the guitar to Paul, and Dave McCready comes up to play bass, freeing Gibby to play sax on "BBQ Pope". Gibby takes the guitar back, and Paul the bass fer "Whirling Hall of Knives". THEN Bill comes back fer a bass solo. But wait...he already had quit?...a point you can hear Paul elude to if ya listen closely on the full recording of the performance.

>no pix<

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10) July 1984 - Jan 1985
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Terence Smart - bass, King - drums, Teresa - drums
first known show: 8/4*/84 - Uncle Wiggly's, Austin, TX

last known show: 1/15*/85 - Metroplex, Atlanta, GA
*date unconfirmed
The line-up that would get 'signed' to Touch & Go records, and would venture out on the first tour of the U.S. Terence is the bassist as the Butthole Surfers gets their first NATIONAL exposure. The band truly comes into it's own with Terence, whose '76 Chevy Nova was gutted to provide room fer the band on the first tour. Terence decides to leave the band after they decide to settle down in Athens fer a while, which I guess he was not into doing. They don't really settle down fer long, but this is what Terence conveyed. Anywho, broke, sick with an awful stomach virus, and alone, he decides to pack up and head back to TX alone.

1st U.S. tour line-up with Terence, 1984

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11) Feb 1985-June 1985
Gibby - vox, sax, guitar, Paul - guitar, vox, Trevor Malcolm (Dugay) - bass, Sousaphone, King - drums, Teresa - drums
first known show: Traxx, Detroit, MI 2/22/85
last known show: Stache's Columbus, OH 6/22/85
After losing Terence, the band is hooked up with another poor soul to abuse by T&G Prez, Corey Rusk. The band heads up to Detroit to meet him and play a couple of warm up shows at Traxx, which oddly enough get released as 'Blind Eye Sees All'. Trevor was actually a good player, and the sousaphone he stole from his local high school really contributed to the Butthole's reputation as a band from which you never knew just what to expect. After a 5-6 month stint, though, he bails, just days before a scheduled tour.

Trevor in an unpublished photo by Macioce(c)

(endless thanks to him fer permission!)

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12) July 1985-August\September 1985
Gibby - vox, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Juan Molina - bass, King- Drums, Teresa - Drums
mach 1
first known show: Metro, Chicago, IL 7/xx/85
last show: Metroplex, Atlanta, GA 8/3/85
mach 2
first known show: The Loft, Birmingham, AL 9/16/85
last show: Cameo Theatre, Austin, TX 9/21/85
Left in a lurch just before a scheduled tour, they recruit their weed dealer, Juan, to step in and help out on bass. Juan turns out to be a really good player. Not sure why he doesn't join the band full time, but he does return to play some shows in the southeast in September of 1985, when Kramer can't pull off the pre-Europe tour of the US. Hence, through August and September of 1985, the band technically has two bassists, Juan and Kramer.

A rare photo with Juan...he seems to be saying..."errr...why am I here?"

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13) August 1985 - November 1985
Gibby - vox, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Kramer bass, King - drums, Teresa - drums
mach 1
first show: Danceteria, NYC 8/24/85
last known show: Undergorund Railroad, Morgantown, WV 9/6/85
mach 2:
first show: Circle A Ranch, Dallas, TX 9/27/85
last show: 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN 11/24/85
Kramer sets up and tours with the band on their first European excursion. He's got a studio to run, and it never is really clear if his tenure wasn't just helping the band out, whilst also getting to hang out in Europe in the fall. Either way, he plays with the band about as long as some of the other bassists who actually INTENDED to stay, so kudos to him! The problem arises when, not only Kramer leaves, but Teresa decides to bail as well. It's unclear whether her intent was to merely take a hiatus or quit altogether, but it seems like the latter, as they get a replacement fer her...

A rare photo with Kramer [mach 2] in the UK

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14) December 1985-April 1986
Gibby - vox, guitar, sax, Paul - guitar, vox, Jeffrey Pinkus - bass, King - Drums, Cabbage - drums
first show: 1/10/86 - Metroplex, Atlanta, GA
last known show: 3/31/86 - I-Beam, San Francisco, CA
The departure of Kramer was a lot easier fer the band to deal with than was the departure of Teresa. They don't play any show between November and January, which was the longest break since the Mathews boys quit. They are still hanging out in the Athens area, and recruit two Atlanta natives in Jeff Pinkus (suggested by eventual Daddy Longhead guitarist, Jimbo Young) and Kytha Gernatt, also known as Cabbage. The band was staying at Cabbage's loft and had gotten to know lots of local artists and bands in the ATL scene. Cabbage was in a band called Easturn Stars [sic] with, among others, Kathleen Lynch. Story has it, they were trying to recruit Kathleen to join the band as 2nd drummer, but wires got crossed and Cabbage thought she was being asked to join. Rather than lose their place to stay, they ran with it, and Cabbage joined as full time 2nd drummer. Kathleen, would make her debut dancing during this time, at the infamous "sex show" at Danceteria, but she wouldn't join the band officially until 1987.
Anywho, after a tour of the West Coast, the band was making its way back east, preparing fer their 2nd tour of Europe and gigging their way back to NYC fer departure to the UK. Problems began to arise when Cabbage's lack of hygiene and refusal to wash her clothes caused a big stink with the band (>snort-snort...i got a million of 'em<). They dropped her off at a bus station in Knoxville, TN and made their way to NY, and Europe, as a 4 piece.

Picture with Cabbage & Jeff included in 'God's Favorite Dog' Promos

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here's part one fer ya...part two coming shortly!

the history of the Anal Obsession...

2009-06-18T13:01:00.000-04:00

I decided to create this to supplement the Anal Obsession page I've been running for the last 3 years or so. It seems like it may make things easier to share thoughts, pictures, comments suggestions than just plain email...

The Anal Obsession started out as a WORD document in the mid- 1990's I called the Live Discography, or LIVE DISCO fer short. The LIVE DISCO was started, at first, as a way to archive my growing collection of live material by the band. It was difficult to keep track of line-ups and the slew of unreleased material that comprised most of their sets, so I started writing it down fer my own personal use. As my love fer the band grew, and I began to accumulate some lists from folks around the globe, I began to add shows to that I didn't have...sort of as a check list of things I needed, again, fer my own personal use. Erik Denning's list was a huge inspiration fer getting this started. After I got Erik's list, I began searching fer folks who had shows he didn't have, so I could go trade them to him. My collection of BHS recordings began to grow, and as it did, so did my curiosity.

At some point, I was contacted by Paul Wehle, who was as interested in getting things sorted out as I was. He asked fer a copy of the Live Disco, and began to write up a history of past incarnations of the band. We kept in touch fer a while, trading war stories, gathering info and shooting the shit fer a while and became tight. But, that was it. The band that inspired us to do all this work was becoming destined to be relegated to the used bins at the local record store. We knew that the band was (IS!) more important than being a footnote in the history of rock music.

As I traded with more and more folks, I began get some really positive feedback on the Live Disco. Folks began to write me about how important the band was to them. How they saw them at such-&-such a place on such-&-such a date and it was mind altering. Soon, I was starting to get emails from folks who said they had heard about the Live Disco from a friend and needed one and blah blah ya da ya da. It was becoming obvious that the Butthole Surfers were, as Paul and I had always believed, an important band to a lot of people.

Eventually, through the Butthole Surfers Forum page, I was contacted by Jason Ramke, who said he'd like to host the Live Disco off of his webpage. I began the arduous task of accumulating old lists and emails, pictures and flyers i had accumulated on floppy discs and, later CDs...setlists of shows i went to and collected from the stage...and getting them all posted in one spot.

Despite the wealth of material littering many drawers, baskets, buckets and assorted Rubbermaid tubs, I was able to get most of it posted within a month and we launched the site.

After bringing the site to the attention of King, he was impressed with the efforts, but wasn't crazy about "Live Disco" name. He didn't want any confusion that these recordings were authorized by the band...tolerated, perhaps, authorized hardly. The band after all had a pretty vehement anti-taping policy back in the day. For good reason...they were POOR, and the host of bootleg products bearing the Butthole Surfers moniker was pretty extensive. The band's stance on live recordings (not bootlegs!) has thankfully softened and now is very taper tolerant...perhaps even taper -friendly...hell, they've certainly been kind to me.

So, anywho, I knew King was right. Live Disco was a stupid name. I wasn't married to it. I was also not very bright and couldn't think of another one myself. Thankfully, after viewing the mass of info on the page, and the meticulous nature with which it was organized, Dave DK from the BHS forum thanked me for my anal obsessive organization of the details.

Anal Obsession! YES!!

Over the course of the 3 years I've been maintaining the AO, MANY new friends have been made. Lots of folks have contacted me and saying thanks, or better still, YOU are wrong about this...or yer MISSING this show. Or here's a copy of a flyer I found...or better yet, I have a recording not on yer list, do ya want it? (ahh, the sweetest words of all). I appreciate the help everyone has given me to make this the greatest resource on the greatest band.

Thanks all!