“The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave” is the obvious anthem while, on “Suicide,” Gibby sets political matters aside for an intensely personal statement: “I’m not fucking kidding man, it hurts!” On the other hand, “Hey” is almost subdued, Feelies-style material - extremism sometimes takes the oddest forms, don’t it?Īlso seven songs long, Live PCPPEP offers denser and dirtier treatments of some of the first record’s non-hits as well as such unveilings as “Cowboy Bob” and “Dance of the Cobras.” The biggest improvement is the new brother and sister standup drumming team. The self-titled seven-song debut (also issued on colored vinyl under the title Brown Reason to Live) poses its threat to the social order through a varied thrash-to-Beefheart-blues attack and an inspired/inspiring set of lyrics. would probably be forgotten if they’d just go away. The Butties inflict and exorcise pain like other people eat potato chips, and whatever debts they owe to Flipper and Public Image Ltd. When the noise revs up really fast, it sounds almost like hardcore, but this band relies more on filth than speed or power.
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Splotches of noise from guitarist Paul Leary and Gibby Haynes’ tortured screams are these enigmatic Texans’ bread and butter. Unlike so many nouveau scuzzbos, Austin’s Buttholes don’t descend into the depths of squalor to make a point about the human condition - they just like it down there. There are few experiences in this life that leave one feeling as sullied as a spin through the grooves of a Butthole Surfers record.
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Butthole Surfers (Alternative Tentacles) 1983 (Latino Buggerveil) 2002.