Underdog

Butthole Surfers video from the cartoon theme song for Underdog from the 1995 Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits album.

Poster for Sep 25 New Orleans show

Nice poster by Robert Edmonds. Check out his art at his website.

Dallas added

Damn this internet, they dates are being released one at a time. This updating is getting boring, but at least it's a pretty complete list. SO WHERE IS NY? Huh? I know that tickets will go on sale whilst I am on vacation. If someone gets me 2 tickets to NY show I will buy you a beer (and pay you back).

Sept 24, 2009 - Houston, TX (House of Blues, Beaumont)
Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA (Masquerade)
Sept 28, 2009 - Baltimore (Sonar)
Sept 29, 2009 - Philadelphia (Trocadero)
Sept 30, 2009 - Boston (Paradise)
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB (Pop Montreal Festival)
Oct 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON (Phoenix Concert Theater)
Oct 3, 2009 - Detroit, MI (Royal Oak)
Oct 5, 2009 - Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI (Barrymore Theater)
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL (Metro, RiotFest)
Oct 9, 2009 - Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
Oct 10, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT (The Urban Lounge)
Oct 12, 2009 - Vancouver, BC (Commodore)
Oct 13, 2009 - Seattle, WA (Showbox Theater)
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR (Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom)
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA (The Grand at the Regency)
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA (Nokia Theater)
Oct 30, 2009 - Dallas, TX (Granada)
Oct 31, 2009 - Austin, TX (Stubbs)

Halloween in Austin (and SLC) Added

Sept 24, 2009 - Houston, TX (House of Blues, Beaumont)
Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA (Masquerade)
Sept 28, 2009 - Baltimore (Sonar)
Sept 29, 2009 - Philadelphia (Trocadero)
Sept 30, 2009 - Boston (Paradise)
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB (Pop Montreal Festival)
Oct 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON (Phoenix Concert Theater)
Oct 3, 2009 - Detroit, MI (Royal Oak)
Oct 5, 2009 - Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI (Barrymore Theater)
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL (Metro, RiotFest)
Oct 9, 2009 - Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
Oct 10, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT (The Urban Lounge)
Oct 12, 2009 - Vancouver, BC (Commodore)
Oct 13, 2009 - Seattle, WA (Showbox Theater)
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR (Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom)
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA (The Grand at the Regency)
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA (Nokia Theater)
Oct 31, 2009 - Austin, TX (Stubbs)

East Coast Lineup is Filling Up

Boy these are a hell of a lot of shows in a row without rest. I am beginning to wonder if they can sustain it all.

Sept 24, 2009 - Houston, TX (House of Blues, Beaumont)
Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA (Masquerade)
Sept 28, 2009 - Baltimore (Sonar)
Sept 29, 2009 - Philadelphia (Trocadero)
Sept 30, 2009 - Boston (Paradise)
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB (Pop Montreal Festival)
Oct 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON (Phoenix Concert Theater)
Oct 3, 2009 - Detroit, MI (Royal Oak)
Oct 5, 2009 - Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI (Barrymore Theater)
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL (Metro, RiotFest)
Oct 9, 2009 - Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
Oct 12, 2009 - Vancouver, BC (Commodore)
Oct 13, 2009 - Seattle, WA (Showbox Theater)
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR (Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom)
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA (The Grand at the Regency)
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA (Nokia Theater)

Philadelphia added, are they getting closer to New York?

Sept 24, 2009 - Houston, TX (House of Blues, Beaumont)
Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA (Masquerade)
Sept 29, 2009 - Philadelphia (Trocadero)
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB (Pop Montreal Festival)
Oct 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON (Phoenix Concert Theater)
Oct 3, 2009 - Detroit, MI (Royal Oak)
Oct 5, 2009 - Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI (Barrymore Theater)
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL (Metro, RiotFest)
Oct 9, 2009 - Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
Oct 13, 2009 - Seattle, WA (Showbox Theater)
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR (Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom)
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA (The Grand at the Regency)
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA (Nokia Theater)

Keri Pickett Photos

I don't want to take a photo from her site, so click here and here to see photos of the Butthole Surfers from sometime in the 1980's New York City.

Butthole Surfer Fall Tour Adds Michigan

And I think I had an incorrect date in Colorado, so here is what I can gather. Still no New York, saving the best for last?

Sept 24, 2009 - Houston, TX (House of Blues, Beaumont)
Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA (Masquerade)
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB (Pop Montreal Festival)
Oct 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON (Phoenix Concert Theater)
Oct 3, 2009 - Detroit, MI (Royal Oak)
Oct 5, 2009 - Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI (Barrymore Theater)
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL (Metro, RiotFest)
Oct 9, 2009 - Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
Oct 13, 2009 - Seattle, WA (Showbox Theater)
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR (Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom)
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA (The Grand at the Regency)
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA (Nokia Theater)

Gibby to tour with Soulsavers?

Looks like Gibby Haynes will play some shows with Soulsavers in England this August.

24 Manchester Ruby Lounge
25 Glasgow Oran Mor
27 London Garage

More Dates for Butthole Surfers Fall 09 Tour

Sept 24, 2009 - Houston, TX
Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB
Oct 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON
Oct 5, 2009 - Columbus, OH
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL
Oct 8, 2009 - Denver, CO
Oct 9, 2009 - Boulder, CO
Oct 13, 2009 - Seattle, WA
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA

And STILL no New York? I'm cryin' over here.

Watercolors

Gibby Haynes has been working in watercolor. Several small (looking) paintings are for sale here.

De La Barracuda

Gibby Haynes is included in a group show with the theme of the Godfather that opens this weekend in Los Angeles at La Barracuda, a venue that seems to have both an art gallery AND a hairdresser.

Atlanta date added for Butthole Surfers Fall Tour

But still no New York!! Come on home Gibby! And why isn't their website updated?

Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA
Sept 26, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL
Oct 8, 2009 - Denver, CO
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA

The Tour Gets Bigger

They keep announcing more dates for Butthole Surfer shows around the country (even Canada!) except for New York. HEY! HELLO! Do not ignore NEW YORK!

Sept 25, 2009 - New Orleans, LA
Oct 1, 2009 - Montreal, QB
Oct 6, 2009 - Madison, WI
Oct 7, 2009 - Chicago, IL
Oct 8, 2009 - Denver, CO
Oct 14, 2009 - Portland, OR
Oct 16, 2009 - San Francisco, CA
Oct 18, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA

My husband's comment about Madison (where he grew up): "I wonder if the newspaper will still refer to them as the Buttonhole Surfers."

1986 Live from Dutch Radio

Excellent recording of Sweat Loaf

October and the Butthole Surfers

Start making plans for October because two dates have already been announced: October 1st the Butthole Surfers will be playing at Pop Montreal with Dinosaur, Jr. and Lou Barlow+The Missingmen.

Then on to the Riot Fest in Chicago on October 7th, opening night, they will be playing with The House That Gloria Vanderbilt, and some other very interesting bands in the following days.

One week later on October 14th, head to Portland's McMenamins Crystal Ballroom for an all ages show (bring the kiddies!). Then October 16th in San Francisco at The Grand At The Regency Center and October 18th at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

New Soulsavers Album to Feature Gibby Haynes

According to NME, Spiritualized's Jason Pierce, Mike Patton of Faith No More, Richard Hawley and Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers will be on the next, and 3rd, Soulsavers album. Gibby will sing on a track called "Death Bells." Additionally, Will Oldham is involved with this project ("Bonnie Prince Billy") who is something of a current phenom and keeps popping up on my radar. I tried listening, but I just didn't get the hype.

Voting, Colonoscopies & Stories

Gibby at age 50, speaking as only he can about what's on his mind this particular day in 2008.

Gibby Haynes & Willie Nelson

Where Gibby interviews Willie Nelson during a period where they are both writing movies and they bond over bands called The Offenders.

Butthole Surfers Ringtones

Ok, this is worth spending my hard earned cabbage on. Dracula from Houston on my phone, this makes me so happy.

Kidd Yellin

According to this link, Gibby Haynes will be in the "project room" of a Red Hook, Brooklyn gallery called Kidd Yellin. The opening was yesterday (once again I don't find these things out until it's too late) but the website doesn't say what is IN the project room. Gibby singing to himself? Video projections with recorded sounds? It's anybody's guess.

The paintings by Gavin Anderson look like they are well worth the trek to Brooklyn. The show is on through August so maybe I'll figure out how to get there and check it out soon.

Tonight at Beauty Bar

Arggh, Gibby is guest dj tonight at Beauty Bar on 14th Street and I am not able to go. Once again, foiled by laziness.

May 3, 1987 in Trenton

This is a most entertaining story about a Butthole Surfers gig in Trenton that has the following elements:

- dog food on the floor
- all ages show with the ubiquitous dancing women and crazy films
- bouncers unplugging the show
- rubbing alcohol and fire
- How Gibby got his hands on all those 16mm medical films
- riotous behaviour by all

My favorite part of the interview where Gibby explains how the shows were actually an overcompensation because he wasn't confident in his singing:

Gibby Haynes: I was in charge of the show. I thought if I couldn’t really sing, then I might as well put on a show. So at first it was smoke and strobes. And then it was lots of smoke and lots of strobes. Completely fill the club with smoke until you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face, with a pulsing, bright-as-shit light that would make you vomit and convulse. We would make effigies out of newspaper and then tear them up in the strobe light, which was cool because it looked like you were tearing a human apart. We would dress up the dummies the same way we were dressed, and then jump behind an amp and throw out the dummy and rip it up.

Photos from Rock, Paper Scissors

Not very good photos, but it's all I could find. Plus, no captions to identify the artist. Overall though it looks pretty interesting, very rock and roll.

Rock Paper Scissors - More Information

More better information on this upcoming show in Los Angeles. It is a 3 day multi-media affair featuring some of the biggest names in rock n roll. If you live in the area, it is worth checking out.

Rock Paper Scissors Art Show

Gibby Haynes is part of a group show opening Feb 28 in LA featuring rock star artists. It is unclear to me what format this will be, is it performance art, or actual I-can-hold-it-in-my-hand-and-touch-it art?

Touch & Go is Gone

It was announced today that the Butthole Surfer's former label, Touch & Go, has shuttered. The music industry is in a shambles, and it's not surprising that small labels are having trouble keeping up. Sounds like big labels are having trouble too.

Here is the story of what transpired between them. Buttholes suffered from a lot of bad publicity, and for the first time in my life I saw musicians siding with the record label over the band. It leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth.

The Devil & Daniel Johnston

10-minute outtake from the movie with Gibby Haynes talking to Daniel Johnston (well Gibby doesn't say much, doesn't have to).

Gibby Wisdom

The wisdom of youth

Eating Egyptian

A Village Voice food critic takes Gibby and his wife to an Egyptian restaurant for what sounds like quite the meal. The rich just get richer with their free meals and swag.

Who Was in My Room Last Night?

I've had a bad day with too much ranting about other things so I come here to write a little about the Buttholes to calm myself down.

I did get to the gym and managed to stay there for a full 10 minutes, when usually I can manage only 9. Independent Worm Saloon is one of my favorites to play while at the gym, even if I only make it through the first two or three songs before going home.

Purists like to deride this album because it marks the Butthole's foray into big record label-dom. But I disagree. I think it's a brilliant album, about as perfect as you can get. Even the worst song on the album is called The Annoying Song, because it is annoying, and you know it before you listen, because they said so.

Produced by John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame), he managed to find a way to present the incredible genius of the Buttholes, cleaning them up, making them presentable for prime time. While this album doesn't have the noise and garage quality that is endearing in their independently produced records, it doesn't completely lose those qualities either. The arrangements are more organized so that their musical talent shines. Everything about this band is amazing, but you have to have either seen them live or really listen carefully, with headphones, to their early albums to truly get them. If you haven't done either, then you will never understand.

Independent Worm Saloon is more accessible, easier to listen to, and thus more mainstream, but without the gloss that could turn the corner into horribleness, as happened with Weird Revolution, where some songs practically scream Dance Hall Vomit.

Where else do you find an ode to alcohol, or talking to a cop about chewing chocolate that the doggy dropped, or the love song that doesn't give a fuck about the fbi? And a dispute on t-shirt sales - that one is custom made for Guitar Hero if I ever heard a song made for Guitar Hero this is the one.

I'M FLYING...

Gibby as Comedian

From the Upright Citizens Brigade website. I think this is from a TV series.

The Fillmore, San Francisco 12/30/08

Wow, it sounds like this was truly the show of the year. Fog and 3 screens and 2 hours of Butthole Surfers. I can't spend too much time thinking about it or I'll feel depressed the rest of 2009 knowing that I couldn't figure out a way to get out there to witness new years eve 08/09 with Gibby.

Here are some photos from the show.

Locust Abortion Technician

While opinions differ over which is the greatest Butthole Surfer album, this review stands firm with Locust Abortion Technician as the winner. The review is well written and amply describes the experience of listening to it for the first time (though you need not be on acid to fully experience its extremities). This truly is a record that is unlike any other since or ever will be. Play it loud and often, and be free of mainstream anything for the rest of your life. And as a bonus, it has clowns and a puppy on the cover!

The Warsaw, Brooklyn, Dec 12, 2008

Videos posted.

Rush Limbaugh Mystery

Once, purportedly in 1991 Rush Limbaugh said that he banned Gibby Haynes from his show. However, the video on youtube that showed this is no longer available. If anybody has it, I would love to post it.

Here are two posts about the incident:
Radio Exile
Political Base

Gibby Says Something at ATP, Dec 2008

Not sure what he is saying, I need a translator and for the audience to shut up.

Watch more YouTube videos on AOL Video

Dumb Things List

Read here to see the section on the Butthole Surfers in the Book "Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things", which is a nice compendia of interesting factoids. I will trust that the fact checkers made sure these are true, but you never know. Urban myths are often more interesting than facts anyways.

Short Interview Before Touring with School of Rock

Funny and not sounding annoyed for once, Gibby gave a good interview and revealed that he didn't clean up his act in front of all those kids' parents, just in case you were worried that those kids corrupted his morals.

And he takes off his pants

They look so young, this is the the earliest video of the Butthole Surfers I've seen (no I haven't watched too many it's true, but when I come across one, I look at it), but there is no date or place noted with it. Enjoy the youth.

John Frusciante

The notes on this video say that it was directed by Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes, and filmed in John Frusciante's crack den. True or not, it is kind of mesmorizing.

Photos from Philadelphia

Possibly the best set of photos of the Buttholes I've seen. Great work Arnold Bower.

NYC Taper Recorded the Warsaw Show

Happily, a very prolific taper recorded the Butthole's show from the Warsaw last week. Click here to read his review and listen.

Gibby and Kid Rock

So I just read that Kid Rock co-wrote Shame of Life, which explains everything.

Interview with Gibby 10/24/08

Not sure who the interviewer is, supposedly it's MC Trachiotomy (whoever he is, but it isn't totally clear). Gibby isn't in a great mood and it's kind of funny how disinterested in the whole thing he seems to be.

http://blogofneworleans.com/blog/2008/10/24/gibby-haynes-doesnt-totally-understand-mc-trachiotomy-either/

The Warsaw Last Night Rocked

What a great show last night, and indeed Gibby changed his shirt, thank you.
We were waiting since July to see the Butthole Surfers return to New York. They've been touring around, playing in other less deserving cities, and finally they came to Brooklyn last night to make up for the awful show in July at Webster Hall.

It was worth the wait. They were really ON last night, the energy was at 100% and the band played wonderfully. As Slim said, "What a great world we live in where you can eat pyrogy and watch the Butthole Surfers at the same time." They ROCKED.

Last time we went to Greenpoint we were lost for two hours, finally having to take a cab to our final destination. This anxiety led to us arriving at The Warsaw around 7:30. We were the second people to show up. The first was a lone guy who told us they weren't open. But immediately after we showed up, the giant, bald bouncers showed mercy on us and let us in so that we could start drinking and warming up. This lasted only about 40 minutes, when we were told to drink up and go back outside to get on line. We were certain our seats at the bar would be gone by the time we got through the line that was now snaking around the block, but it was for naught, our seats were still there, and a good thing too because the 8:00 show really meant 10:30. Which really meant after 11:00.

Many drinks, and a plate of pyrogy later, the first "band" went on. It was an awful display of some guy who looked like Crispin Glover reading from his notebook while music blared from the wall of amps behind him. It was unmercifully long. We didn't know there were 2 opening acts so when the 2nd act came on, and the screens lit up we thought it was the main event and so rushed into the main hall. But it was Black Dice playing their psychedelic electronica. I can't tell you if it was any good, because we lost our seats at the bar and had to sit in the noisy middle room.

As luck would have it, sitting in the middle room turned out to be one of the highlights, because it was right next to the back door, where Gibby was coming and going. He shook my hand and looked delighted that someone recognized him. Or, the jetlag from just returning from their Europe made him delirious. Either way, it was fun to touch his warm, soft hand, but I couldn't get my camera out in time to honor the event.

Being a girl who loves hard rock has one main advantage - there is never a long line for the bathrooms. This led to a second advantage last night while I was waiting for Slim to emerge from his long line. I noticed that the "VIP" section in the balcony had no actual guard. Upstairs we found SEATS, a blessing in a general admission nightclub type of place. I was dreading standing up for several hours, and this was the answer to my dream.

Not only were there seats, there were EMPTY seats, but not two together. We asked three people if they would move down one seat so we could sit together. Two of the three were perfectly amiable with the suggestion. The third, a sullen Asian woman with her coat in her lap the entire night, absolutely refused to move. It was odd and under normal circumstances that would have led to an all night elbow fest, but I was in too good a mood and that bitch wasn't going to ruin it for me. She could wait until after the show to feel my wrath.

After about 10 minutes the guy sitting next to me decided to follow his girlfriend, with whom he was having a fight, downstairs, opening up a seat next to me. Disaster averted, we had unobstructed views in the front row of the tiny balcony. The only thing missing was the vibe, as up there it was kind of calm. Down in front it looked much more vibey. Didn't matter, the sound was great, the band played really well and the videos were as gruesome as ever.

Next stop... New Year's Eve at the Fillmore in San Francisco? I'm checking flights now.

Get Gibby a New Shirt

Some chick in England posted photos on her Flickr site of the the festival this past weekend in Butkins or whatever that place is called. The Buttholes look as they've been looking recently, nothing new or exciting seems to have happened.

I am going to send out mental messages to Gibby to please wear a new shirt tomorrow night, I'm tired of looking at this one already. Unless he has fifty identical shirts in his drawer, it's kind of gross. Please?

Minehead Review

Last weekend the Butthole Surfers played at the Nightmare Before Christmas festival in Butlins Minehead England, along with a bunch of bands that, all together, would have been a whole lot of fun to see. The Guardian has a short review that made me feel all the more remorseful for not being able to go to such an awesome sounding festival. The Times also has a review that really described the great time that I didn't have.

I did look at the options for going to this weekend of rock and roll, but honestly, it was so very British that I couldn't understand how it all worked. There were several different kinds of hotel rooms and it seemed as though you had to buy the whole package in order to get tickets. Also, it seemed like this thing is at a resort at the beach, but again, I couldn't quite dig into it deep enough to get the whole picture. I think this place is somewhere remote, so maybe they wanted to make sure too many people didn't show up and then sleep in their cars or something.

Live in Providence Rhode Island 10-16-01

I know there are a ton of live tapes of the Butthole Surfers out there, but I came across this one recently that I like a lot. It is from a Providence Rhode Island show at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel while promoting Weird Revolution. The sound is good, and most importantly, Gibby sings all the words, in their correct order, to I Saw An Xray of a Girl Passing Gas. My guess is that he was reading them from a piece of paper (which I saw him do once in a video). I appreciate this mostly because it's the only song that I know all the words and can sing along, mostly without fucking it up.

Moon & Moon Record Release Party

When it rains, it pours. Just two days after the Butthole Surfers return to New York and play in Brooklyn, Gibby will be part of the Moon & Moon record release at Glasslands. There is, as of yet, no actual information about this event, but mark your calendars as it will be a very busy weekend in Brooklyn.