Village Voice Weighs In

With a review of the New Years Eve Butthole Surfers show.

Review from a Youngster

Depressingly, this is what a young person thinks about seeing her first Butthole Surfers show in Brooklyn: "The band is old now and so are their songs." At least she enjoyed it.

Review of Austin 2010 Halloween Shows

Gary Bombardier (do we think that's his real name?) wrote what is arguably the longest review of a concert in concert reviewing history. If you missed the shows this past Halloween in Austin, you can spend the next several hours reading about it here on HellBomb.

Is There Such Thing as Too Much Drugs?

According to this interview with Nick Cave and Jim Sclavunos, the writer Jon Doran tries to confirm a rumor that the Butthole Surfers once asked to be removed from a show with Birthday Party and the Swans because those two bands were doing too much heroin. Nick Cave seemed to have never heard this rumor, though it was surmised that the show in question was in Hamburg, this rumor was not confirmed in this interview.

Biggest Assholes

Chunklet ranked the Butthole Surfers the top ranking assholes in rock in their list of 100 due to their handling of their record company in 2000. What I can't tell from their website is when this magazine was published.