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June 4, 2004

Gibby Haynes Has "Problems"

Butthole Surfers frontman to release solo record in August
July 6, 2001

Butthole Surfers Ride Again

First album in five years due in August
January 21, 1999

Butthole Surfers Ponder Life After "After the Astronaut"

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January 20, 1999

The Hole Truth . . . and Nothing Butt

The Surfers ponder life after "After the Astronaut"

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Electriclarryland

What a difference a hit single makes. The veteran scourge of U.S. underground rock, the Butthole Surfers, are now heavy-rotation dudes, thanks to "Pepper," which, in all honesty, is one of the lesser entries – too much Beck (a la "Loser"), not enough brown-acid mischief – on Electriclarryl...

1996 RS: 0of 5 Stars

Independent Worm Saloon

1993

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Biography

Actors often complain that comedy is hard and doesn't get much credit when it's time to pass out the awards. One can make the same case regarding the Butthole Surfers, a band beloved and much deciphered by those who got the joke (and got beyond the joke) while those who didn't went no further than the name. Beyond the joke, the Buttholes were always crazy in frightening, fractured ways reminiscent...

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