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In 2010 Williams released both "Kids," his first album of music for children, and "Thief," an album of bluegrass covers of songs by artists ranging from Amy Winehouse ("Rehab") to the Butthole Surfers.

They're spiritual kin of the Butthole Surfers , which is to say wild-eyed freaks bent backward at the psychedelic altar of mind-expanding drone, gritty cacophony and sputtering industrial beats. If there were a soundtrack for America's financial meltdown and the ensuing recession, Indian...

For three decades, Butthole Surfers have sustained their mastery of musical mayhem, perversion and debauchery. As “alternative rock” was opening its perpetually sleepy eyes in the early 1980’s, Alternative Tentacles turned its more prescient gaze towards Butthole Surfers. Surely even the label’s creator, Jello Biafra , could not have envisaged the brilliantly twisted sickness the band’s classic ...

Emo's East debuts this weekend with Butthole Surfers show

Between Alive After Five and all the other downtown bars trying to cash in on that crown, Wednesday is music day. And that is definitely true today: Hoots and Hellmouth is at AA5, Talkdemonic is at Neurolux, the Butthole Surfers will rock The Egyptian, and Brian "Head" Welch, the Rasputin look-alike who was formerly the guitarist for Korn and is now a roadie for Christ , will be at The Venue ...

Butthole Surfers took the stage at Brick by Brick for an hour and a half of grown men acting like profane hooligans, devastating all taste and propriety.

Once a punk-rock staple, the guys are showing their age The closest one can possibly get to being on acid without actually taking the trip is a Butthole Surfers concert. Renowned in the late 80s and 90s for unpredictable performances, the Surfers were known for their wild stage antics that included, but were not limited [...]

BS are no BS. They damn well know how to make music. by Amy Atkins During the '80s, rock bands were not immune to the "more is more" motto. But the best bands experimented with the word "more" by adding unique sounds and vocalizations instead of flashy special effects or big hair.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Butthole Surfers drop in on Brick by Brick instead. “Boycott 4th&B!!!” That tweet could have come from a disgruntled ex-bouncer or a band that didn’t get drink tickets.

I had some pretty significant nightmares last night thanks to Butthole Surfers. Don't get me wrong, the legendary avant-garde punk band, born in San Antonio, Tex. in 1981, was aces during its show at Regency Ballroom – just as weird and earsplitting as it ever was.

With the weird-rock Texas quartet cloaked in shadows, it was tough not to stare at a five-screen array as it cycled through bizarre images from films and beyond.