The Butthole Surfers were one of my favorite bands in the '80's. I must have seen them at least a half dozen times including a monumental free concert in the mud on the Washington Mall sometime in the '80s. One weekend, me and some others phone-bombed WHFS, the so-called "alternative station" in DC with requests for them -- they finally relented and announced the song as "something from the B-hole Surfers." I was recently tooling around the dial and the "new HFS" was playing "Mexico" from their last (spotty) album. Unfortunately, the station is now incredibly more obnoxious (they were obnoxious when they were laid back as well -- anyone remember Weasel and Bob Here?).

Even while Gibby and Paul have been dormant, they have still managed to put up what I would say is one of the best fan-oriented website around (others should take notes). This is not surprising as they were always quite accessible to their fans.

Like the band could be at times, the website takes a little getting used to but eventually you'll find your way around. There are literally hours of MP3s here -- from self-recorded DAT bootlegs to a generous amount of cuts from their albums. If you haven't ever "gotten them", here's a chance to do it risk-free. Eventually, I'll get around to their albums and I think I even some bootlegs in my cassette collection.

Butthole Surfers Website

Selected MP3s
To Parter is perhaps my favorite cut...

Human Cannonball