Are the butthole surfers a gay band?

[Mr Pickles]

 

[clamum]

Not that I know of.

 

[K1052]

Are you really too lazy to even look up the wiki on it?

The band did not begin as the Butthole Surfers, although they did have a song of that title, possibly an early version of 1984's "Butthole Surfer". This changed at their first paid concert, when an announcer forgot what the band was called and used the song title for the group?s name. They decided to keep the moniker, and have largely been billed as such ever since.[74] Prior to that, the Surfers performed under a different name at every live show. Early aliases included the Dick Clark Five, Nine Foot Worm Makes Own Food, the Vodka Family Winstons, and many others.[75]

The name has long been a source of trouble for the band. Many clubs, newspapers, radio, and TV stations refuse to print or mention their full name, and instead opted to use "B.H. Surfers", or other abbreviations.[76] The term "butthole surfer" is a crude reference to a male homosexual; as described in the lyrics of the song "Butthole Surfer".

However, the term "butthole surfer" may also refer to a common San Antonio-area activity of tubing (recreation) on the Guadalupe River. "Tubers" will sit inside an inner tube with their legs hanging out and float down the river, often in groups of students or partiers bringing along an extra innertube for a cooler of beer. Because of the position "tubers" sit in, some locals call them "butthole surfers". Since the original members of the Butthole Surfers met in San Antonio, the name may be a reference to this local practice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers

 

[Oil]

So anybody else like them? Their music is very strange but I just can't stop listening to it

 

[PottedMeat]

The Flanderses are the only ones staying at the church's rescue
center, where Rod and Todd sport their hand-out shirts.


Todd: We got new clothes from the donation bin!
[wearing a Butthole Surfers shirt] I'm a surfer!
[Rod wears a t-shirt with "I'm With Stupid" on it and a pointed
finger]

Rod: Look, Daddy, Todd is stupid and I'm with him.
[walks to Maude] And now Mommy's stupid! [chuckles]

 

[j00fek]

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: OSx86
So anybody else like them? Their music is very strange but I just can't stop listening to it

Yeah they are great!

 

[FoBoT]

they have some really good songs
very underrated
maybe due to the odd band name

what the heck is a "gay band" anyway?

get electriclarryland and listen to it, it is awesome

 

[Aikouka]

They've got a couple of good songs with some good beats to them.

 

[Oil]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
they have some really good songs
very underrated
maybe due to the odd band name

what the heck is a "gay band" anyway?

get electriclarryland and listen to it, it is awesome

Electriclarryland is good but if you want to hear the true Butthole Surfers get Locust Abortion Technician

Its sad that most people only know them because of one song in GH2, they are actually pretty good

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: OSx86
...get Locust Abortion Technician

ok, just ordered it from half.com :thumbsup:

 

[HammerCurl]

I laughed when I read title.

 

[Oil]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: OSx86
...get Locust Abortion Technician

ok, just ordered it from half.com :thumbsup:

Heh you might not like it the first time you hear it because the album is very wierd but it definitely grows on you

 

[Cutterhead]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
they have some really good songs
very underrated
maybe due to the odd band name

what the heck is a "gay band" anyway?

get electriclarryland and listen to it, it is awesome

I'm going to dig this album up. I haven't listened to it in forever and it really was pretty good.

 

[jhayx7]

My wife dated Jeff Pinkus, the former bass player for the butthole surfers.

 

[TheTony]

Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain

 

[KeithTalent]

Gibby is a bit of a nutjob, which is what makes their live shows so awesome! I agree with the Locust recommendation. :thumbsup:

KT

 

[Platypus]

what is a gay band?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Platypus
what is a gay band?

OP hasn't bothered to define that, yet

spideR?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I really prefer their early stuff, particularly their first album, Another Man's Sac. I remember seeing them at the tiny 7th Street Entry in about 1985 (there were maybe 150 people there) and it was amazing. They are definitely a band that would never have come to be were it not for hallucinogens.

 

[Injury]

Does it matter?

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Platypus
what is a gay band?

OP hasn't bothered to define that, yet

spideR?

Sorry, I'm at work. Yeah, gay band? Just a band who's members are gay.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Injury
Does it matter?

 

[Yreka]

->Whatcha doin ?
Chewin Chocolate
-> Wherdja get it ?
A doggy dropped it
-> Carry on

Saw them New Years of '93 opening for Nirvana in Medford Oregon.. What a good show.

 

[NatePo717]

As soon as I saw this thread Pepper came up on my playlist...... a 1 in 3000 shot.