Butthole Surfers discography

The discography of American rock band Butthole Surfers consists of eight studio albums, four extended plays (EP), two live albums, three compilation albums, one video album, and eight singles. Formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas, the group signed with the Alternative Tentacles label in 1981. Butthole Surfers' eponymous debut EP was released two years later. The band added drummers King Coffey and Teresa Nervosa in 1983, moved to the Touch and Go label the following year, and released their debut full-length album, Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac.[1]

Butthole Surfers discography
Studio albums8
EPs4
Live albums2
Compilation albums3
Singles8
Video albums1

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
UK Indie
[7]
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac 12
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
  • Released: April 18, 1986 (US)
  • Labels: Touch and Go, Red Rhino
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
9
Locust Abortion Technician
  • Released: March 1987 (US)
  • Labels: Touch and Go, Blast First
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
3
Hairway to Steven
  • Released: April 11, 1988 (US)
  • Labels: Touch and Go, Blast First
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
6
piouhgd
  • Released: February 20, 1991 (US)
  • Labels: Rough Trade
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
136 68
Independent Worm Saloon
  • Released: March 23, 1993 (US)
  • Labels: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
154 179 73
Electriclarryland
  • Released: April 2, 1996 (US)
  • Labels: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
31 23 61 24
Weird Revolution 130 124
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Live album details Peak chart positions
UK Indie
[7]
Live PCPPEP
  • Released: September 20, 1984 (US)
  • Labels: Alternative Tentacles
  • Format: 12"
Double Live
  • Released: June 1989 (US)
  • Labels: Touch and Go, Fundamental
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums
Title Compilation album details
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt
Humpty Dumpty LSD
Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP
  • Released: January 28, 2003 (US)
  • Labels: Latino Buggerveil
  • Format: CD

Video albums

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List of video albums
Title Video album details
Blind Eye Sees All
  • Released: June 1986
  • Label: Touch and Go
  • Formats: VHS, DVD (2002)

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Extended play details Peak chart positions
UK Indie
[7]
Butthole Surfers 21
Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
  • Released: October 1985 (UK)
  • Labels: Touch and Go, Fundamental
  • Format: 12"
9
Widowermaker
  • Released: September 6, 1989 (US)
  • Labels: Touch and Go, Blast First
  • Format: 12", 10", CD
1
The Hurdy Gurdy Man
  • Released: 1990 (US)
  • Labels: Rough Trade
  • Format: 12"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
Air

[9]
US
Alt

[10]
US
Main

[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
Alt

[13]
NZ
[12]
UK
[14]
1990 "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" 147 36 98 piouhgd
1993 "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" 24 Independent Worm Saloon
1994 "Dust Devil"
"Good King Wenceslas"/"The Lord Is a Monkey" Electriclarryland
1996 "Pepper" 26 1 19 15 2 32 59
"Jingle of a Dog's Collar" 130
2001 "The Shame of Life" 24 147 Weird Revolution
2002 "Dracula from Houston" 172
"—" denotes singles that did not chart.

Compilation and soundtrack contributions

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Year Title Track(s) Label
1983 Cottage Cheese from the Lips of Death

"I Hate My Job"

Ward-9
1984 International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation

"100 Million People Dead"

R Radical
1984 Rat Music for Rat People Vol. 2

"Butthole Surf Theme Song"

CD Presents
1985 Tellus #10: All Guitars

"U.S.S.A." (Live)

Harvestworks
1986 God's Favorite Dog

"Eindhoven Chicken Masque" "The Legless Eye"

Touch and Go
1987 A Texas Trip

"All Day" "Flame Grape"

Caroline
1987 Smack My Crack

"Boiled Dove"

Giorno Poetry Systems
1989 Nothing Short of Total War

"Jimi" (Live)

Blast First
1990 Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson

"Earthquake"

Sire
1993 Volume Eight

"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" (Tate Or Tot Mix)

Volume magazine
1993 Son in Law: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"

Hollywood
1994 Brainscan: Music from the Motion Picture

"Leave Me Alone"

Ruffhouse/Columbia
1994 Love & A .45: Music from the Motion Picture

"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"

Epic Soundtrax
1994 Dumb And Dumber: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Hurdy Gurdy Man"

RCA
1995 Saturday Morning

"Underdog"

MCA
1995 ¡Cinco Años!

"The Lord Is a Monkey" (Remix)

Trance Syndicate
1996 Original Soundtrack from Fox Hunt

"The Colored F.B.I. Guy"

Rhino
1996 Music from And Inspired By John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.

"Pottery"

Lava
1996 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture

"Whatever (I Had a Dream)"

Capitol
1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"The Lord Is a Monkey" (Rock Version)

Geffen
1997 Spawn: The Album

"Tiny Rubberband" (with/feat. Moby)

Immortal/Epic/Sony
1997 subUrbia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Human Cannonball"

Geffen
1998 Cult Rockers: Rebels

"Alcohol"

1999 M.O.M., Vol. 3: Music for Our Mother Ocean

"Summer in the City" Remix of "Ocean Size" (Jane's Addiction)

Surfdog/Hollywood
2000 Mission: Impossible II (soundtrack)

"They Came In"

Hollywood
2002 Music from Scrubs

"Dracula from Houston"

Hollywood
2003 Laurel Canyon: Original Soundtrack

"The Shame of Life"

Hollywood
2004 Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground

"Moving to Florida"

Rhino
2004 Step Into Liquid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Dracula from Houston"

Surfdog

Music videos

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Year Title Director
1987 "Cherub" Alex Halpern & Tom Stern
1988 "Fast" Alex Winter
1990 "The Hurdy Gurdy Man"
1993 "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" William Stobaugh
"Dust Devil" Modi Frank[15]
1995 "Underdog"
1996 "Pepper" Gavin Bowden
2001 "The Shame of Life" Kyle Cooper[16]

References

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  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Butthole Surfers - Artist Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
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  4. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 63 (15). RPM Music Publications Ltd. May 27, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "Discographie Butthole Surfers". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  6. ^ "Butthole Surfers" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum: Butthole Surfers". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Radio Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  10. ^ "Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  11. ^ "Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Peak chart positions for singles in Australia and New Zealand:
  13. ^ "RPM Alternative 30". RPM. 63 (19). RPM Music Publications Ltd. June 24, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  14. ^ "Butthole Surfers". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  15. ^ "Music Video - Production Notes - Los Angeles" (PDF). Billboard. August 21, 1993. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.(worldradiohistory.com)
  16. ^ Codrington, Andrea (2003). Kyle Cooper. London: Laurence King Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 1-85669-329-5.
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