big_dave wrote:None of those records are all that great.

I like them, but nothing that is loud enough for me to hear over the schtick of the band. Maybe if I was 15 at the time, I might get it.

A few laughs, some okay noise and spectacle. The hype surrounding them before they played their first show here was in high gear. I worked the show and I'll admit that they were "fun" and all that, totally fucked-up. However, it brought out the worst of Minneapolis' junkie-punk crowd and I had to tell people to not shoot up drugs in the toilet, etc. The mess afterwards was disgusting to have to clean up.

Ultimately, the only song I can remember is the Sweet Leaf thing.

zom-zom wrote:However, it brought out the worst of Minneapolis' junkie-punk crowd and I had to tell people to not shoot up drugs in the toilet, etc. The mess afterwards was disgusting to have to clean up.

So I would love them if I was young and purile enough to fantasize about going to gigs that end up like that.

This whole thing makes me sad. They want $45 dollars to see them in New Hampshire. Who would do that?

If they had played it right they could probably still be a viable band.

Chuckb wrote:They want $45 dollars to see them in New Hampshire.

Our Brand Could Be Your Life.

steve wrote:

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:I also think that either side could have made a call at any point and resolved the whole thing.

You obviously have no experience dealing with the Butthole Surfers. They were devious to the point of dishonesty in every encounter I had with them. Try to find someone with direct experience who can say differently.

Gibby once hit a whiffle ball straight up in the air at such a steep angle that it came down directly into the vent for the furnace of my house and lodged there. When the heat came on, it melted and the house reeked of burning plastic.

Later, when asked about it he denied all knowledge, forgetting that his interlocutor was standing on the porch when it happened.

zom-zom wrote:

big_dave wrote:None of those records are all that great.

I like them, but nothing that is loud enough for me to hear over the schtick of the band. Maybe if I was 15 at the time, I might get it.

A few laughs, some okay noise and spectacle. The hype surrounding them before they played their first show here was in high gear. I worked the show and I'll admit that they were "fun" and all that, totally fucked-up. However, it brought out the worst of Minneapolis' junkie-punk crowd and I had to tell people to not shoot up drugs in the toilet, etc. The mess afterwards was disgusting to have to clean up.

Ultimately, the only song I can remember is the Sweet Leaf thing.

Was this the "infamous" Buttholes show in Minneapolis? The Courtney Love one?

As far as the Buttholes are concerned, the only way in hell I'd see them was if Paul Leary was there; his new band, Carny, is on myspace and they're pretty great, I think.
BUT, Leary ALSO seems to be the biggest festering asshole of the bunch - talented, but a real jackass. Thus, even IF I paid to see Leary I'd still feel dirty for doing so.

Ace wrote:Was this the "infamous" Buttholes show in Minneapolis? The Courtney Love one?

No, that was a few years later. I did not attend it.

I saw them once in the early 90s, and they were absolutely godawful. The records don't do a damn thing for me either.

Wood Goblin wrote:I saw them once in the early 90s, and they were absolutely godawful. The records don't do a damn thing for me either.

See if you can find the DVD "The Blind Eye Sees All," it's from a 1985 show. Production/sound are solid. Paul's guitar playing is amazing. They were one of those bands whose albums never really did them justice.

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:

steve wrote:

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:I also think that either side could have made a call at any point and resolved the whole thing.

You obviously have no experience dealing with the Butthole Surfers. They were devious to the point of dishonesty in every encounter I had with them. Try to find someone with direct experience who can say differently.

Theoretically either side could have made a call and resolved the whole thing, then. I don't have any experience in dealing with them, it's true.

All the more reason Corey should have been happy to see them go. Which I'd guess he is.

Well, I doubt Corey was ecstatic about losing that back catalog! If that was in print on T&G all these years, it would have sold enough to make Corey's and the Butthole Surfers lives a little easier. It's just very nutty. For God's sake, you think King Coffey knew what the score was, as his own label was m & d'ed by T&G.