Butthole Surfers

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musical group rock band

Butthole Surfers are an American experimental rock band known for their chaotic live shows, surreal humor, and genre-blending, psychedelic sound that heavily influenced the alternative and indie rock scenes.

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Label Occurrences
Butthole Surfers canonical 5
The Butthole Surfers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activePeriod 1981–present ⓘ
associatedAct Ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Flaming Lips NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ween NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn 1981 ⓘ
formedInCity San Antonio, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedInCountry United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
art punk ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
post‑hardcore ⓘ
psychedelic punk ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hasRole Gibby Haynes – vocals ⓘ
Jeff Pinkus – bass ⓘ
King Coffey – drums NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Leary – guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teresa Nervosa – drums NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced alternative rock scene ⓘ
indie rock scene ⓘ
member Gibby Haynes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeff Pinkus NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Coffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Leary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teresa Nervosa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor chaotic live performances ⓘ
genre‑blending sound ⓘ
surreal humor ⓘ
notableSong Pepper NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Shame of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
Who Was in My Room Last Night? NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Electriclarryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hairway to Steven NERFINISHED ⓘ
Independent Worm Saloon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Locust Abortion Technician NERFINISHED ⓘ
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rembrandt Pussyhorse NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Alternative Tentacles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Capitol Records ⓘ
Latino Buggerveil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Touch and Go Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic heavy use of tape loops and sound effects ⓘ
psychedelic visual projections at concerts ⓘ
use of disturbing and absurd imagery ⓘ

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The Flaming Lips → influencedBy → Butthole Surfers ⓘ
Touch and Go Records → releasedMusicFor → Butthole Surfers ⓘ
Scratch Acid → associatedAct → Butthole Surfers ⓘ
Alternative Tentacles → associatedWith → Butthole Surfers ⓘ
Alternative Tentacles → hasNotableArtist → Butthole Surfers ⓘ
Homestead Records → releasedMusicBy → Butthole Surfers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Butthole Surfers