In an age where bands make a lot of money to reunite, look no further than the alt-rockers The Butthole Surfers won't come back to despite a “six-figure offer.”
Although the group is happy to revisit their past material through reissues, the idea of returning to the concert stage was a no-brainer for original members Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary.
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Reflecting on their past with the Guardian, they recall that the duo started out as more of an artistic project than a rock band, and their performance art has led to increasingly wild live shows and excesses that have clearly gotten out of hand. I was even more inspired by this.
“We didn't perform to our full potential today, and that's because I lost,” Haynes said. “I did too many drugs. I completely ruined the deal. It's my fault. It's on me.”
Leary added: “We were really messed up people. We're good people, but we're messed up and damaged.”
When asked about the possibility of a reunion, Leary offered: We are really lucky not to go to jail and we don't want to force it any further. I don't want to send my bandmates home in body bags or burn down the venue. ”
Meanwhile, Haynes seems happy to have a life with his family after years on the road. “I have a 13-year-old son. He is the light of my life,” he says. “I have a real family, which is great. Little league baseball and middle school basketball? Dude, that's bullshit.”
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As previously mentioned, being a rock band was almost a secondary consideration for the group. “Our first few shows were performance art with a musical backdrop,” Leary says. “We were more interested in art, but then music took over.”
“We didn't have any plans,” he added. “We were interested in Dadaism and loved the random nature of how things turned out.”
“It was all an attempt to get attention. We made art for money and attention,” Haynes added.
Art played a role in the band's motivation, but eventually the audience became interested in the music as well. They performed at the first Lollapalooza festival and finally made it onto the Billboard 200 album chart with their sixth album, 1993, along with the explosion of '90s alternative rock. independent worm saloon.
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Radio also found them, recording airplay for “Who Was In My Room Last Night,” and in 1996 they topped the Alternative Airplay chart with their album “Pepper.” electric rallyland album. Another song, “The Shame of Life,” continued to be played on radio into the early 2000s.
The group stopped touring for the most part after 2011, performing solo in 2016 and 2017. They've been on hiatus since then, but they've published a coffee table book looking back at their history called Butthole Surfers: What Does Regret Mean? In 2019.
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As previously mentioned, the band is re-releasing some of their music through Matador Records. The label has been reissuing early recordings; Psychic….powerless…other person's bag, Rembrandt Pussy Horse and Live PCPPEP
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