Butthole Surfers discography

Butthole Surfers discography

Studio albums	8
EPs	4
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	3
Singles	8
Video albums	1

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.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
Title	Album details	US	AUS	CAN	NZ	UK	UK Indie	Certifications
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac	Released: December 1984 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Fundamental Format: CD, cassette, LP	—	—	—	—	—	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	—	—	RIAA: Gold
Weird Revolution	Released: August 28, 2001 (US) Labels: Surfdog, Hollywood Format: CD, LP	130	124	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Live album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Live album details	UK Indie
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

List of compilation albums
Title	Compilation album details
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt	Released: March 27, 1995 (US) Labels: Trance Syndicate Format: CD
Humpty Dumpty LSD	Released: July 11, 2002 (US) Labels: Latino Buggerveil Format: CD, LP
Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP	Released: January 28, 2003 (US) Labels: Latino Buggerveil Format: CD

Video albums

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

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title	Extended play details	Peak chart positions
Title	Extended play details	UK Indie
Butthole Surfers	Released: July 1983 (US) Labels: Alternative Tentacles Format: 12"	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

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

Compilation and soundtrack contributions

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

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
1993	"Dust Devil"	Modi Frank
1995	"Underdog"
1996	"Pepper"	Gavin Bowden
2001	"The Shame of Life"	Kyle Cooper

References

Ankeny, Jason. "Butthole Surfers - Artist Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- For all: "ARIA peaks to July 2024, received from ARIA in October 2024". ARIA. Retrieved November 2, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- For all top 50: "Discographie Butthole Surfers". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 63 (15). RPM Music Publications Ltd. May 27, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"Discographie Butthole Surfers". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"Butthole Surfers" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
^ 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)
"Gold & Platinum: Butthole Surfers". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Radio Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
"Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
"Butthole Surfers – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
^ Peak chart positions for singles in Australia and New Zealand:
- "The Hurdy Gurdy Man": "Discographie Butthole Surfers". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- "Pepper": "Discographie Butthole Surfers". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"RPM Alternative 30". RPM. 63 (19). RPM Music Publications Ltd. June 24, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"Butthole Surfers". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
"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)
Codrington, Andrea (2003). Kyle Cooper. London: Laurence King Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 1-85669-329-5.

External links

Butthole Surfers discography discography at Discogs

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Gibby Haynes Paul Leary King Coffey Jeff Pinkus Scott Stevens Scott Matthews Andrew Mullin Quinn Mathews Bill Jolly Teresa Nervosa Terence Smart Trevor Malcolm Mark Kramer Kytha Gernatt Nathan Calhoun
Studio albums	Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac Rembrandt Pussyhorse Locust Abortion Technician Hairway to Steven piouhgd Independent Worm Saloon Electriclarryland Weird Revolution
EPs	Butthole Surfers Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis Widowermaker The Hurdy Gurdy Man
Live albums	Live PCPPEP Double Live
Compilations	The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt Humpty Dumpty LSD Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP
Videos	Blind Eye Sees All
Singles	"The Hurdy Gurdy Man" "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" "Pepper" "The Shame of Life"
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