Butthole Surfers
Electriclarryland
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AMG Review of Electriclarryland
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideOn Electriclarryland, their second major-label album, the Butthole Surfers continue the streamlined direction they began with Independent Worm Saloon, which basically means it's a loud guitar rock album. Even though there's potential for the record to become unnecessarily generic, it's to the Buttholes' credit that they still have the desire to throw enough bizarre wrenches into the machinery to keep most of their diehard audience satiated. Certainly, Electriclarryland will sound way too tame for fans of Locust Abortion Technican and Hairway to Steven, and they're right, to a certain extent. For listeners accustomed to their unhinged, perverse '80s recordings, there is nothing on this guitar-heavy record to please them. But Electriclarryland is a logical maturation for the band. It's odd to think of the Buttholes maturing, but that is the case with this album. They have a couple of jangly pop numbers that appear to be played relatively straight and the heavier numbers have a piledriving inevitability that make them memorable. In short, Electriclarryland rocks and it rocks hard, with enough energy for bands half of the Buttholes' age. And underneath the seemingly normal surface, the Buttholes have thrown in enough jokes and have twisted around enough clichés to prove that the band may mature, but they'll never really grow up.
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Well kids, Daddy caught nasty virus. A _computer_ virus, that is! My white ass was up till almost 2am last night stomping out tiny little fires as a result of some random chunk of data that floated in from the internets. It's at once a violating and infuriating scenario the know that someone got into your shit and just set up shop like you're some AOLin' chump sucka. Well I showed them. All my ...
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SINCE NO ONE WILL READ THIS ANYWAY..........
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.......I guess I can rant a little. >>>>>>They were all in love with dyin'
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I AM the Keymaster!
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Well kids, Daddy caught nasty virus. A _computer_ virus, that is! My white ass was up till almost 2am last night stomping out tiny little fires as a result of some random chunk of data that floated in from the internets. It's at once a violating and infuriating scenario the know that someone got into your shit and just set up shop like you're some AOLin' chump sucka. Well I showed them. All my ...
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V de Verdura
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Me acabo de dar cuenta que no me gusta comer nada que tuvo, tenga o haya sido raiz, lease rabanito, zanahoria, pepino, y....no, me cago, papa, cebolla y tomate como.Bueno, a seguir investigando en que categoria entra todo...Verduras? Vegetales Verdes? Muchas "V" hay dando vueltas. Me voy a meditar. O mejor a dormir, son las 6 de la mañana...
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When Indie Goes Top 40, #3: Butthole Surfers - A Brief History
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There is perhaps no less likely candidate for mainstream Top 40 success than the San Antonio, TX band Butthole Surfers. The name alone is probably the most profane thing Casey Kasem ever uttered--at least on air, sending up a red flag for parents and family groups all over the country. And that's not even to mention their bizarre brand of offensive psychedelia influenced noise rock and absolute...
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