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Butthole Surfers

Active

1980s - 2010s

Formed

1982 in San Antonio, TX

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock Noise-Rock American Underground Experimental Rock College Rock

Also Known As

Vodka Family Winstons, The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole, The Dick Gas Five, The B.H.

Group Members

Gibby Haynes King Coffey Paul Leary Jeff "J.D." Pinkus Andrew Weiss Kramer Theresa Nervosa
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Butthole Surfers

Biography by Jason Ankeny

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Abrasive and only occasionally tuneful Texas group that indulged in gleefully gross noise terrorism.
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