Reviews (page 3 of 9)
Interesting album for sure. Very experimental. But not something I'd really want to listen to again as listening to it a second time became less interesting and more tiresome. I can see why people like it, but it's a bit too unstructured for my tastes.
This record surprised me in a good way. Gritty, hard edged and on the verge of avant garde. The music was about textures and chunks of unique sounds rather than melody or harmony or a good hook.
Lotta noise. Not a lotta payoff
450/1089 - Sounds like they had a lot of fun making this.
I was also an ironic asshole teenager in 1987 and probably would've liked this at the time. Some fun noise and tape experiments, some dumb smutty jokes, but it all reads mean, or cruel ("22 Going on 23"). Honestly I kind of like it nostalgically, but you're not missing anything.
I like the grunge sound. Annoying at times but enough redeeming qualities I gave it a 3.
i think the name is interesting but like i don't think this album is for me
It's one of the lowest rated albums on the site, so of course it's a) something I have in my collection and b) something I really like! From the moment that "Sweat Loaf" (a play on the closely named Black Sabbath track, and not the only track which meddles with Sabbathian playing) kicks in, you know that you're in for a wild ride. It exercises some wonderfully manic, discordant playing, off-piste tones, desultory structures and absurd lyricism, however it knows precisely when to lock into more conventional sensibilities and grooves in what feels like a partially sarcastic, yet well-considered manner. It's very much an album that you'd struggle to put into a specific box, where a consistent sense of irony, humour and surrealism are its aces up its sleeve. Elements of noise rock, experimental rock, psych rock, post punk, sludge metal and sampled tape music are all plain to hear, and they coagulate into a habitually thrilling package.
Not sure you can even call this music
Максимальный мистербанглинг
Pluss: - Varer bare 32 minutter. - Første minuttet er stillhet. Minus: - Et hvert garasjeband i historien presenterer bedre enn dette på første øving.
Madness
More listenable than expected
Surprise. I liked this somehow
The 2 or 3 songs that resembled songs weren't so bad
Honestly, I didn't have a bad time at all with this album. Yes, sometimes it's just plain experimental nonsense. But it did not detract from my enjoyment of the rockin' riffs and the headbangers. The album feels like a "fuck you, I'll do what I want" more than a "This is sophisticated music, you just don't understand." kind of experimental. Update: I'm giving this a 5 just because I got laid off today. It's the perfect disorienting album to accompany it with. If you don't like that, eat my whole fucking dick.
Sounds like a more chaotic mudhoney or a noisier pixies. If people describe this as trash... Guess I kinda like trash then.
There’s a reason the Butthole Surfers never really became a radio staple—and it’s definitely not because of anything on Locust Abortion Technician. This album feels less like music and more like a disorienting, full-blown nightmare acid trip—the kind you’d do anything to wake up from. It’s like someone hands you a glass of something to drink. You don’t even look at it—you just take a swallow. Instantly, you gag and spit it out. “What did you just give me?” you ask. “Motor oil. Good, isn’t it?” they reply. “Absolutely not. People aren’t supposed to drink motor oil.” “Really? I’ve always enjoyed a tall glass of motor oil,” they say—then snatch the glass back, raise it to their lips, and slowly drain it while staring at you, unblinking. That’s what it feels like when someone recommends this album. It isn’t inviting, accessible, or even remotely concerned with being palatable. It exists entirely on its own wavelength—one that seems fundamentally incompatible with ordinary human taste.
While I appreciate the creativity throughout the album, this kind of thing just isn't my bag baby (insert Austin Powers penis pump scene). It's often jarring and unlistenable and those "drug breaks" mentioned on the Wikipedia page for this album definitely played a hand in it's chaotic nature. These guys supposedly got a bit more polished after this album and the ONE song most people would know from the 90's is just as odd, but had a more straightforward structure. I could have never heard this and been completely content, but this list needs filler and this is precisely that.
Super weird and unnecessary. I expected better. They’re just trying to do too much - nothing organic about this.
0 stars should be an option, I fucking hate this
not bad, but i didn’t love it. weird as hell so props for that
What the fuck. Its just an album of total nonsense. More than half the tracks on here are something I would never even want to listen to again. Then theres human cannonball which is just casually one of the best songs I've heard since we started using this website. 2
🤡 I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Human Cannonball rules. The opening track while being a Black Sabbath rip still owns by itself. Some in between stuff like U.S.S.A. and Pittsburg to Lebanon is cool and atmospheric but I wouldn’t want to listen to them outside the context of the album. Some skips if I ever came back to listen. Particularly The O-men, which was kinda funny listening to when I realized what the joke was but I already know would get old quick
Maybe I was biased because of the band name but... I hated this.
Por momentos me pareció una genialidad, otros, lo peor que escuché en mi vida. Asi va 2.7
Like a pizza cutter: all edge, seemingly no point. Most of the songs seemed to transgress for the sake of transgression alone without a message or any meaningful follow through on the reason behind the rule breaking.
AI ain't got shit on these guys
Confusing but interesting
what the fresh fuck is this 1 star
I was dreading this album after looking at the reviews and ratings but I don't think it was too out there compared to some of the noise stuff that exists these days. It was basically just metal/punk that sounded a bit lofi sometimes.
I have to admit that I expected a lot more from a band with that name. Overall, the album was pretty disappointing and at time it even was just a bunch of noises. I think that they made two songs (the one that are actually decent, and that have a lot of listens), and then filled up the rest of the album with filler songs.
OMG - Doesn’t get much worse than this
30/03/2026 I'm as surprised as anyone to be giving this 4 stars, but there we go. What a scary world we live in eh? Spotify listeners: 1.6 million
Weird but Ok.
A weird random all over the place album
I thought this would be harder going than it is. It's loud, it's weird, but it kinda holds together fairly well. Some of it is just noise for noise's sake, but there are some actual tunes in amongst all the weirdity.
Noise rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, avant garde, alternative rock.
I bet this one would go hard if you had brain damage This albums an absolute mess, it’s the musical equivalent of rage bait. It’s like the rhythms are crafted to piss you off and the instruments are fine tuned to hurt your ears. The lyrics are very minimal which is probably a good thing honestly, as I don’t think there’s a whole lot of talent on display. Also congrats to The O-Men for probably being the single worst song we’ve heard on our journey so far, it takes special talent to make something that putrid. I really don’t like how edgy the subject matter gets, from the band name to the album title to whatever the hell that last song was. The reason it doesn’t quite approach Robert Wyatt level awfulness is that it at least keeps you engaged, every track is pretty short, the variety’s there, and when they want to they can actually sorta bang out a tune (I’ve definitely heard worse songs than human cannonball) It’s influential at least, so I can see why it’s on the list. Don’t get me wrong there’s zero chance I’d ever put this one on unless I got lobotomized but it’s interesting. Music is definitely deserving of a 1 star but at least it’s bad in a way I’ve never heard before rather than a boring way.
its a joke. its overly edgy garbage that exists so that when you say its tasteless and terrible, they can laugh and point at you for being a pleb aside from the fact that it sounds like complete and utter shit, its also purposely offensive so that it just feels disgusting to look at or think about. my life was better before i learned about this album and this band.
Another album I didn't have to hear before I die. At least it was short...
No, just no. I heard the first song and thought it wasn't going to be that bad and everyone was overreacting, but it got worse. This album is not music, it's really just noise and I can't understand how anyone could possibly enjoy this music.
Locust Abortion Technician is a disaster pretending to be avant-garde brilliance. The Butthole Surfers throw everything at the wall here: noise, distortion, pitch shifted gibberish, and somehow nothing sticks. It’s not weird in a cool or challenging way, it’s weird in a please turn this off before my brain leaks out kind of way. There’s no structure, no coherence, and certainly no reward for sitting through this mess. Every track sounds like it was recorded during a psychotic breakdown in a garage full of malfunctioning equipment. The vocals are buried under layers of nonsense, the production is intentionally awful, and any moment that might resemble a song is quickly sabotaged by sheer obnoxiousness. It's not bold, it's not experimental. This isn’t art. It’s a migraine.
My life has always been Butthole Surfers - adjacent. I know of them and have heard a bunch of their stuff. But never Locust Abortion Technician. After listening, well, this is pretty par for the course. Classic serial-killer rock album. It's hard to argue that this is a good album. It's less noisy than it is mostly just noises. There are a couple real songs interspersed in between the weird ambient tracks. There are some nice guitar parts and instrumentals buried in there if you can find them. This album is attention grabbing for sure, but I wouldn't say it's good or influential. I tend to go for the weird stuff, but this was pretty beyond anything I'd want to listen to again. I've heard worse and more boring though. Gonna be a 2/5 for me.
The brown note
Heel taai. Paar oké nummers
If someone on purpose makes music that's supposed to be hard to listen to, and it IS hard to listen to, is it good or bad? Still subjective of course. I understand the artistic idea of challenging the listener/observer, or making them reflect on their relationship to music and expectations of it. But even trying to be open-minded, that's a bit too much challenging for me.
Hmm maybe not
Well it’s certainly not easy listening. It is however, surprisingly enjoyable. The first track “Swear Loaf” switches between a lovely melodic guitar section which accelerates into a big noisy riff with some dissonant vocals wailing over it. It kinda works! The next few tracks the guitars grind and screech over throbbing bass lines, sometimes it works, sometimes it goes too far. Then we get whatever is going on in “Hay” lots of weird effects but I enjoyed it. “Human Cannonball” has a more standard song structure, it’s alright but not as interesting as the rest of the album. Back to some more noisy mania for a couple of tracks and then a nice folksy world music one that’s inexplicably sung in Thai (I think). The album closes with my favourite track “22 going on 23” which has a harrowing interview between a rape victim and a talk show host with crushing, oppressive guitar and bass over the top of it. It’s very atmospheric and moody.
I can't. I can't get through this. I know it's supposed to be cutting edge sound scapes or whatever, but it's not music. It's not listenable. Even "Human Cannonball" which is supposed to be the most accessab;e track sounds like a rejected DK song. I am sure The Butthole Surfers learned a lot while making this, but it's like 30 minutes of listening to "revolution 9" by the Beatles. No one wants that.
I do not like this type of music. At least it was slightly more enjoyable then Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica.
ououou die dudes. ha zerst denkt öpis lauft falsch wells afoch stilli isch am aafang. jo sie hassed gängigi struktur. sehr fest.
bin sehr gspannt HAHAHA WHAT also sweat loaf chan ja fast nöd als song bezeichnet werde hahahah MAX WEBER? me muess aber na sege, dass s albumcover echt na hard isch hay isch....liecht ahstrengend hahaha es het mengisch scho au sache woni na geil find? aber extreeeem ahstrengend UHHH THE O-MEN FANGT GEIL AHHH ER SCHREIT jaa experimentell beschriebts guet glaub ich glaub sie sind würkli na cooli gsi (mini meh oder weniger einzige berüehrigspünkt mit dere band sind ide kurt cobain biographie gsi) und I guess ich hans scho au cool gfunde was sie mached, aber simmer ehrlich, spass machts nöd bim lose
This was good album definitely have never heard it and have mostly just heard the hits of the butthole surfers
👍
Kind of cool. Before their time a bit, too.
Weird but cool. I need to be in a very particular mood to listen to it.
Noise. But some of it interesting 2.
My girlfriend revoked my aux privileges.
do I even want to know what's going on
Heavy metal. Not for me
I love any album with obscure yelling and a bell here and there- no notes.
It is loud and abrasive and very tough to listen to at points But compared to some of the other "experimental" music I've heard through this project I do enjoy at least part of this album.
zu krachig
Album 13 3/17/26 What a ride. Only knew two Butthole Surfers songs going in. As a guy who's tried brain melting experimental music before, this wasn't as fun a trip as what I normally listen to. My first impression was that a different group of Texas punks living in a home studio and having a bad trip could have made something quite similar. However, the positives were that most of the songs landed as individual statements and the album did not overstay it's welcome by stretching past 31 minutes. Assigning a number rating or choosing key tracks is the hardest it's ever been, as it's difficult for me to choose what parts of the whole experience I liked the most. I liked the spun-out vibe of Sweat Loaf, Hay, and Graveyard 2 the most. Human Cannonball stands out as an attempt at a stand alone rock song and was just alright. I almost turned around and gave this a positive score, because at least it made me think deeply, but there are some tracks I wholly disliked. Namely, USSA and 22 Going On 23. Every other track I haven't named sort of blended together in my subconscious the same way most of Trout Mask Replica does. I've settled on a 3 because I had fun, and I do think I will be listening to more BHS in the future because of their listing, but I prefer happy trippy stuff to GG Allin type filth.
Always liked sweat loaf but never heard the full album and whew wee it’s nuts
I understand why people like this but I don't
I'm skipping this album as it appears to be nauseatingly disgusting and created by people with twisted, depraved minds. I'm not listening to cheap shock value garbage like this.
At its best it's a punkier version of Joy Division, but there aren't many moments of that and the rest is gratuitous noise. 2 - a good album just not my thing
What an experience. This is my 705th album and likely the best I've discovered via this project. Unusual sludgy grunge, intersprsed with aboitoir noises, a traumatic phone call and a Black Sabbath sample? Count me in. Looking at the reviews this has been peppered with 1s and 2s, but all I ever see people complain about is how there's far too much 70s/80s prog and country. Here you go people, an actually interesting album and you've shat all over it. Big up the Butthole Surfers, I'll be back again and again!!
Not my thing even though I’m typically into plenty of dissonant noises shit
An unfortunate album cover that I’ll try to ignore. I came into this with no real expectations; I only know them from “Pepper” and the one song they had on the Beavis and Butt-Head Do America soundtrack. I was ready for some level of weird rock & roll… but not quite ready for this level of weird rock & roll. I enjoyed my listen, but stopped at only one for fear of ruining it. Is it parody? Is it drugs? Are they Zappa fans who just don’t have the talent to make Zappa-level music? I can't answer these questions, but I’ll keep trying.
Whenever I think about the Butthole Surfers (which isn't often), I can't help but hear the Dead Milkmen say "there's a time for taking and a time for giving, but ripping off the Butthole Surfers is how we make our living." I'm not so sure about that, but I do prefer the Milkmen to the Surfers. This is what it is: loud, experimental, a little out there. If you like it, you like it. If you're not in the mood for it, it will be annoying. It's not my jam, but I'm glad it exists. We need more weird things in this world.
I wanted to like this. But no, it's kinda like what inspired bevis and butthead.
This is a sad excuse for an album.
More parody than progression
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An experience that simply has to be seen (and unfortunately heard) to be believed. From the unhinged album name (to pair with the equally ridiculous artist name), to the album cover, to the actual “music” itself. Nothing I could say really does it any justice. The crazy thing is, there is some good stuff in here. And the Butthole Surfers are fully capable of making great music - look no further then “Who Was in My Room Last Night” from their 1993 album Independent Worm Saloon. 3.5/5
Hells yeah. Had no idea these guys were so cool.
Some interesting riffs but 95% was just noise
I like wildness but I don't like self-important nihilism. this has a reek of self-important nihilism. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
This sounds like some buddies having fun together. What more could guy ask for?
Listening session: march 8th/9th, while getting ready at night and in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: this was definitely not something I could appreciate at 5.30 am, just too much anxiety inducing noise. I think if I would be in the right mood then this could be a 2/5 but for now this is a 1/5 for me unfortunately Favourite track: Human Cannonball
My friends and I listened to this is in high school and held this in such high regard as a non compromising avant garde piece of genius. Listening to this today, this is still an uncompromising avant garde piece of genius, but sometimes it borders on unlistenable. I have a high respect for it, it's incredible and at the same time horrible. Objectively this is a 3/5, but it's a 5/5 in my heart, which puts it at a 4/5 overall :p
Zappa's Mothers of Invention for the 80s and beyond. I can't hear this band without thinking of their late drummer Teresa Taylor's appearance in Richard Linklater's Slacker and how perfectly she encapsulated a kind of New Weird America represented by celebrity worship and droll descriptions of gun violence. This album is essentially a bunch of kids playing around with new, exciting toys to see what outrageous and funny sounds they could make, but there's also a real sense of disaffection and contemporary urban malaise. It's the kind of music you might make if you were just fucking around with some friends, but because of that it's so uncompromising that there's a kernel of the sublime to it.
this is a masterpiece but you should never, ever listen to it
Albums like this can be hit or miss. Since the music doesn’t try to follow any kind of theme or formula, it’s almost impossible you’ll enjoy absolutely everything here. And whether you like more than dislike is basically random. It appears through, in this case, I happened to win the lottery. This was surprisingly fun. Some stretches of this album were a bit sparse and not exactly to my liking, but some others were really exciting. There’s always some fun in discovery when going through variety albums like this, and it mostly maintained it well. The peaks weren’t all that high, but at no point was this record boring. 7/10
si una peli mala de terror fuera un álbum.
What a strange album. Quite enjoyed it though.
When I was 15/16 I thought this record was great, I even bought it on vinyl. Whilst there are some songs I still enjoy (Sweet Loaf, Human Cannonball and 22 Going On 23) the rest of the album is a band intentionally making music as annoying and bad as possible, which is hilarious but not worth listening to more than once.
Terrible.
#57/1001 🇺🇸 I'll file this under challenging listens. USSA is the first track in this project to upset my dog. Then The O-Men upset me. It wasn't as unlistenable as i feared it might be. Having read the chapter about them in Michael Azzerad's This band could be your life, i wasn't inspired to search out their music, but this wasn't all bad. I never realised that the intro to Satan by Orbital was sampled from here either - a nice suprise. I'm not sure that this would be on here if Kurt Cobain hadn't championed them. Best tracks: Human Cannonball, Sweat Loaf.
I did not enjoy this album.
Fuzz pedal and attitude go a long way
Kind of think if you're gonna have a Surfers record, Electriclarryland was the place to go? I think you have to be pretty into this stuff, or at least really in the mood for it, and today I wasn't. Three stars.
I can enjoy psycho junk nightmare rock just as much as the next guy. And sometimes you've just gotta grit your teeth and listen to a Butthole Surfers record. As my thoughts wandered (trying to escape) I inhabited a scene from "The Jerk" with Steve Martin where he's at a gas station, some kind of sniper is shooting at him but missing and hitting engine oil cans. Steve proclaims, "They hate these cans!" So on "Locust Abortion Technician" it seems evident, "They hate these guitars!"
Just an amazing piece of work.
Honestly, the problem with this is not the noise. There are other albums that weren't particularly pleasing but that I still rated a 4/5 because I thought maybe they were revolting and original enough to actually be quite good. But that's the thing, I don't like this album not because of the noise —I actually think the most obnoxious parts were the best—, but because I simply didn't hear the spark that ties it all together. So it doesn't compensate for the annoyance. Too much of the first side was a bit boring to me. The second side, though, is much more interesting and saves this a bit. 2/5
Madcap Musical Madness
That's a no for me dog.
Cluttered, psychotic, experimental...a perfect representation of the human experience. For better or for worse, no one exists this ride the same person.
I didn't like this. It was boring and upsetting.
This is experimental art/noise rock with some ideas of what a song is mixed in. I will give them credit for the "SATAN" yelling because I like that one Orbital song on the Spawn soundtrack where that sample is the only lyric. Other than the first "song" this is really too much for me. It's a 2 for doing this weird shit in 1987 and for the experimental value but other than that...bad.
I’m not really a fan of noise punk, which is what I consider this. Why anyone thinks this is a “must-hear” record is beyond me. There are parts that are interesting and certainly, I can “get” the creative aspect, but I don’t really have any inclination to listen again or check out anything else by them.
Remarkable album and an absolute wall of sound. Described as experimental and it's not wrong. Human Cannonball proves they can knock out a good classic, it's just they choose not too Loved it
It turns out that any band that influenced Nirvana sounds better than Nirvana. A kitschy album.
A reluctant 3 based on its inventiveness. A difficult listen unless you are in the right mood for something super sub-culture wierd
muy puramente raro parce, tiene un par de temas buenos pero los malos son muy malos. no me pareció pues de 1 porq si tiene sus temas y medio aura pero es que hay unos excesivamebte malos mk
Noise. And more noise. It's a no for me.
weird
Het is wel een grappig album, de naam butthole surfers vind ik ook geinig. U.S.S.A. Vind ik ook wel geinig. Het hele album klinkt wel als een psychose waar ik gewoon niet zo lekker op ga. Dit is een album wat van mij een instillatie mag zijn in een gaar museum voor moderne kunst waar je ook een tv installatie ziet waar je een man in zijn nakie in een kamer met een matras rondjes aan het rennen is en vervolgens vanillepudding over zichzelf gaat uitsmeren. Het is interessant om een keer geluisterd te hebben. Kuntz vond ik verreweg het leukste nummer. Ik ben weer een ervaring rijker, maar ik ben blij dat deze koortsdroom voorbij is.
Een album waarbij je bij voorbaat al weet dat sommige mensen dit cognitief niet kunnen verwerken. Hoe vaker je het album luistert hoe meer je ontdekt. Schijnt dat de live shows altijd een bijzonder spektakelstuk was. Er zitten grappige en interessante dingen in die je niet in één luisterdag kan vatten. De tempowisselingen, tape-loops en destortions hebben denk ik wel veel invloed gehad op artiesten die later kwamen. Ze laten zien dat muziek niet altijd mooi hoeft te zijn en zelfs lelijk mag zijn, het heeft een andere functie. Van provoceren en experimenteren en optredens niet alleen als muziek te zien maar een hele act. Het was niet altijd mooi maar wel leuk om naar te luisteren. Denk dat de "before you die schaal" nog meer geld voor de hele act in die tijd dan alleen de studio albums. Had het wel willen zien.
Zo onserieus en puberaal als de naam doet vermoeden is ook de muziek. Geen fan van dit soort avant-garde achtige punk muziek. Ik vond het niet leuk om naar te luisteren.
„Locust Abortion Technician“ erschien 1987 und markiert einen zentralen Punkt im Werk der US-amerikanischen Band Butthole Surfers aus Texas. Das Album wurde im Studio West in Austin aufgenommen. Musikalisch bewegt sich die Gruppe zwischen Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Hardcore Punk und experimentellen Strukturen. Stücke wie „Human Cannonball“, „Sweat Loaf“ oder „Graveyard“ zeigen die Mischung aus verzerrten Gitarren, repetitiven Bassfiguren und bewusst irritierenden Klangcollagen. Die Produktion wirkt roh, fast dokumentarisch, was dem Material eine unmittelbare Wirkung verleiht. Zwischen aggressiven Passagen und zähen, beinahe hypnotischen Momenten entsteht ein Spannungsfeld, das sich dem klassischen Songformat weitgehend entzieht. Aus heutiger Sicht wirkt das Album weniger wie Provokation als wie eine konsequente Studie über Klang und Wirkung. Nicht alles ist zugänglich, doch die Konsequenz im Ausdruck macht es zu einem prägenden Beitrag des amerikanischen Underground der späten achtziger Jahre.
garbage
*listening to this album* *reading the lyrics* *chuckling at the album cover* *stroking my chin* *I smack my lips once loudly*: I like it! Kurdt Cobain was on to something. He was on something. He was onto something.
Seems like a lot of fun, will revisit.
What the hell did I just listen to? Crazy carnivalesque music that is like the sound of someone succumbing to madness. It is enjoyable in its own way just for the audacity of it all. And "Human Cannonball" is actually pretty straightforward and a really good song. Other experiments don't work but it's never dull and I give them a lot of credit for creating something this bonkers.
Look, when you go surfing in buttholes, youre gonna turn up some crap. A postmodern deconstruction of rock and punk and metal that often doesnt work, but it has its moments and isn't as bad as the rating here would suggest. I respect the audacity, and the fun house madness can be really interesting. I'll always take bold stuff that falls on its face sometimes over consistently playing it safe
Pretty dang rad. Chaoticly crazy fun. feel like most negative reviews are based on the name alone.
Weiiirrddd
感觉停在第9首挺好的，发泄之后整理情绪
This is the album that exposes me as the fraud that I am. I like to pretend that I like beautiful angelic music with pretty compositions, with pristine production and vocals, maybe even some infectious harmonies. But at the end of the day I really am a sick in the head degenerate that likes to listen to angry music that’s so filled with hate for the listener that you can feel your ears bleeding. I don’t even know how I’m gunna begin to defend myself, because to be fair I should have to defend myself. No one can say they like this album without a lengthy explanation, usually along the lines of describing how I’ve been a huge fan of theirs since highschool when I discovered their album “independent Worm School” and much I just adored. It’s so weird and silly, and it’s still to this day refreshing when I find a band that aggressively doesn’t take themselves seriously. Like these guys have the tenure, the discography, and the edge to be on the same level if not higher than a band like Nirvana. But the biggest reasons why they are not and will never be on that level is because they are unapologetically themselves. This album has some much creativity and spiteful energy that it makes me so happy that it exists. There is genuinely nothing like this album and there never will be again. Even the butthole surfers could never replicate this unholy magic. I know it’s easy to disregard the love for this album as surface level contrarianism, but that’s what makes it special! It is contrarianism manifest, it’s pure counter culture, for better or worse.
Second worst album I've heard so far.
Really stretchy and experimental. Not held down by any boundaries. The results are patchy but that doesn't matter - they went there and explored what was in that corner.
Len Houmous worked as a Locust Abortion Technician in 1957 while Houmous & Chutney were touring Korea. 1.2 6/11 Human Cannonball
I enjoyed some of this but some of this was just too much.
I hate this less than the first time I heard it
Some charm. Mostly noise. I can confidently say I won't ever reach for this album every again. Guitar and bass tones when being melodic were awesome. The album artwork is cool too.
Wasn't complete crap but it also wasn't good either
Probably the fathers of ICP, this band is made up of a bunch of clowns.
Wow I don’t know what to say. This is one of the worst things I’ve ever listened to. Absolute dogshit.
What the actual fuck was this? I can only imagine the decision to include this pile of trash went like "let's include this really shitty album because even though it helped encourage an entire generation of talentless assclowns to also make absolute garbage, hearing this clusterfuck of "music" might have also preempted some terrible music from being made?" This album is an embarrassment, and "the o-men" into "kuntz" was one of the worst 1-2 punches of songs I've ever heard on a single album. Can not rate this one low enough, it was so comically bad I laughed through half this album when the ridiculousness overwhelmed the disgust. Would give a zero if I could.
The album opens with a sludge of guitar on Sweat Loaf, a clear reference to Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf", setting the stage for the forthcoming album which sounds like musical satire of itself. It was nice to listen to some proto-grunge with a lot of punk sounds, but the music itself seems like something nobody expected anyone to enjoy, and they probably shouldn't. Investigating the origin of the name Butthole Surfers led me to some of the band's former names, which I rather enjoyed: The Dick Clark Five, Nine cm Worm Makes Own Food, The Vodka Family Winstons, Ashtray Babyheads, Ed Asner Is Gay, Fred Astaire's Asshole, The Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole, The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole, Zipgun, and many others.
Not their best
Good. But I wish it had a faster tempo. In other words, I wish it was more "punk."
horrible noise, no idea how this makes the 1001 list
I honestly found this to be a refreshing experience. Won't necessarily enter heavy rotation, but a worthwhile listen, good change from the blandness.
Not my cup of coffee
Sweat loaf - 4 Graveyard - 2 Pittsburgh to lebanon - 2 Weber - n/a Hay - 1 Human cannonball - 4 U.s.s.a. - 2 The o-men - 2 Kuntz - 3 Graveyard - pt. 2 - 3 22 going on 23 - 2
No, no, no. Didn't enjoy it. Didn't get it. A lot of noise. Weird but not in a good Bouchy way. Just not good.
i'm sorry but this just fucking sucks. it's like they were trying to make a rock album that sounded as uninteresting and actively painful to listen to as possible. random shit just keeps sounding off and it's a nuisance to hear. i cannot imagine a single context where i would decide to put this album on and enjoy the experience.
Very challenging to enjoy, elements of fun, but swamped by odd choices that make this a non-essential listen. Kuntz particularly was just unnecessary, coming from a man that has a vulgar tongue, this was just not needed.
Actually an experimental album but very well executed. They used every sound and instrument in the vault but it was still a good listen. There were some goofy moments but overall not nearly as bad as some other albums on this list.
I'd be curious to meet someone who decided to spend their hard-earned money on this album in 1987
Classifying this record is challenging. It’s noisy and disjoint, messy and loud. There are blips of radio-adjacent songs but this album, in short ~2 minute blasts, mostly challenges convention. The use of shattering guitars and pounding sludgy bass over backtracking and tape effects and, at times, incoherent lyrics come together to create an aural psychosis. These guys (and a gal) pushed music forward at a time when the radio was full of saccharin over-synthetic dreck. Experimentation is messy and doing new things is hard. Butthole Surfers are uncompromising in their art and I appreciate them for that. A record that begs me to come back to it is certainly worth the stars.
Unpleasant but not boring.
Obviously not everyone's cup of tea, but Butthole Surfers have always had a good combo of sardonic sense of humor paired with intense, raw music. Huge fan.
Autant que j’ai envie d’haïr ce que j’écoute en ce moment, il y a une minuscule partie de moi qui se garroche tout bord tout côté dans un mush pit en solo, pis j’ai envie de faire plaisir à cette partie-là de moi même
Butthole surfers became a more normal band as they grew, eventually making pretty regular alternative rock by the 90's. By the time of Locust Abortion Technician they were still really fucking weird though. They can easily make a good conventional song, but they never choose to. The album just sounds like fucking about and doesn't really take itself seriously. Has influences from all over the world too, such as the Indian chants on Kuntz. Fun listen.
Yikes idk
Not as bad as I thought it would be
YES! a deranged, demanding, difficult listen. MORE OF THIS KIND OF THING !!!
Good.
Olipas outoa meininkiä ja meni kyllä puolet tän levyn ajatuksesta täysin ohi. plussaa levyn kestosta joka ei rasauttanut korvia puolta tuntia pitempää
Nimen perusteella odotin jotenkin enemmän, mutta ei tämä kyllä lähtenyt missään vaiheessa. Pistetään pari pongia yrityksestä
Olipahan meininkiä taas. Annetaan bändin nimestä nyt yks piste.
Ohan tää tämmönen viehättävä musiikillinen koktaili. Levykokonaisuutena ei nyt ihan ehkä kaikkine välisekoiluineen jaksa kantaa ja punainen lanka tuntus olevan hakusessa, mut kyl tätä mieluummin kuuntelee kun montaa muuta tän listan lärpäkkeistä, joita on tullut lusittua. Sillaihan tää pändi on tuttu jo takavuosilta ja yleinen kataloogi sisältää aika polveilevia settejä. Äänitysolosuhteisiin ja aikaan nähden saatu myhkee saundimaailma rakennettua. Jos ois eheempi kokonaisuus niin varmaan vois nelkun heittää ja oikein huonona musalistalusimispäivänä tää menis kägöseen mut kolkki lienee ihan mahottoman mukava vaihtoehto.
Paikkapaikoin ihan hirveää paskaa, mutta kai sekin vaan on taidetta (Kuntz; pun intended) jota tämmöinen jöröjullikka ei vaan ymmärrä. Seassa kyllä muutama ihan julmetun kova riffi, jota kuunteli enemmän kuin mielellään. Paikkapaikoin tunnelma oli vähän samanhenkistä kun Twin Peaksin kolmoskaudella Nine inch nailsin esiintyessä Roadhousessa. Tosi kaksijakoinen levy, niin mennään keskitien kolmosella.
It's really really not for me. That's why it's a bit weird for me to judge. I have to give the ambition and energy some respect, but there's too much bs on here to take it seriously. Maybe it's not that bad, but definitely not my taste. You need to smoke a lot of weed to get it, probably. So, a flat 2.
Noisy and weird
Almost there. I like it in general, but I'm not sure if I need to listen to it again.
Love the wierdness
This seems to get a bit more hate than necessary, but wasn’t that entertaining a listen. Still, had some redeeming sections that boosts the rating a bit for me. Not as hateful as the global reviews, 2.75/5
porra eu curto butthole surfers desde aquela do guitar hero que me ajudou a desenvolver o que hoje eu chamo de "síndrome do tunel do carpo" no pulso esquerdo barulhento, esquisito e relativamente duvidoso em diversos aspectos? gostamos!!!!
ou fortíssimo esse aqui hein uma bela mistureba de música barulhenta e desconexa. tudo de bom, gostoso demais. ouvir no 5550 com dois moradores de rua brigando foi uma experiência
Literally just a load of racket that doesn’t make any sense
this was borderline torture and made me feel nauseated.
Juste le nom est bien
the butthole surfers do have some good songs. they were not on this album.
I'm not sure I enjoyed that but I do respect it.
I could almost be convinced to give this 4, were it not for the one song that sounds like mumbling on speed. I kinda surprised I didn't like this less. But 3 listens in and some of it is actually interesting--and it's increasingly obvious how influential they were.
It's not that it's heavy that's unappealing: it's heavy and pointless. It's the late 80s grunge-metal version of a fidget spinner.
This is awful. Had to skip tracks 7 and 8. Really hard to listen to. And track 9. Track name gave me all I needed to know about the track.
You know that opening scene from David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" where the camera pans down from white picket fences and immaculate lawns to reveal a writhing layer of beetles underneath? Well that scene comes to mind when I think about the Butthole Surfers. I'd never listened to them before, but from what I'd heard, they struck me as the ultimate embodiment of irreverence. Spokespeople of a weird and unpredictable subculture, that had been festering underneath the surface of the manicured gardens of 80s and early 90s mainstream music. The album immediately confirms all of my preconceived notions, starting with light orchestral music fading in slowly underneath a calm conversation between a father and young child about the nature of regret, before declaring "SATAN SATAN SATAN!". I love it. Sonically, it pulls influence from all over the map. You can hear shades of Sabbath, Frank Zappa, Jefferson Airplane, and the early building blocks of Nirvana's vibe. There's a nuttiness to everything, with layers of pitch-shifting, echo, and delay creating textures and psychedelic atmosphere. Sometimes these effects supplement a song, or sometimes they are the song, forming surreal noise collages that feel closer to experimentation than music. A good deal of the record is actually quite melodic at its core though, and somehow quite easy to listen to. "Sweat Loaf" is the standout track by a distance, but songs like "Pittsburgh to Lebanon" and "Human Cannonball" are also catchy tunes, rather than just crazy concepts or subversive satire. But there are still lots of songs on the album that are more interested in an idea than in music, whether that's making fun of speed metal, playing reversed recordings of cows, or just throwing an insane collection of noise together. The vibe here is irreverence, the theme is noise. It's not something you'd play in public without having to explain yourself, and if you did have to explain yourself, be sure to tell them... SATAN SATAN SATAN!!!!
If I was tasked with turning the episode of turmoil due to diarrhea caused by eating a whole wheel of camambert one fateful christmas, O-men would be my blueprint. I can't think of a better song to describe those couple of days. I suppose that's why they're called the butthole surfers.
Based on the artist and album name I was pretty apprehensive about this. I suppose I was relieved that it wasn't quite that bad but still... and that last track was really weird.
I like to think I'm openminded but this was truly ghastly. Some of this I would even struggle to classify as music.
The voices get lost behind the sound the instruments, but I'm not sure hearing them would have made this experience any better. The cover art is cool though
I really don't like this. Some of the songs were super annoying--equivalent to someone repeatedly poking you, but doing it loudly and as obnoxiously as possible.
1.0/10 OMG this was horrible for my ears…couldn’t wait until it was over!
Can only be 1 or 5, I choose 5.
Ok, definitely pushes on being edgy just to be edgy a bit, but there's some real talent in there too.
Thoughts before listening: The Butthole Surfers have been a band on my periphery for a long time, but other than their 90s hit "Pepper", I have never really spent much time listening to them. My understanding is that in the 80s they were mostly a psychedelic leaning punk rock band so that is what I am anticipating the sound on this album will be. Even if I do enjoy the music, I fear the sound quality might be a turn off as it is with many of their contemporaries i.e. Meat Puppets, Replacements, Husker Du, etc. Review: So I guess if you consider purposefully abrasive and unlistenable to mean psychedelic then my description above is accurate. There is exactly one song that I enjoyed on this thing and it was "Human Cannonball". I'm okay with bands putting 1 or 2 weird for the sake of being weird noise songs on an album, but it has to be surrounded by otherwise solid tunes. That's not the case here. 2-stars cause "Human Cannonball" is good and I appreciate the band's importance to the overall alternative/indie rock scene.
First song was fun but the rest just didn't have that.
Raw, punky fun.
Yea... nah
Well, talk about smack in the face when this came up! The cover, the name, as I tried to twist my mind to make it make sense, god knows what the music has in store!! I’ll start by saying I much prefer this to some of the predictable 4/4, monotonous albums that have been on this list. I mean it is pretty crazy and dissonant, but there is something in me that gives a nod to it all the same! And just when you think you’ve heard it all, they come in with Kuntz 😂 don’t really know how to sum this up, probably won’t listen again, but love the originality
This was OK. Not spectactular.
I would probably have loved this back in the 80s in my hugely alcoholic headbanging years. Now - not so much. In fact, it's a huge pass from me.
Bootyhole Surfers???? Ok this shit is just trolling me now. This is like the fourth one star album in a span of five days and this might be the cherry on top of the shit sundae. Human Cannonball is a banger but it's not enough!!
On the one hand, this wasn't terrible. On the other hand, only one or two tracks stood out as being particularly interesting, which isn't a high rate.
I guess that's on me for expecting more out of a group called Butthole Surfers Fave track: - The O-Men, for the memes
Album 27 Top 3 favorites off the album: The O-Men, Human Cannonball, Kuntz On today's episode of, "WHAT IN THE ALBUM TITLE?!" : this. For years, I have failed to actually listen to the Butthole Surfers. Every time I hit my favorite record store at home, I see the section for their music and I have a good snicker. Today is my day. Let me say this: I cannot wait to make my exclusively country-loving brother listen to this by adding it to the playlist I am constructing for him. I swear to God, I don't know if he will ever let me recommend music again. It will be so, so worth it. I've gotta be honest: I'm not sure I'll ever let me recommend music again, either. I'm torn between giving this a low rating because my ears kind of hurt, and giving it a middle rating because it's something different that I wouldn't call enjoyable but I appreciated it for what it was. And then Human Cannonball came on. That was basically the whole listening experience: tracks that made me question it all, punctuated by one banger that renewed my will to carry on listening. It's the music equivalent of watching Bottoms, except Bottoms sucked. What the hell was going on with The O-Men? I couldn't stop listening. I actually had fun! This was a noisy album, and I'm not mad about it. I'm surprised to be giving this the rating I am. Weirdly enough, I actually will listen to this again, and am adding songs to my playlist to ward off The Horrors as we speak... write.
I heard of this band so my best guess is that this band is like bad films that reach cult status for being bad.... If you can't make good music people listen to, make wierd music and hope people missunderstands it as profound. This album was 32 min and 42 sec too long
I remember this was one of Kurt Cobains favorite albums and buying it It early in 1989 and noting it was all over the place in style and really jarring. I was expecting more like the Rembrandt pussyhorse album and was a bit disappointed. But this album cover was a favorite T-shirt of mine.
It wasn't actually that bad just sounds so lazy
I have never done any drugs, but I imagine this is what being on a bad trip whilst having done three different types of drugs feels like. There is some musicianship hidden very deep underneath the noise, but my goodness what a horrible execution. 1/5
There was one song I enjoyed on this, it seems to be before they got their footing. I enjoy their later stuff much more, this was just noisy for the sake of it.
I liked their later stuff more but I’m sure this was a completely new sounds in 87.
What did I just listen to?
I am 43 years old and have now for the first time experienced what it’s like to put on an album and think “its just noise”
3.3/5
One of the worst albums I've ever heard
Whoof. Too much noise and not enough music. Definitely not for me.
I quite fancy noisy, experimental and "weird" music in general, but that doesn't mean this wouldn't still be pretty shite. They also have this specifically absurd, yank style of humour that I can't tolerate at all.
51/1089 3.322* I wish I had 10% of the creativity these guys do. When listenig to a butthole surfers album you know you're going to get something weird and creative, you just never know how weird or creative, simply due to the band name. I enjoyed it, not enough for 4 stars but definitely something I'd introduce to someone who is specifically looking for a wild discovery. Kuntz is often misunderstood. It's about a bunch of women's genitalia and not the obvious thing you'd think it would be. Hits....kuntz, 22 going on 23
Ok
Brilliant weird menacing plus some cool riffs
This wasn't boring at least.
I would enjoy the Butthole Surfers so much more if I found them funny at all. Sadly, no dice. I appreciate their approach to songs: experimental in the literal sense - "let's try this!" On that count I would still give a slight edge to the album "Hairway to Steven" over this one. All in all my opinion hasn't really changed since I first discovered them: for a noise / comedy / shock band, they aren't noisy, funny or shocking enough to really grab me.
Just … why?
(45/100)
Can I go 0 stars?
Oh...right...okay Favourite track: Kuntz
Locust Abortion Technician felt like a barrage of nonsense noise and lyrics to me, more an exercise in abrasive art than something I could connect with as music
64/100 - i liked the chaos and not knowing what would come next but its definitely not my favorite album.
thank god that's over Would I listen again: Maybe Deserves to be on this list: NO 1.5
Now THIS is a way to start an album, certainly got my attention.
#2380000000/1001. File under: head(phones) melting from the inside File under: hats of meat File under: songs as both disease descriptions and related medical procedures File under: Alaskan heatstroke theology File under: horror movies played backward File under: punk rock played by cockroaches on acid File under: comedy without toothpaste File under: inspiration in a liquid state File under: basslines sampling the ceiling File under: nonsense that knows exactly what it’s doing File under: stroboscope in stereo: ugliness in left, beauty in right channels File under: too stupid to be fake File under: too smart to be fake File under: fake File under: childhood nightmares with disposable drum kits File under: drinking milk without instructions File under: laughter, fear, then laughter again File under: dayscreaming for profit File under: seen live in LA in 1991, never recovered
4.5
Maybe the only band from Azerrad's 'Our Band Could Be Your Life' that I haven't checked out yet. And seeing as I love so many of the bands featured in that book, I was hoping that this would be up my alley. And while it sort of is, I do think its general directionlessness and very (very) rough presentation ultimately hinder the overall experience. Unlike a group like Big Black, that perfectly balanced noise and cacophony with genuinely interesting lyrical themes, melodies, and song structures, Butthole Surfers opt for the more in-your-face "Here's an idea we came up with, but didn't necessarily bother developing it into anything worth a damn" approach. And there are some interesting ideas and moments to be fair, the super short 'Weber', for as ear-piercing as it was, actually sounded pretty sinister when the drums kicked in and the dial on the reverb got turned up. 'Human Cannonball' was maybe the most fleshed-out song here, sounding like a twisted Joy Division song at times. The closer '22 going on 23' had maybe the best guitar solo and core riff here, but I'm not sure how I feel about the way the vocal sample (revolving around a traumatic sexual assault) was used, though I'm sure it was well-intentioned. Aside from those few moments, though, I do think this album sort of ended up falling flat for me. I can appreciate them pushing this style to its absolute limits; it's as dirty and messy as you'll get in the late '80s. And it's generally consistent, say for maybe the super out-of-place (and frankly tacky and boring) opener 'Sweat Loaf' and the oddly serene 'Kuntz', which sounds like it's mostly sample-based? But it's all a bit too much, even for me. But yes, they're obviously super influential. I see many industrial groups taking notes from this album or group.
Highlights: Sweat Loaf, Human Cannonball
Day735 - these buttholes are pretty talented and socially ahead of the curve but 22 going on 23 made me sad
What the hell was this fever dream
incredible
wish i liked it more. seems cool and innovative
Didn't get through a single song. Shite
this album is insane! I did enjoy the really rough distorted guitar, and I found the instrumentation of ‘kuntz’ interesting. i would listen to graveyard - pt. 2 again. i listened to the first two thirds at work, then had to stop at o-men because i physically could not stop laughing - the vocals for that one are really something! the last song is interesting, i feel like it was ahead of its time in a way. had the thought of ‘someone who’s 22 wouldn’t talk like that!’ but of course. it was the late eighties. overall a kind of assault on the ear but enjoyable at times.
Rough
Bedre enn frykta
Weird. Hay. 2/5
Very experimental but I like it
I’ve never really cared for these guy… at all.
I know for a fact that this is no one’s ’no slip’ album. who tf listens to this
Got tired of them fairly quickly. Just sounded noisy
If you're even remotely familiar with the BSs, you kind of know what to expect. That being said, this is one of their weaker works, but at least they're willing to take chances. 2.5/5
3.1 2x cool early album for me, nothing too memorable SATAN SATAN SATAN haha
Not for me
Track 1: this is a little weird, but I kinda dig it. I don’t really get why this is rated so low. Track 2: ah, there it is. There’s actually some to like here. “Human Cannonball” and the two tracks bookending this one are solid. The rest of it is exactly like I’d imagine a band called ‘Butthole Surfers’ to sound like.
Insane in a good way.
I get it. Sweet Loaf is a parody of Sweet Leaf! This is certainly a lo-fi sonic exploration. I get why some listeners wouldn't like this, but I feel my life is richer having listened to these Butthole Surfers! I like the raw, experimental and unpolished sounds.
Cool.
How does one review a BS album? It defies description. Truly one of the most oddball records I've ever heard, and I say that with great respect. This one is one wild bad trip of an album. 32 minutes of the weirdest shit they could come up with. Some of it it crazy making and some is funny and some is actually pretty damned catchy. Glad I heard it before I died
Eccentric. Noisy. Weird. I kind of get why people don't like this. I wouldn't listen to it all the time but it's better than most of the pap that commercial radio force feeds us.
i thought butthole surfers was goofy dad rock bro
One ok song, one song that didn't irritate me, and a whole lot of nope. I get what they're going for but it's not something I'd like to ever listen to again. Sweat Loaf ★☆☆☆☆ Graveyard ★☆☆☆☆ Pittsburgh to Lebanon ★☆☆☆☆ Weber ★☆☆☆☆ Hay ★☆☆☆☆ Human Cannonball ★★★☆☆ U.S.S.A. ★☆☆☆☆ The O-Men ★☆☆☆☆ Kuntz ★☆☆☆☆ Graveyard ★★☆☆☆ 22 Going on 23 ★☆☆☆☆ Average Album Rating: 1.3/5.0 ★☆☆☆☆
If I could give this negative stars I would
Keine macht den Drogen 2/5
I like the idea of the Butthole Surfers (Texas transgressive smartass dada racket) more than I actually like listening to the Butthole Surfers (Texas transgressive smartass dada racket). There was a point in my 20s where their noisier side meant a lot to me, but now Sweat Loaf and Human Cannonball are more my speed.
The relentless raunch and sludge of this album obscures the fact that the Butthole Surfers packed considerable musical talent, and tons of creativity, into their engineered-to-offend onslaught — something that I think is a little easier to pick up on in less aggressive songs like "Negro Observer" or "To Parter" from other releases. Nevertheless, this is a powerful album that brings the heaviness and mixes in ample Gibbytronix and found sounds, and I am happy these weirdos have a place on this list. I saw the Buttholes perform a few years after this release and it remains one of the most incredible and disturbing live music events I have ever witnessed.
I own this, think they should be on the list, and think this was the right choice as representive of the band. That said, certainly not for everyone, but necessary to see just how weird American underground music could get in the 80s. An aside: a Letterbox review of the movie Slacker has been making the rounds lately: "A beautiful snapshot of what life can be like when an entire city is mentally ill in roughly the same way. You could show this to basically any human being from any era in history and -barring language barrier issues- they'd be able to correctly guess which member of this cast played drums for the Butthole Surfers."
Kant get enough
Do drugs kids 👍
To me, an evolved faster and coked out crazier cousin of the great Duck Stab album I had here before. Pretty good!
Well, if you wanna be edgy I guess this is the album for you.
I liked some of it and didnt like a lot but didnt love any of it
This album is bonkers and I love it!
Cool and weird band with a cool and weird record. Not quite Electriclarryland to me but still quite good.
"Human Cannonball" is the only song saving this from being a 1
I like the Butthole Surfers, but didn't really like this one much. Too avant-garde psychedelic for my tastes. Prefer the more mainstream Independent Worm Saloon and Electriclarryland sound of theirs.
actually a great listen also having a sample of masayoshi takanakas rainbow goblins is an automatic 4+ so yeah
Non !
Weirdly enjoyable
How did this just keep getting worse?
Absolutely shite.
I prefer Pepper over any of this
Can confirm this is not for me. Feels like I have to be a deadbeat scumbag to listen to this while cursing out strangers in public and picking up half smoked cigarettes.
Giving this a 4 for originality and general overall bizarre craziness. But my day was not conducive to having to sit through this, and I didn't really enjoy it. 4
- lembra quando eu comentei que o final dos anos 80 foram importantes? então, ele germinou várias maluquices que são rotuladas de post-punk, essa é uma delas. - tem uma lírica meio gore que eu particularmente não sou fã, mas também faz você se questionar sobre arte e sociedade.
É vanguarda. É disruptivo. Saquei o conceito, que foi muito bem executado. Só não é minha praia.
Fuck yeah. This is messed up but it's messed up good. Sometimes we all need a palate cleanser to scrape away everything else. I get why people don't like this, but I think it's brilliant. Great cover art.
I was expecting to hate this but I didn’t. Sure it’s weird, overly experimental and somehow still relies on other people’s work / spoofing but idk it worked for me. Fave bits: Human cannonball, 22 going on 23
1
WTF was that? This is terrible, but also…a part of me, deep deep down, was entertained? And I’m ashamed of that.
This album blew my mind as a kid. I have no idea how I randomly picked it up 8-10 years after it was released, but it was the first time I heard anything even remotely like this.
rock and roll. pressure. anxiety
Weird. I thought I liked them ... maybe just the larryland album. ?
I’m glad this was only 33 minutes
No
Album review 023 Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers (1987) Rating 4/5 I’ll admit that when the 1001AlbumGenerator dealt me Locust Abortion Technician, I thought this would be an album that I’d instantly dislike and end up giving a 1/5. I expected a puerile, limpbizkit-like half-hour of disappointment and distaste, with crappy songs aimed at frat boys. I’m pleased to say how wrong I was, so don’t let the band’s or album’s name give you any pre-conceived ideas like I did! Without wanting to sound too reductive, this is heavy, sludgy, proto-grunge and it’s made me want to take the day off and spend it digging into their back-catalogue.
This is like the Melvins meets Beefheart… but it’s total dogshit. I kind of enjoyed human cannonball though.
2/10 Just horrible. I reckon there are, at most, 3 songs here and they are nasty, ugly and barely deserve the title. T'was short, mind
Unlistenably great
Interesting and messy.
Probably the least accessible collection of material from the Surfers. It's taken years for this to grow on me. You have to want it. What's helped me is to think of this as a soundtrack rather than a rock album.
I saw the global average rating and prepared myself for the worst and this just… isn’t. Like I’m confused what the issue is that people have with it. I think this is interesting. The use of noise and unconventional structure and dynamics works as a whole package here. Plus it samples Sweet Leaf one of my favorite Sabbath songs straight off rip. Favorite songs were Sweet Load, Human Cannonball, and Kuntz.
Thought I'd enjoy this album more bit it's a little to experimental for my taste. I don't really care for long instrumentals.
This was hard to listen to
This album is wild. The opening song, Sweat Loaf, is immediately attention grabbing and unique. Not what I was expecting. A bit TOO experimental for my taste.
Я очень давно слушал альбом, не помню, о чем он. Но там были какие-то издёвки, ухмылки, нестандартные моменты. На один раз интересный опыт.
Without even listening yet, I predict this will be incredibly cringey and suck. Update: it was buns. As expected. The name of the group is crazy as well.
Ekki minn tebolli, og pínku leiðinlegt á köflum, en þó ekkert sem stuðar neitt svakalega. Svo eru áhugaverðir kaflar og sumt jaðrar við það að vera skemmtilegt.
It's bad. But also good.
Definitely interesting, almost a 4
wtf was this
Brash, noisy and sometimes impenetrable. The attitude and energy is amazing at times. Not every experiment works here but lots of great stuff to enjoy. Obviously not for everyone but definitely for me.
Just no.
Is it hypocritical of me to love At the Drive-In but hate this absolute horseshit
Ultimately here's what I love about this project: this was a band I knew nothing about, this was an album I knew nothing about, based on their titles I thought I was going to hate it, and I was kind of blown away. If you've ever seen and loved any noise rock band in a small club (which, ideally, should be most of you here), this plays like your favorite club band giving free rein to do whatever the hell they want and going for it. It's loud, kinda punky, kinda psychedelic, kinda heavy on the weird samples, and all in all makes for a pretty unforgettable listening experience.