Locust Abortion Technician

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There is something cool about how anti everything this album is and how loud they’re trying to be and how punk it is but the songs are usually suffering from it. The best modern comparison I can make is 100 Gecs where they’re doing similar things attitude wise but their songs slap and are really well written instead. Feelin a 3.

Similar feelings as Liam. I kinda like it and there’s a good chance that I revisit this album. It’s certainly entertaining and dark, but there is definitely a lack of seriousness to it. I’m struggling between a 3 and 4, but will probably land at a soft 4.

Why do I like this? 4/5 - sweat loaf forever

Fuck yeah, Locust Abortion Technician! I have had this album permanently saved to my spotify sidebar for a decade now, it's a masterpiece of noise rock. I'm skipping a lot of backlog 'cause I've heard and loved this album before and I'll love it again. It's weird, it's mind-shattering, it's probably best heard inebriated, it's SATAN SATAN SATAN, it's fucking awesome.

I appreciate the experiment. I also appreciate it being over.

Holy shit what a wild ride! There are so many crazy things going on with this album it will take many listens to unpack it all... I love the bluesy doom/stoner rock sound of Pittsburgh to Lebanon. From there it feels like a psychedelic trip until Human Cannonball which rocks. The rest of the album feels like a bad psychedelic trip, but the wild experimentation is fascinating. They include a lot of elements from genres I love. I had already been interested in listening to this since it was in Kurt Cobain's top 50 album list from his journals.

Only 2 semi decent songs, the rest can get destroyed

Completely taken me by surprise. Incredible album

I’ve been a Butthole Surfers fan for years. I get the criticisms that their music is inaccessible. It’s definitely not dinner party music. But, I love how much they explored what you can achieve sonically in the studio when you don’t feel constrained by formulas.

2/5

If you dont take it seriously, its pretty fun Musically its a good album. The vocals/lyrics are kinda bad

Nightmares and fever dreams. I kinda feel sorry for folks fucked up enough to enjoy this. “Brain is squirming like a toad”…No thanks.

I liked the first 30 secs of the first song, that's it...

A challenging listen, to be sure - but that’s the point, right?! Certainly one that needs to be heard - but only in the right frame of mind, whatever that may be! Good, but not great.

Interesting, yet disturbing. 😳

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For every Beach Boys there are Butthole Surfers. Jeezo. Just not good

This isn’t bad per se but it feels like an inside joke that I’m not a part of.

Betraying my generation but just couldn't with this one!

I had a feeling that an album by a band named “Butthole Surfers” would be weird and I was right. Did I enjoy that weirdness? More than I thought but I probably wouldn’t listen to it again.

do yourself a favor and skip it. Not sure what all the hype is.

A really interesting record

Pretty much unlistenable for me.

I enjoyed this album, I think The O-men is pretty good and overall I just like tbe crazy vibes of this record, I also liked kuntz a lot, I want to listen to more records of this band

Didn’t like this at all

Crap

Think I had a copy of this back when, and today I have no idea why. Thought the cover was cool? To piss off my elders? Or prove to my then girlfriend I really was a mean and moody guy, like honest? Today I have no idea why. It’s noisy, it does have a vibe but I don’t really need to hear it again but I have and it was only just over half an hour. 3 Star, it’s not the worst, in fact not the worst this week.

Loud. Bombastic. Offensive. Brilliant. Love this album.

Listened to a few song but was really not into it.

I was hesitant going into this one. Sweat Loaf started out, I was like ok it's not as bad as I expected. Then it all went to shit. Human Cannonball was also ok. The rest of the album was assaulting my ears. Except Kuntz, that one was insanely fun. Best song: Kuntz

1.5 I’m all for experimentation but this all seemed like extremely shallow experimentation. Stuff that was done better by Zappa or Beefheart 30 years before. It’s intentionally unlistenable, and I ask - Why? The few moments they choose to make actual music, it’s honestly pretty good!

an album that is actually about 2 songs and 8 b-sides. mostly fucking about in the studio- yeilding inconsistent results- Gabby doesn't sing a clear vocal until the sixth track, and barely pops his head up again after that. Even with the loose standards for inclusion, they could only get 31 minutes together? Anyway- band has a decent sound here, no 1980s fuckery to be found, but they aren't doing much with it on this EP of an LP.

This album is the musical equivalent of touching an electric fence to see how much it hurts. It serves as a learning experience, all future endeavours feel less concerning after hearing this. The band and the album title also made me laugh out loud.

not for me

I didn’t hate this but I doubt I will come back to it.

VTNC 1 estrela

If grunge punk is your thing then it’s probably good

Cool- another big example of seeing their influence on other bands

This album is truly an experience, but the jury is still out on if it's a welcome one or not.

★★½

A good way to start the day because no matter how bad the rest of your day is, it will be an improvement on listening to this. 1 star or F-.

Many of these experimental/noise rock albums from this list have been missing me entirely and failing to reach me in any profound way. I kept waiting for this album to give me one of those moments, but it was largely an unnerving listen. Instrumentation was fine for the most part, I can appreciate some of the guitar playing here. But those sorts of tracks would be sandwiched in between some of the most abrasive stuff I've ever heard.

Memorable band name I heard years ago, first time listening to them. Ambient keyboards, melodic guitar, noise, a huge riff, numerous tempo changes, and shouty maniacal chaos. And that's all in track 1, an amazing start! There are tracks in here that are almost unlistenable, challenging themselves and the listener. It would be easy to right it off as crap but there's way too much going on for that to be true. 'Kuntz' is, well, err, amazing. And unexpected! '22 Going On 23' reminds me of 'Little Fluffy Clouds' with the taped voices as a hook into the track and then to close, but instead of being light it's dark and sad, nightmarish instead of dreamlike, and it works, especially with the amazing guitar work and heavy bass. 'Human Canonball' is straight up post punk and really good. Nirvana, Sonic Youth and The Pixies must surely have been listening to them in the 80s. I doubt I'll listen to the whole album again but I'll check out more of their stuff.

Impressively bad. Has to be a joke? Wonder what it’s doing on this list - pioneering in the post-enjoyment genre, perhaps

Impressively makes 95% of songs on an 11 song 32min album somehow feel too long. I can respect that they're doing uh.. something but it ain't for me and this might not be it

not for me. but obsessed with their name!

This was fine, a little odd. Experimental alt rock and the most offensive thing was the album art. Human Cannonball was the best track

I was expecting more of a punk style album and it wasn’t that - more noise/experimental rock so maybe I’m knocking it down too much. Well probably not since neither of those genres are what I like. I did like somewhat was "Pittsburgh to Lebanon", "Human Cannonball" and "Kuntz".

I can finally put a full-length album with the name. Giving this one star feels like what they want, so I'm going to give it two.

SATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATANSATAN. ok, I've been converted. This was noisy fun.

I wanted to like this one, but it’s not beating the allegations. Terrible.

I listened to this whole thing thinking I had heard one of their albums earlier on the list, just now finding out it was Circle Jerks! OK, then this is my first time hearing this band. I was mistaken expecting this to be hardcore punk. I wish I didn't wait two days to write the review because I've forgotten most of it, but at least I remember I decided on a 4/5, and I will listen again.

Man... brings back memories. Still, not anything extraordinary musically, but 4 it is!

When they try to make actual music - it’s not bad (Human Cannonball), but way too much of this album is not quite right. Some of it actively hurts to listen to.

I wanted to like it, I had a feeling it was going to be an unexpected gem. Wrong. Utter dogshit. Made it halfway through Track 5 (Hay) and had to turn it off. It's just noise. No real music coming through.

the quintessence of crap

Intriguing and confusing! Liked this creative expression of what sound is and the pushing of the boundaries of that sound to the extreme

I respect the experimentation and willingness to try something completely new. As a listening experience though, I can't say I found it very enjoyable. Sometimes noise...is just noise.

Pas mon truc, trop de bruit…

Pigfuck 😩 “it’s aight” - Ryan

Pepper. The band that did pepper. I knew these guys were a little left field but nowhere near this. This is legit so ahead of its time in the mid 80s. All the pre recorded stuff playing all over the thing. Wtf is that? The chugging metal riffs. The more punk inspired stuff. This is alot of what I want. Not perfect but very very good. My only problem is in all this experimental stuff it really just leaves you with 2 songs. Maybe 3. Oh well. I loved it all the same

I was only familiar with the first song but the rest of the album was very similar to that song. It’s wild, purposely rough around the edges and crass. The guitar work is amazing, but some of the lyrics are unlistenable.

Where did you get that job? I'm gonna shoot my guidance counselor.

No es mi estilo para nada. No me gustan las cosas que suenan mal por más que ideologicamente o simbolicamente representen algo.

I wish this had a little more structure. I love the weirdness. But just a little more song structure would make this really great.

Can’t believe I’m giving an album titled Locust Abortion Technician this score

First "noise" album which I actually didn't mind listening to. Was nothing more than fine but it was at least tolerable

Interesting album that covers many different genres in a Butthole surfersian way. Might have to listen this one again to figure out what the heck just happened. Sounds like a really good live band too.

Partly nice and partly really annoying. I can't make up my mind how I really feel about this album but for notable time I was somehow bothered / annoyed etc that I can't give more than two stars. Hard to point the reason why this just didn't entertained me more.

Drug infested nightmare fuel, glue sniffing big brother psychedelic punk with it's stillborn grunge sibling doing their thing, while side chick noise rock is sticking it's nose in it every chance they get. The album has an interesting backstory, that they rented a house to record this in by themselves, bought some gear and noodled on with the recordings while leisurely doing drugs. I mean, this is how legends are created, be it blues, metal, rock or fucking sludge. Did I like it? Fuck yeah! Am I going to listen to it again? Hell nah!

Yeah , wasn’t aware of these when they released it , wish that was still the case. Time I’ll never get back

No idea how this was deemed good enough to get on this list but I will give it an extra star for being so bad in places it made me laugh.

Human cannonball is the obvious standout track with the rest a bit of a tough listen. Some promising riffs but the deliberate attempt to make the music inaccessible make it difficult to appreciate it on a few listens.

Surfers It’s just a fun, tongue in cheek, two fingers up at everything, rollercoaster of a record. I like it. It’s harsher than their later efforts, where I joined the party in the 90s. This one is a huge influence on Heart Shaped Box I reckon, and Kuntz is never not gonna raise a smile. Not an album to ever go on rotation, and I don’t think any of theirs are, but a band to be revisited on occasion. Or at least, I do.

I didn't really enjoy this, but Kuntz made me laugh. 2 stars.

Naming and cover art are so awful it must act as a sort of protective spell, to ward off the casuals but also to provide insurance for when the band's more questionable experiments fall flat. I actually rather enjoyed (most of) my listen through this. Quite experimental; a couple of dreadful duffers but some interesting and quite funny moments. Didn't know this was the origin of the sample for Orbital's Satan.

Like listening to hell’s circus.

NOPE. This was an auditory assault that I did not enjoy. Not my jam at all. If you dig Frank Zappa, you'll probably all over this.

Rubbish

I remember liking a song by these guys - it's not on here and everything that is, is total junk. Fail. Truly a one-hit-wonder in the real sense.

i dig the energy, but i dont feel like coming back to it any time soon

This album is evidence that the majority going through this challenge like dad rock only. These drums are thumping and the guitars are blaring. It’s fucking weird, but it’s a solid rock and roll album.

Cool album cover. Captures the mania of the album

Succeeding at being rubbish on purpose.

I like some Butthole Surfers but not this particularly. I can do a certain level of weird as long as it's hanging on songs and some of this didn't hit that mark. Human Cannonball was good

I like punk/hardcore, but this dont make sense!

Crap

This album is so much. I kind of love it and kind of hate it.

I liked the opening track, although it does go on a little long. There were some songs that were a bit too experimental ("The O-Men"), and some that were just dumb (looking at you, "Kuntz"). But I did like songs like "Human Cannonball," and "22 (Going on 23)" would have worked but it was too long. I just can't recommend the album because some of the stuff is just too weird or dumb, and some of the songs went on too long.

It's like Frank Zappa reincarnated for the 80's and 90's (I realize Zappa was still around then but...). It's weird but it's not awful. At least not all the time. Sweet Loaf is great, as is Human Cannonball. I really enjoyed Kuntz for some reason but then I guess that's not them playing, just messing with the recording of the original. Pittsburgh to Lebanon and The O-Men are solid - real grungy. Hay is really interesting once you know it is 22 Going on 23 backwards and sped up. I always thought they were a alt rock band with a provocative name that couldn't quite break through (with Pepper their only big single). But now I can see they weren't trying to break through. Or be alt rock. It's not quite a 3 for me but not a 2 either. I'll round up for the ingenuity of it all.

Crazy, crazy album. Ordinarily I hate noise rock, but they manage to make noise without injury - it's actually noise that fits the music. Sludgy and weird - I know this is currently the 20th worst rated album on this site, but I actually like this kind of weirdness. Underneath the weird are very cool sludgy riffs. I wouldn't listen to this anywhere that anyone else could hear...but I liked it (a little concerned about the fact that I liked it, but hey). Favorite tracks: Sweet Loaf, Graveyard (totally weird, but I like the underlying bass and drums), Pgh to Lebanon (sludgy blues), The O-Men, 22 Going on 23 (dark and oppressive, matching the subject matter). Oh, and it's hysterical that all the "heys" in HAY are the sound of cows mooing, played in reverse double speed.

nothing about this album appeals to me.

Chaotic and absurd and creative -I really like it.

album could have been called what the hell are we listening to. could i write poetry to this? n

Not the Butthole Surfers album I would have put on this list, but it's just nice to see them here at all. Give 'em a half-star for the "Satan" bit that opens the first track, a wild interpretation of Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf."

Another on my list of albums that I don't enjoy, but am glad exist. You can tell how much fun they had making this. I'll always have a soft spot for oddball noise music. Never going to listen to it again!

6/10 An absolute masterclass of a shitpost. While not all the songs are tolerable, this album was not as bad as I thought it was going to be going into it. I enjoyed some of the tracks, while not being able to stand others. One thing is to say that this album is an experience may even needing a revisit in the future.

I'm not a fan of this album. I have one Surfer album that has a few songs I dig. But not this one. It will get a 3, but out of respect for their experimentation, not out of my digging the album.

Man vill ju gilla Butthole Surfers. Men det blir svårt. Det verkar finnas ett inbyggt trots i medlemmarna i detta band. Först låten och human cannonball visar ändå att det finns nåt under allt oljud och "avantgarde"-tjafs. Lyssnade på deras mest spelade låt, från ett annat album, på Spotify. Det låten var riktigt bra. Detta album är dock inte särskilt bra alls. Kul namn, snyggt album. Men nja.

Brottades lite med frågan om ifall Human cannonball och möjligen någon låt till skulle kunna pusha upp betyget från en etta till en svag två, men landade efter moget övervägande i ett nej. Trots ska inte premieras.

Better than Coldplay.

Fuck it, this album was actually really cool. It had the same tone and vibe as In Utero and was honestly ahead of its time.

Loud, experimental (or unhinged…) noise rock. I approached this hesitantly, not expecting to like it, but I really enjoyed it. It’s bonkers and sounds like a Black Sabbath/doom metal album played by guys who had never heard but had had it described to them.

Wow! “Interesting” to say the least! Definitely one to play through the headphones or when my partners out! Didn’t like it or did I? Very confused by it to be honest. Erm, are they songs who can tell!

zwei bis drei

Whatever was first thought up when one looks at the cover of Locust Abortion Technician may very well have been an apt one. A sheer sense of dread looms, then the music starts playing and the mind plays ping-pong with itself over whether or not it's worth of its merit and reputation. One thing is this: listen to this at least once and you'll begin to understand it all. Favorites: Sweat Loaf, Graveyard, Pittsburgh to Lebanon, Human Cannonball, U.S.S.A., The O-Men, Kuntz, Graveyard.

lmao

I went in expecting garbage and came out spiritually concussed.

The Butthole Surfers I know were the weirdos in the mid-90s when I was high school. They were weird in a fun way. This is just kind of annoyingly weird. Has it's moments but not enough to make me like it

interesting ideas but pretty poor execution on most of them. felt like they couldnt stick to a bit so everything is all over the place in the worst of ways

When this showed up on my list I was immediately skeptical. I only knew Pepper from them. But as I got through this album it was a really really wild ride. What really surprised me is that when it was over I wanted to listen again. This all happened in 87 so wild.

Did not care for this one much at all. Kuntz was the best song among a bunch of duds

I did not enjoy this

didn't listen,

Good album always enjoy listening to butthole surfers

Hot garbage. I gave them studio time, but this thing is junk.

Apparently I enjoy the Butthole Surfers. The band! Don’t be lewd.

Not for me.

Before today's album, the only Butthole Surfers song I knew was Pepper, which is a solid song. This album was 95% noisey garbage with "Human Cannonball" stuck in the middle. Human Cannonball is a really solid track, the rest of the album is largely unlistenable. Fuck I hate noise rock. If you have no talent, don't waste my time. Favorite songs: Human Cannonball, 22 Going On 23, Kuntz Least favorite songs: The O-Men, U.S.S.A., Graveyard, Pittsburgh to Lebanon, Weber, Hay 2/5

Sick ass name but wtf was that

Pure, beautiful chaos for my brain—count me hooked.

I have many room-clearing records, but this uniquely confuses and infuriates guests. A few freakoid bangers - “Human Cannonball” and “The O-Men” are my favourites - sit alongside the remorselessly offensive. The sadism of appending moos and sludgy anthemic guitar to a radio phone-in account of sexual assault is precursor to the morphing of 4Chan’s offensiveness into the general assault on rights and dignity that’s ravaging the States right now. I don’t blame the Buttholes. Occasionally the circus switches from spectacle to the specutaculur.

This is an enjoyably catchy mismash of noise and avant-garde punk tunes. A bit too old to change my life at this stage, but I can see how kids in the '80s found it revolutionary. To top it off, I recognized "22 Going on 23" from an old mixtape, Mark! Great stuff

Not for me

Weird and wonderful is all you can say about this

< the Beatles I like the butthole surfers... Just not this album

This being one of the lowest rated albums overall on this site, I braced myself for the worst. But you know what? This isn’t even that bad. And at times, I even enjoyed it. Especially Sweat Loaf, Graveyard (the second one) and 22 Going On 23. I found myself laughing at The O-Men and Kuntz: those songs are just ridiculous. This was certainly and experience, but probably not something I’ll return to.

many of these tracks wete quite fun, especially sweat loaf and the o-men. sweat loaf, however, would benefit from the intro skit being its own track. i dont want to have to listen to it every time i hear the song. 3.5

I had to listen a second time to better understand what the heck I was listening to. With the repeated listen, I approached it, not necessarily listening to "songs", but creative, artsy, abstracty noise. It made more sense, the instrumentation are weird, industrial and abrasive, but at the same time interesting, varied and strangely satisfying. The structured songs were generally boring, but Human Cannonball is strong. At times it felt more like parody and several songs reminded me of the Dead Milkmen song, "The Fez" (which isn't too far off): There's a time for taking And a time for giving But ripping off the Butthole Surfers Is how we make our living (ha ha ha ha)

Not my favorite album, however I can appreciate the strangeness and the way that every song on the album is completely different than the last. I do enjoy graveyard pt 2 and 22 going on 23. This album reminds me of white zombies gods on voodoo moon and sonic youths walls have ears, although I enjoy those albums much more.

It's two genres that were never meant to be combined. Surf rock and punk are too different. But(thole haha jk im so funny) I do give them credit for trying. just doesn't work out in the end

Bad

This list has taught me that noise rock is one of my least favourite genres. Most of this album was very tough to listen to and some of the songs were pure edgelord material.

almost nothing in music writing will make u feel more like a dumbass than trying to put down words about a butthole surfers record, because its made of so many evocative parts and yet what are u supposed to even say about it. ig ill just say that part of the draw is that even compared to other artists theyre compared to, this album just constantly refuses to bother making recognizable Songs...not to litigate the definition of a song, but there's a different feeling between the relatively fully formed classic Human Cannonball and all the tracks where they find one riff or silly noise that they have fun making and just do that until it gets boring, which they clearly have a very low threshold for FHJSFHJSF. it rly is a record of far more Indulgence then the most outsized prog epics could ever be...no pretensions towards what the end product will even look like or how it will come across to people who are not the present tense Them. its hard not 2 have a good time!

Absolutely not for me. No.

Groupe totalement inconnu. L'album est très (trop) expérimental (+1), avec quelques morceaux un peu construits. Le reste est un peu trop chaotique à mon gout. J'ai eu envie d'aller jusqu'au bout (on ne sait vraiment pas à quoi s'attendre), mais j'ai été plutôt déçu de l'expérience. Je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5

I mean, not great, Bob! But not the utter worst thing I've ever heard. At least its not all the same.

The production is cool but not a fan of the music itself

“The O-Men” into “Kuntz” is a whole thing, let alone the final track 😨

Not for me

Noisy and pretty fun

An insanely good album

Sataaaaaaaaaaaan 10/10

3.3

Very very uhhhh interesting. At its best there’s some sick ass noise rock that reminds me of swans or even some shoegaze. Love it for its variety and risks, but there are definitely some weird parts that I cringe at. Could definitely see myself liking it (or disliking it) more on more listens

Too much...

This is so odd, funky and cool

Too industrial for my taste.

Just not good! Not even interestingly bad

Know very little outside of Pepper but genuinely enjoyed this and will go back and explore the back catalogue.

Not bad

Nope

Dafuq...

First impressions this is too out there I don't get enjoyment out of this. Ass

As a bit of a Noise Rock aficianado, I was a little let down by this one. It's still good and deserves to be on this list, but it's not nearly as noisy or chaotic as I typically like my releases in the genre, except in the sonic experiments and tape elements which while cool didn't cohere all the time. It undoubtedly has its moments though, like the incredible closer. Overall, solid.

Didn't really do much for me, but I didn't hate it.

NO !!! Massive waste of time to listen to. Some more of this kind, and I'll leave this community!

The difference witth oither noiderockbands? They're not fun and Butthole Surfers are.

Creative and innovative but noise really.

Repeat listen

This album was banging proper weird in all the good ways loved it

Bits were ok, bit too abstract for me in places

This album had few and far between glimpses of potential, but mostly sounded like random noise to me

This album is a bizarre trip. Ultimately, a bad trip. I really enjoyed the part of the album where it ended. I hear their influence on other, better bands, but that doesn’t mean that this album is great. It’s the rock album equivalent of Trout Mask Replica.

So many raised eyebrows, so many times I just said what the fuck! I appreciate the effort but…1/5

Fun and weird proto-grunge.

Not good

Gibby Haynes is awesome and a lot of the Surfers output is great. I get this, but it’s just too much noise to be really enjoyed.

I'm not even sure how this album can classify as music. It was a really bad noise collage. I wish i could have the time back that I spent listening to it. I definitely do not recommend nor would ever recommend. Anybody that claims to like this album is severely pretentious and probably love every sonic youth and radiohead album ever made as well. I don't normally review anything but I had to make a special case for this terrible, terrible album.If it can even be called that

Gibby Haynes - fuck yeah

They've made better albums

no

Oh Mann. Das war furchbar. Schwer durchzustehen, noch viel schlimmer, als ich es mir beim Namen der Band vorgestellt habe. Fast schon in einer Liga mit Tom Tom Club.

It’s a no from me boss

Always liked these guys

How did a band with such a dumb name produce such a smart album?

C'était n'importe quoi mais c'était rigolo. Parfois un poil trop n'importe quoi quand même.

First of all, I gotta say that the album name and the band name is fucked up in the most amazing way. Love it. Second of all, this is so noisy that it becomes interesting. I really have no idea why, but it intrigued me. It's not that good though.

I’m surprised this got a positive score from you. This is very weird and noisy and I don’t mind that at all.

Band name matches exactly how I thought they'd sound. I can make an equivalent modern day comparison, this is almost like Clown Core but in the 80s. Clown Core, but make it rock instead of jazz.

Why? Some songs were decent but rest were bad

This is exactly how I thought an album called "Locust Abortion Technician" by a band called Butthole Surfers would sound like. A bit obtuse and challenging but it sure was interesting! Leagues better than anything br*tish on this list.

really disappointed. butthole surfers is such a good name. gotta give this a 2, low 2 teetering on 1

Pre-listening thoughts: well we were due for a bottom twenty album a while ago, so I can’t say I’m surprised that this showed up. Frightened, though, for what will be on here that makes it so bad that almost the entire website hates it. Time to turn on private session so Spotify doesn’t think I enjoy this. Post/during listening thoughts: laughed really hard at that opener tbh. Also skimmed some of their other stuff and it sounds a lot less experimental/noisy, so maybe this is an outlier in their discography? My experience with a lot of these bottom twenty albums is that they are so bad it’s funny. Like the music equivalent of The Room, or like any of the Kissing Booth movies. I like ALMOST find myself enjoying some of it just because I’m getting a kick out of it. That Laibach album was genuinely some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever heard. But like at the end of the day (TO ME SUBJECTIVELY) it is still bad. And you may disagree but somehow to me, Slipknot was still worse than this. But I will say 22 going on 23 is exactly what it feels like to be 22 going on 23. 1/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nope Fav tracks: I almost want to put Sweat Loaf here just because that intro made me laugh so hard. SATAN Also Human Cannonball was like the only (semi) normal song on this goddamn album. I know it’s an experimental album and maybe my horizons are still narrow but Jesus christ Least fav tracks: I did feel like I was being auditorily assaulted through most of this. Is this what it sounds like when a locust gets an abortion #prochoicebutidontgottahearallthat

Not quite pencil in the ear level but I was not impressed

The best thing about this process is learning about artists and albums you have never heard of. This is one of them but in this case it might have been better to have continued to live in ignorance of it. Says it all when best thing about the album is the cute dog on the cover. 1/5 13/3/25

Madonna raga terribile, e pensare che il titolo mi intrigava un sacco

well, it finally happened. this isn't the worst album on here and i'm not about to act like it is, but let's just say it's not my favorite. there's a staggering breadth of... stuff happening on here. i don't like most of it, but i have to respect that they went for it. they're also from my alma mater, so......? *weak fistbump to the sky*

hell yeah, more butthole surfers! these guys are weird as hell and the more i listen to their work, the more i dig it. the sweet leaf cover/parody/interpolation/whatever here is great and one of the standout tracks. favorites: sweat loaf, human cannonball, u.s.s.a., the o-men, graveyard (part 2)

Holy mother of God. Do not ever put me through this again. They got one thing right - they are BUTTHOLE.

Disturbing and not in a fun way. The 80s version of Trout Mask Replica? I suppose points for being nothing approaching accessible music but holy hell. Was thinking of giving 2 for creativity but I'm gonna need therapy as a result and I'll need to remember to not listen again. 3/10 1 star

This is one of those bands that I've heard about for my entire life, but have never actually listened to. Would have preferred to keep it that way.

Ugh.

This was something for sure.

Quite crazy, but in a good way!

I don’t hate this. I don’t love it either. It’s another of those weird ones that is all about the performance I would imagine. Plus my son used to love the band name and run about shouting it when he was a toddler, so there’s that

After I listened to this twice, I went from a 3 to a 4. I reacted badly to the last song at first, but then I realized the reverberating "anxiety" "depression" and "therapy" meant that they were not exploiting the taped radio caller.

Hated it.

About on par for what I'd expect to be coming out of a butthole.

It's not as bad as some things we've heard but not good by any means. Some songs have a melody, which is better than nothing

Already the band name is a 2 or lower, they’d have to work hard to overcome the aversive association. They didn’t work hard enough.

Slechte versie van roadkill

I’ve never listened to much by this band. It’s pretty fun and playful which I appreciate. The O-Men is enjoyable. I like the fever-dream aspect of it. 22 Going On 23 is pretty haunting.

Heavy, weird and more chaotic than creative. Oddly enough, one appreciates it more now as an old dude than one did then as a young dude. Funnily enough, the most conventional, "Human Cannonball," works best, though one has a soft spot for the bizzaro-rama that is "Kuntz." "22 > 23" shows how they might have developed in the direction of (or made the world safe for the likes of) Sonic Youth and other proper noise rockers. And compared to the way less original, way more tiresome imitators of the '90s, these guys got the advantage of brevity.

Sometimes I think there are albums on the list designed just to make you grateful for the other albums that are actually good. A group of boys get together in their garage, shout 'kuntz' and 'hay' over some poorly constructed tracks.

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, Jeremiah the technician prayed to Lord, and verily the Lord's wrath and pestilence was aborted. And thus sayeth Jeremiah unto the Lord... SATAN SATAN SATAN And replieth the Lord God... KUNT KUNT KUNT

Sweet Loaf, og Sweet Leaf med Black Sabbath. Begge er fede! Enormt punk at have 2 numre med den samme titel på det samme album. 😂 Det er tæt på Resident til tider, men her groover det bare også. Håber virkelig at mine naboer, og familien kan lide det her halvt så meget som mig, for det her er en den perfekte 5er for mig. Det var ukendt, det overraskede mig, det variere helt vildt meget, jeg keder mig aldrig, og men vigtigst, det er kort! Kort nok til at jeg har hørt det 4 gange idag.

Et album der er kvart i Duck/Stab og Kollaps. Til tider lyder det som de sidste 10-20 sekunder af et Nirvana nummer. Men på de numre der har en reel rytme svinger det ret godt. Der er et fedt miks af groove og smadderet punklyd. Jeg springer gerne de mere lydkollage-agtige numre over. Dem har jeg ikke brug for. Men der er en fed EP hvis man skærer lidt til.

Interesting

Man this album is weird. But I kinda like it. Butthole Surfers obviously know how to make a great "normal" song if you've listened to their more popular songs, here they make something almost alien just because they can. Really cool unique album

Awful!

That was fun, but I understand why people don’t like it. They’re no fun.

This album wasn't nearly as bad as what I anticipated. But then, twice nothing is still nothing. Good luck slogging through this mess.

Pretty fucking ass

I like it. What's not to like? Custard - good. Jam - good. Meat - GOOD!

I'm not sure it's their best but it's pretty good.

Standing where this album is in the musical landscape I can almost see things I like in the distance. I do think this chaos has a place on this list. Can't say I enjoyed listening but there is something here.

Am I the dog, and am I laughing with them, or are they laughing at me? Because I'm dangerously close to unironically liking this. The actual songs here are great, with Human Cannonball being the standout. Because it's a normal song. I doubt anyone is listening to this because Hay or U.S.S.A is their favourite ever song. Quite a big fan of the nonsense gibberish vocals on the O-men, the, what feels to me, tom waits impression on Pittsburgh to Lebanon, and the heavily processed Thai track Kuntz. I never thought I would be giving this a good review, but if I was able to, I would give this a 7. It will be getting a 3, because I thought not every track was worthwhile, but overall I'm glad I listened to this at least once in my life. Even though it makes me uncomfortable as well, I like the album cover.

A ride through a metal-themed funhouse while being chased by clowns wielding electric guitars. Pretty good stuff. Ironically though, I do wish this album had been even weirder and more experimental, and less leaning on the metal spoofing.

Not for me. I think it’s probably some forward concept album, but more noise rock than I was expecting.

not for me -- noise

This was rough. One of my least favorite things I've heard in this list. It's punk and very unique, but I really don't like what they are going for. Way too chaotic, juvenile, and distracting. Human Cannonball is a pretty good punk song, but probably their most accessible song on this album.

This is some Killer Klowns from outer space ass music, not bad honestly, compared to other abrasive albums on this list idk why this is one of the lower rated ones. It’s fun, a solid thumbs up from me

This is, without exaggeration, the absolute worst album I have EVER heard. There is not a single redeeming quality, it is actually a marvel how truly terrible this really is. The track Graveyard made me want to launch my headphones halfway through. Ironically by the end of the track I envied the dead, they didn’t have to hear this. This is only getting 1 ⭐️ because the system makes me give it so. In my headspace it is Minus 5 Stars.

There are parts that were interesting. And then there was a lot of noise. Like, a lot. This is the record that is playing in some weird, sparsely populated room in the back of the club. Or in a torture dungeon.

god this was high key horrible

Could use a little more melody with the noise. 2.5

Demented experimental psychedelic punk. An lsd trip through the depths of hell. It’s intense, disturbing, confusing, scary, off-putting, dangerous, and a ton of fun. It’s truly original. Song-writing really isn’t the point here, it’s all about creating a feeling…a dissociation…a maniacal breakdown…an impending sense of doom…and laughing through it all. There’s still some great riffs, a relentless pounding rhythm section, bizarre vocals, filtered through wild effects with pitch/speed shifters and echoes that make you forget which way is up. It’s unforgettable, gnarly, and a real experience. It’s fucking cool.

This ain’t it, chief.

No

Less transgressive than I expected given the title. That makes it more appealing but less interesting.

much of this album just sounded like chaotic noise to me. nonsensical lyrics and often indecipherable vocals. on most of the songs it sounds like the band members are just learning how to play their instruments. the butthole surfers have been around for a long time, so i know there have to be better albums than this. hell, i have heard a few of their songs on the radio and they sounded great, but i was pretty disappointed with this album.

I wish they’d focus on more actual songs like Human Cannonball but I enjoyed more than I didn’t.

I found this album rather weak except in a few isolated moments. I appreciate weird but this just doesn't work for me.

Yeahhhh…no.

This album is an abortion. I only got half way through it. 1/5.

I’ve tried but I don’t think I can listen to all of this. Too experimental even for me. Not that it’s bad, just can’t cope with it!

Pure slimy noise rock, love it. I know it's not got the best rating on this site, but I will always be here for someone trying to do things differently - plus it's great music for when you're properly pissed off about things and want some catharsis!

Meh

Just beautiful crafted noise. I love this record!

This is the 12th album I’m rating. I don’t know what this is or who this but I can tell it’s metal from the name. Actually, it might be punk now that I think about it. Sweat Loaf - Adding to my Playlist. I got worried at the start but I was right after all. This is metal. Not a lot of genres would have a name like Locust Abortion Technician. I have a feeling that skit at the beginning is going to get annoying. Graveyard - Adding to my Playlist. I probably shouldn’t be adding this to my playlist because now this means I can’t listen to it at church. Pittsburgh to Lebanon - Adding to my Playlist. The voice is cool but I can’t tell what it’s saying. Weber - Not Adding to my Playlist. Too short. Probably good if it was longer. HAY - Not Adding to my Playlist. I can’t tell what’s going on in this song. Human Cannonball - Not Adding to my Playlist. That singing is annoying. U.S.S.A - Not Adding to my Playlist. Started off strong but got annoying. The O-Men - Not Adding to my Playlist. That is some strange singing. Kuntz - Not Adding to my Playlist. This sounds different probably because this definitely isn’t English. Graveyard - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is pretty cool but I feel like it goes on a little bit too long. 22 Going on 23 - Adding to my Playlist. I’m beginning to rethink if this is metal or not. I am very confused from listening to the other songs. This song is very confusing to me. Those parts with the talking aren’t that great but I really like the other parts. I’ll add it because it’s fun and experimental. All in all I liked 4/11 songs. Not the worst thing in the world but not that good either. This was better than This Year’s Model though. It started off strong but gradually got worse.

An alright album, not really my style.

Too much

remember that scene in high fidelity where two green-haired teens start a shitty band called the kinky wizards and their music blows john cusack's mind to the point that he reconsiders his entire life? this album sounds like the kinky wizards.

For being the Butthole Surfers, and being avant garde noise rock, this is surprisingly ok. Not my favorite genre, but it wasn’t unlistenable. I do like a handful of their songs, but in general their stuff is a little out there for me. But this wasn’t terrible. I don’t know that I would go back to it… but it was ok.

Now here is a band that I was really not sure I wanted to listen to back in the day when a friend recommended them. But they were, and still are, up my ally as far as style goes. A bit on the edge sometimes but generally within my groove zone. Sometimes you have to trust a friend even with a band who's name and song titles can be a bit... suspect! Just for info: I think they are like a post-punk, veering towards the light and not the darkness metal, or harder alt-rock style. But you decide!

Maybe I’m thinking of someone else, but I remember these guys being a lot better.

It was good, but not in an enjoyable way

I know this band never really heard much of their stuff other than what is on the radio. very intersting songs so far. was not really aware they were all over the place. Not for me. Kind of an odd one. I get why though it is on this list.

I’ve never heard of this album before. I started listening around independent worm saloon and electric Larry land. This is wild so far.

Lmao Sweat Loaf is just a Sweet Leaf cover. Love that. Butthole Surfers are awesome

Too far down the 'noises' path

[3/10] An upsetting listen!! I appreciate the rawness and spectacle of it all but I will not return to this.

Love them or hate them, I don’t think anyone can disagree they are quite unique and varied! Listening to this it’s hard to believe theyre the same band who did that song about Dracula. I’m only really familiar with them due to their associations with Kurt Cobain, and possibly a Simpsons reference, so only knew their big hits. Quite enjoyed this though, some where between noise rock, pysch, and garagey punk. Nice DIY ethos with this record too. Canny

Well that was weird. The actual music in here was really good, sort of noisy punk, considering when it comes out must be really influential. Seems like they decided to intersperse the music with the maddest/funniest stuff they could think of, which is laudable but doesn't make it an easy listen. If their later albums trim out the weirder stuff I could definitely be a fan but this album is too odd for me.

I quite like Pepper, from a different album, but it never occurred to me to listen to anything else. Ambitious, caustic, challenging, and daft; very glad to have heard this. I think the shock value would lessen on repeat listens. Kuntz was decent.

Heard of these guys but don't think I've ever listened to them. I didn't mind it, probably would've been more my thing as a teenager. Felt like they were trying a bit hard to be edgy and weird at times. Kinda hoped I might enjoy it more than I did given it's listed as rock, grunge, punk. Human cannonball was the standout track... Sounds like pennywise. Lose the weird stuff and the score would be higher 3

The overall sound here is grating, unmelodic, difficult. Some of the songs, very unusually, lack a bass (including Graveyard, Weber, and The O-Men) – which removes harmonic grounding and can make it really unappetising to sit through. The vocals are not enjoyable in most tracks. In Graveyard, it sounds like a filter not unlike something from early King Crimson or Black Sabbath – except without the infectious instrumentation to back it up. Instead, throughout the whole album, we get a gravelly, unskilled guitar part that meshes badly with the similarly gravelly hard-rock vocals. The vocals in other tracks are often Axl Rose-esque, but with transitions to weird chipmunky filters (or other assorted voice effects) that make it impossible to take the singing seriously. Other things of note: Hay is a crowd of filtered voices shouting "hay" over a really unpleasant soundscape of reversed factory noises. It's pretty out there for its time – but is it groundbreaking? Sweat Loaf (the opening track) is pretty good. Nothing particularly catchy, but it's fun to hear alternating soft and loud song sections, and an adapted guitar riff from a better band. U.S.S.A.'s singing reminds me, very loosely, of Nirvana's Endless, Nameless – but with a considerably more irritating rhythm section. The singing in O-Men is a babbling mess. There's no album flow, no experience, concept, or genre to latch onto. No convincing melody or harmony (apart from the key tracks). There's nothing here. I'm obliged to give this 1 star, and everybody else is too. 1/5 Key tracks: Sweat Loaf, Human Cannonball, Kuntz

This one's pretty wild. I like these guys, but I wasn't really feeling this one. 2.5 stars.

interesting album, good noise rock, grew on me after a few listens.

Good album!

no

Wow... this is probably the worst album I have ever listened to in my life. I couldn't listen all the way through. Got to the 3rd to last track and decided to save my ears the immense pain of listening to the Butthole Surfers. Cool band name, horrible sound. I'd give 0 stars if I could because even 1 is too generous.

This guys are truly underrated in the alt rock scene - give Paul Leary some props....

hát ezután az album után nehéz lesz bármire azt mondani, hogy experimental. 😆 nagyon jól szórakoztam, ha nem is lettem rajongójuk, meg kurvajok a riffek végig. a Sweat Loaf, a Human Cannonball meg a Kuntz ment a kedvelt dalokba, de azért asszem maga az album így egyben nekem egy kicsit túl migrénpozitív ahhoz, hogy egyhamar elővegyem megint.

Nah

So, that was a thing... Why does this list do such an atrocious job at showcasing punk?

Only made it through 2 tracks. Ruined my Friday, thanks

I had to hear this why? Noisy experiments with no direction

I just don't know, man. I just don't know.

A bit hectic for me - I want to like it more than I do.

Yeesh, this may be the worst thing I've ever heard. There's just nothing redeeming. Half the tracks are literally just noise, the other half are noise with a beat.

The song U.S.S.A sounds like dogs and cows being tortured. The song O-men sounds afwul. Like it is so weird. It is almost just like noise, if there wasn't the drums and bass in the background. Like I think I would have liked the album, if they have chosen to use less noise.

Luke was excited when I got this one and I have to say I enjoyed it a lot more than expected to for a band who chose the put the word abortion in the title. The first song in particular was fun. By the end I was a bit tired of it. But it was creative and a bop

Get a grip

this album starts off as wacky fun time and then ends with one of the most fucked up songs ive ever heard, great album

The Butthole Surfers (fantastic name) made an album that I would call.. weird? The first track was pretty good but I felt it kinda just fell off from there. I hate to give ANOTHER album a two but it wasn't my thing.

I can safely say I was not expecting the butthole surfers to make this list. Knew them from guitar hero. Not bad! Weird, but not bad!

Some easy listening for a Saturday night. Also truly horrifying

Better than I expected.

I'm glad this album was short

Back to the cheap shock value schlock, I see. Yeah that's really what this felt like. I mean, the title (of the band and the album) alone is definitely meant to rile some people up in the cheapest way possible. And I'm sure that's all part of the point on the band's part, but it doesn't come across as particularly clever or interesting. There's some stuff to like here, but man is it all overshadowed by the stuff that's just obnoxious and painful to listen to. I mean, some of the riffs are amazing ("Sweat Loaf," among them) but I just really didn't care for pretty much any other part of this. I'd love an explanation of this one's inclusion. What does this bring to the table that is so unique, so special, so artistically magnificent that it deserves inclusion here? I'd love to know. Two stars. It really wasn't THAT bad, I just never want to listen to it again. Standout Tracks: Sweat Loaf, Human Cannonball

Chaotic and kinda fun. Best head headphones.

Bleh

Music inspired by the sounds of construction, what a choice. Sweat Loaf had a pretty sweet riff, though.

Needed some time to decide the rating here. On the one side I really like the album. Partly really good music although one feels, that they are really playing around and having fun. So my first intention was a "4". But when I compared it to other 4 I had given finally decided on a 3.

i kinda get it? like it isn't the worst thing I've ever heard, but i also don't see myself revisiting it

Great name and way better than I expected.

I had no idea these guys were doing things in the 80s. That's cool. I'm liking this one so far. Especially the first track. "And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend, will you be sure and tell her SATAN!!!! LOL. It's got such a cool intro. All slow and cinematic sounding. A bit mysterious. this secong one is cool too! Human Cannonball was awesome had that punk sound. U.S.S.A...KMFDM has a song called that. Man this is so different from the stuff I knew from them first which was that Pepper song. Welp, giving this one 5 stars!

Almost* a perfect album, -4/5 *I enjoyed the outro to "22 going on 23"

Weird shit but ok.

Definitely one of the strangest albums I've listened to. But it's almost good? It threads a very weird needle of incomprehensible, uncomfortable, and also engaging to listen to that I wouldn't have thought possible. Not sure if it's something I'd come back to, but definitely worth a listen. Top tracks: Human Cannonball, Graveyard (Pt. 2), 22 Going On 23

This album was an...experience. Was it pleasant? Unsure. It's a low 3/5 at best, because it's largely so odd and lacking in melody or structure, but it's still interesting.

How is this on the list

hressilegt og skemmtilegt. er á blábrúninni.

Not completely terrible, but I don't think I'll listen to it ever again.

What makes this album suck? A lot that I don't want to revisit in my mind. I don't know where and to whom this was influential, but it's not here and it's not to me.

Maybe just not in the mood for this genre but really did not enjoy it

great lot of noise with a sense of humour