Locust Abortion Technician

Early BS sounds like random noises jammed together. But you hear the influence they had on the 90s bands for sure. Red Hot Chili Peppers come to mind there….

lol

It must be encouraging to musicians everywhere knowing that, with a little bit of musical talent and a niche following, there will always be a place in western culture to put out albums no matter how far away from mainstream popular music they are. Admittedly, I’m not the most familiar with Butthole Surfers’ music. Pepper has always been a gem, so when I got this album, I was eager to give it a listen. What I got was a journey through a lucid musical hellscape of heavy and up tempo riffs often jammed into short tracks. From reading music industry reviews, it was likened to a musical nightmare, which I have to agree with. It clicked then that the flux of short/long tracks, embedded spoken word recordings and overall macabre theme was not a collection of tracks to be considered individually. It’s a concept album meant to be viewed as one whole piece of music. Still, every first impression I had with this album, from the title itself, to the album art, to the lyrics espousing Satan and sexual assault (among other intentionally unpleasant imagery) gave me the same thought: “oh, how edgy.” This is ultimately how I view what this album is about. It isn’t an exercise in creating memorable music, it’s a performance art piece to poke at the part of society that takes itself even a little bit seriously and feels a semblance of self importance. I guess that’s the essence of rock in roll though, right? F the establishment. Even so, I can regard this as much more than a novelty that is easily forgotten.

kinda sucks

Very weird. Half the tracks were just unlistenable noise. I wondered if I was still listening to the same album multiple times. I would not willingly listen to this ever again but it was interesting and some tracks were alright so I'll give a 2. Stand-out: Human Cannonball

- hmmmm - quite challenging - maybe they tried to a Trout Mask Replica thing but this didn’t hit the same - not sure that Graveyard needed a part 2

Kind of a meh album. Liked the sound of a few songs, then a few random noise sort of tracks kind of brought it down. Enjoyed the riff on Sweet Leaf a lot.

I didn't /hate/ hate this but it was close a few times. My listening group had Big Black's Atomizer a while back and that was another 'intentionally abrasive' record, but it had much more groove and soul than this one. This one felt a bit like a 'horror' movie, which is also not my bag really. I enjoyed a few parts of this, but ultimately I don't think I ever want to listen again.

It's not music for the mainstream audience, but it does sound like they've tried really hard to put a genre out there for people who hate their parents, which might be more than I would have expected. but who knows?

A bit too experimental and challenging for me. Human Cannonball seems to be the most traditional song and easiest to approach. There's a few others that i can appreciate, such as Sweat Loaf, Pittsburgh to Lebanon and 22 Going on 23, but most of the rest is a bit too noisy without obvious purpose.

SOme interesting stuff here...even catchy at times. I imagine this is like a modern day Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. In the end it is just too noisy for me to really enjoy 2 stars

4,6 Sweat Loaf - 7 Graveyard - 3 Pittsburgh to Lebanon - 6,8 Weber - Hay - 5 Human Cannonball - 6,9 U.S.S.A. - 1 The O-Men - 3 Kuntz - 3,8 Graveyard - Pt. 2 - 5 22 Going On 23 - 5

Butthole Surfers performed under a different name at every live show. Early aliases included 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. The silence for the first 15 seconds of the album is unnerving. Who does that. Not surprising then that the album ends with 15 seconds of cows mooing, naturally. I find this album mostly disgusting to listen to, yet I do really admire the chaotic experimentalism of their brand of noise rock. I would be interested in exploring their other work after listening to this. Fave Track: Kuntz 2/5

Hopefully never again

Haven’t done enough drugs for this

Nope. Would need to be on something to understand this one.

The songs are not good. It’s not really funny. It’s not really shocking for 1987. I always try to understand why people like the albums on the list, but I have a hard time cracking this one. I guess people have fond memories of using this album to set themselves apart from the normies in high school. 1.5

Not my type

# 115 : Loud noisy mixed up disjointed PUNK trash. Some of the songs are like, Play a few instruments and scream a bit, and some are ok. Not something I'll go back to. Favourite Track : Human Cannonball Listened : 22/11/2023

I think there are better butthole surfers albums to put on this list. This certainly is interesting and is bordering the line of noise rock but not necessarily good. There are songs on here that are dissonant but with out any purpose to back, it feels like they have a lot to say on this album but it's really all over the place and doesn't state its message(s) clearly. Overall it feels like this album needs a bunch of context to even start to enjoy it. 2 Repeats:human cannonball, kuntz Skips: graveyard, ussa, the o men

I prefer suicidal tendencies to the surfers. Some nice sounds but too many sound effects for me

From start to finish this album feels like some sort of a fever dream

Was a lil high when listening to this and it made me scared, should probably check out when sober.

“Kuntz” was a standout here.

bof

Not great. Abrasive and weird for the sake of it. Sounds ahead of its time, though.

Bad

Very strange album. The track "Sweat Loaf" parodies the riff from Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf", while "Kuntz" samples a Thai country music song.

Why? These guys can make music worth hearing, why would they make this? No thanks.

I patiently waited for this to finish. Was not a fan

I never really liked Butthole Surfers all that much, whether it's this album or any of the others. They always came off as a bit pretentious to me. Maybe that's because I knew a dude who creamed his pants over this band and thought he was better than people who "weren't smart enough" to enjoy them. Just like any of their other albums, there's a few okay tracks but mostly annoying crap. I stopped trying to like them like 15-20 years ago and I'm not going to start now.

Rien de bien intéressant à raconter au sujet de ces surfeurs de fions qui nous proposent un énième album soi-disant incontournable mais absolument pas agréable à l'oreille. Dommage pour de la musique.

C'était bien bien éclaté merci aux Butthole Surfers pour ce superbe moment de gêne.

You know, I love some experimental rock. It can even be noisy. But the noise-expermential rock of the Butthole Surfers is something I find a bit to annyoing even though there are some good songs on this like 'Graveyard' or 'Human Cannonball'. I can see why some people might like it but it's not for me.

Weird noisy stuff. I can see how Kurt Cobain could be influenced by some of this and I did hear a melodic guitar riff in the last “song”. It might be slightly disingenuous to give it one star, but it really was not an enjoyable listen.

a hmmm idk ..........

This album wasn’t an enjoyable listen. No real songs other than Human Cannonball. Not my thing. Gave it a second listen, slightly better but still not feeling it.

1/11, 9%

another one of those irreverent "noise for the sake of noise" albums, but it comes off as self-aggrandizing and a bit pointless. thought this 30min album was an hour.

If I thought I heard weird stuff before….

Wow we were so lucky to be able to listen to this album.

"I've chosen this album for my 1001 albums to listen to before you die list because the artist has 'Butthole' in their name. I think the word butthole is funny but their music is kind of terrible."

What a fantastic band name! I’m not sure if I’ve heard anything by the Butthole Surfers, but I’ve most definitely heard of them before. I’m expecting 90’s alt noise rock, but I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe I have heard them before. I can’t remember. Let’s listen and find out! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Human Cannonball There were parts of this album that I quite enjoyed, but quite a lot that seemed to verge a little too far into noisy and strange. I enjoyed this at first, but it didn’t take long for my brain to start tuning out and my attention would be lost despite having the music playing directly into my ears by my big headphones. Overall, I’d say this was an ok album. Some songs were decent, but there wasn’t enough to keep me engaged and I doubt I’ll be listening again.

Rommelig, maar dat was de bedoeling, af en te rete irritant, en hier en daar best goed. Maar niet goed genoeg. Begrijp dat het invloedrijk was.

Un poco insoportable. Menos 22 Going On 23. Noise rockpsychedelic rockexperimental rockavant-garde.

That was not an easy listen. Not dreadful, but again questioning quite how some of these made the list.

It has a distinctively weird and creepy vibe to it that feels like it matches perfectly with the artist, album title and artwork.

This should be my thing but its not

I persevered, I'm very grateful it's only 32 mins as for most of it I thought "let's just pop in that Stan Getz album that's I need to listen to" but am I glad I persevered? Yes as I don't need to listen to again. It's not terrible, part of it is well constructed and clever, and you can't knock the band name. Next.

Ignoring the terrible name, I don’t like music that seems to come from a place of pure derision, which this does. Sounds like a bunch of smart asses trying to be edgy. I’d much rather listen to Minutemen.

I don't hate it. I actually kinda like it, but let's be real; if I listened to this album again, I would probably get bored.

Yeah nah.

I didnt like 'Hay' but if I had to choose the best abbattoir music, it's probably on the The Smiths 'Meat is Murder'. The rest of the album is interesting.

A little too 'out there' for me.

Not my bag.

I don’t know why this is the Butthole Surfers album they picked as AP posed to Electric Larry Land. The album is alright as a joke but not great to listen to in general and certainly not the best Butthole Surfers album.

pass

это неплохо в рамках панка но абсолютно не мой жанр)

Prior to listening, I'd only heard one BS song in my life, "Pepper" Was this a noise experiment?

2.5

Enjoyed a couple of songs, but experimental noise music is wasted on me.

HORRIBLE.AN ASSAULT ON THE EARS.THERE ARE ONLY TWO SONGS THAT COULD PASS FOR ANYTHING GOOD AND ONE OF THEM IS BECAUSE IT SAMPLES BLACK SABBATH.THE REST OF THE ALBUM IS INCOHERENT NOISE.IT SOUNDS LIKE HOW I IMAGINE A NATURAL DISASTER SOUNDS LIKE SO SLIGHTLY COOL.IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY THINKS ITS GOOD THEN THEYRE A PRETENTIOUS CUNT.(still better than genesis).

🤡

Hmm, some real moments, some challenges

Oh my God that's the punky Shit - not really, but also doesn't go well on repeat

meh

Naze

weird, no hits.

I remember listening to this a long time ago and feeling like (the first track aside) it was mostly a waste of my time and attention...in that way, I guess this record endures? If I were able to revise history, I'd release this as a vinyl single with Sweat Loaf as the side A "hit" and back it on B with both the tracks Pittsburgh To Lebanon and The O-Men. Finally, if that were the case I'd be able to give the single version 4 out of 5 stars.

The teenage boy inside of me really wants to love a band named Butthole Surfers, I just don't though. Noise Rock is just not my thing. "Human Cannonball" sounds more like a classic Punk track and is probably my favorite. It's an album that I get why some people like it and the name of the band is just awesome, just not my thing.

Rock un tanto extraño con predominio de guitarras distorsionadas. No muy llamativo

Disturbing and not even that good

don’t think i’d listen again

Well this was…different. I respect it for sure, but it’s hard to imagine wanting to listen to it again lol. Wild stuff.

Noisy and a little bit odd but better than surfer rosa so I can't complain.

Noise rock. Experimental. Básicamente ruido.

This was an interesting listen. I have always been put off by the name of the band. I get what they are going for but it just didn't gel with me. Same with the title of the album. It's all part of it. Yet listening to the album, it was a mess and very hard to listen to, but yet there was something there. It had a certain charm that made it an interesting listen. Of course, I'll never been listening to this again, but that's the point of this list isn't it? 1.5/5

Importante pelas camadas de punk, metal, mas a sequência demonstra que falta melodia no meu entendimento.

Door die belachelijke bandnaam kennen veel mensen ze ongetwijfeld, maar waarschijnlijk net zoals ik zonder er echt muziek van te kennen. Het is helemaal niet erg om dat zo te laten.

Heavy punk…horror movie type music. Unlistenable unless you’re either super super angry and/or demonic.

Bizarre record. Not really my cup of tea, but the experimentation brings out some interesting ideas and songs on it, but too many just fall flat and don’t do much for me. 4/10

Listening to this was a bit like watching the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was deeply unsettling and very unpleasant at times, but I did not hate it like some of the utterly boring albums on this list where you want to skip through the songs as quickly as possible.

Once the image layer fades, and it fades rather quickly, the music left behind turns out to be blatantly uninspiring, predictable, and shabby.

Ah back when being young and angry was all you needed to have a band

Nee, dit kan mij nie bekoren. Beetje rommelige geluiden. Zelfs als experimenteel album vind ik maar weinig leuke geluidjes. **

En mèrit de la banda, cal dir que van editar el disc en una época en la qual tractar d'epatar encara no era la norma. En aquest sentit van ser un dels pioners. Fora d'això, 'Human Cannonball' és un gran tema. Tota la resta, entre l'experimentació i la broma; no aconsegueixo pensar en quin perfil de persona es posaria el disc per disfrutar d'una estona de música

This seems impossibly bad... I actually like some of there other stuff (Who Was In My Room Last Night, Pepper, Hurdy Gurdy Man) but this wasn't for me

I really wanted to like it but think they have matured over time and this isn't their best work. This feels a very chaotic, unstructured and experimental compared to their more recent stuff.

Quite a memorable ride. The music was kinda cool at first, but got tired fast. Though interesting as it was insane, would never listen to again.

I can confidently say that I will never listen to this album again. I've heard one or two tracks from the band before. Listening to a whole album was not far from what I expected from the band. No thanks.

Some very strange music here. Some of it interesting and inviting; Sweet Loaf, Human Cannonball. But most if it dissonant and off putting; U.S.S.A., The O-Men 2.5 🌟

Who let the high asses into the studio? Old days you buy the album cuz of the one song (Elictric Larryland) to find out the rest of it sucks. Has its moments of good guitar riffs

Very... Experimental? The names of the band and the album intrigued me, but it wasn't my cup of tea. The beginning is very messy, and Human Cannonball turns out to be the one nugget or iron in the rough. Not a diamond, and I really mean rough. U.S.S.A. made me feel like I was going insane, and in the next track The O-Men we get a surprise feature from the Looney Tunes' very own Tasmanian Devil with a hint of Donald Duck. And then we switch over to a completely different Indian sty- nevermind we're going insane again. I'm booking an appointment with my therapist, now that I'm done writing this review. I'm going to give a second star based on my interpretation that it's the gradual collapse of a war veteran's sanity, but it remains a pretty bad experience.

Okay, so I only knew the intro from an Orbital record. Happy to know where it came from. It sadly never tops Sweet Loaf. It seems to delight in being awkward and difficult, but rather than Pere Ubu brilliance, it's more just... Awkward and difficult. Without reward. And some naff edgelord crap thrown in for good measure. There are occasional glimpses of it going somewhere, but... Sadly not enough.

A little too Lofi. Saw some potential

I mean, it's a bad acid trip set to music. It is entertaining, granted, but the only time you would really listen to it is when you're in your first year at uni and you put it on to show how cool and unique you are when actually you're just a cunt and no one likes you. Best Tracks: Sweat Loaf; Pittsburgh to Lebanon; Human Cannonball

My house mate used to play this all the time while at Uni. It’s ok, but not something I’d put on by choice

There must be a reason that The O-Man only has 195k listens on an album that was released in 1987... Not a great album for me. Verging on one-star.

Solid “should be on this list.” But so very strange. There’s so much more that’s this weird and borderline offensive, but actually better (e.g. Fantomas)

Weird but never quite makes it to good weird.

Chaotic punk Favorite Track: Human Cannonball Relisten: No

favs - the o-man & 22 going on 23. some parts of this album are noisy in just a bad way and i’m not about it. grew on me a bit more by the end. 3.5/10

they're better musicians that their name would make you expect. they're exactly the lyrics you'd expect

Hmmm. At first I thought this group was gonna sound like an early Bloodhound Gang, but then it seemed like they were trying to make the album Napalm Death were about to make that same year. They bottled it though, by including a couple of actual tunes and a bit of musicality. I listened to some of their later stuff and it's a LOT more accessible - a little like an early Bloodhound gang...

Not what I was expecting. I quite enjoyed the first track and one of the others but I could have done without USSA, Hay, and 22 going on 23. Oh, and also the silent 30 seconds at the beginning of the first track. 2 stars

Fucking terrible, only an extra star because it made me laugh a few times

I get this is supposed to be a parody but man that was rough

Meh. Most of these kinda suck, some are ok.

Definitely not my thing!

Not my thing but I'm sure someone can appreciate this.

Weird ass noise rock for weird ass people.

A little crazy for me. Cool but felt like I was in a nightmare on acid for the most part

???

i dont hate music that sounds like nose, but this is not a good album, lacks of cohesion

I'm sort of torn between giving this 1 and 2 stars. On the one hand, it's a lot less horrible than I expected. Still, there were a couple of songs I had to skip, but really not that many. I'll round up from 1.5 because I do recognize interesting ideas throughout the album and find the majority of it listenable. Which is more than I can say of some other albums on this list.

No melodies, so a tough listen for me. Nice Orbital sample at the beginning. However, the problem is with listening to albums just once means that they can't really grow on you. Not sure this one would, but anyway!

Not for me

Un poco insoportable. Menos 22 Going On 23. Noise rockpsychedelic rockexperimental rockavant-garde.

I may have had more tolerance to listen to this when I was younger. Not my jam

Some good hard rocking on this album. I particulary enjoyed Human Cannonball. I was going to give this 3 stars until I heard 22 going on 23 and dropped it a star. What an awful song.

Kinda good at first but then falls flat

Weird. Good for a single listen. 5/10

Can see how this inspired future indie musicians but I’m not high enough to enjoy it yet.

This was alright. Felt kinda devoid of much other than generic angst. The soundscapes were cool and a couple riffs were catchy. I appreciated its shorter length. Favorite tracks were sweat bread and the o-men

weird. cool cover and name though

Messy, nonsense, some good, most rubbish

I guess it’s just not for me. I know it’s supposed to be not pleasant, but the only tracks i liked are Kuntz and 22 goin’ on 23

not so my type of music...

this certainly isn't the butthole surfers I am familiar with

It’s listenable but shows its age. It’s got a lot of fun guitar sections to it, but likely won’t be revisiting any time soon

Not quite my tempo

I get it- doesn’t mean I like it. Is Kuntz racist? Probably?

Not even close to being good. Experimental but the experiment failed. Human Cannonball is kinda normal, but then you get assaulted with USSA.

Incel music. If my kids ever tell me their favorite band is butthole surfers I am sending them to Hogwarts.

I was not high enough for this one.

I don’t think I’ll be coming back. I listened while doing a daycare run with Arch and felt disturbed by the depravity of man that had been channeled into a collection of tunes. Mid 1

two words: Shit Sandwich.

Boy, it's hard for me to tell the difference between music and artistically directed sounds. And it's hard for me to tell if the art is genius and I don't get it, or it's just garbage and someone is testing me. I think I made more coherent music when I was ten. I'm pretty sure this is complete garbage.

This was horrible. There really wasn’t any singing in it aside from some weird noises. It was terrible.

I’m not the target audience but I love it for whoever is

This is just aggressively bad noise. Why on earth is this in the list? Straight men need therapy.

01) Sweat Loaf - 5,5 02) Graveyard - 5,0 03) Pittsburgh to Lebanon - 5,0 04) Weber - / 05) HAY - 3,0 06) Human Cannonball - 5,0 07) U.S.S.A. - 2,0 08) The O-Men - 3,0 09) Kuntz - 6,0 10) Graveyard pt. 2 - 5,0 11) 22 Going on 23 - 5,5 TOTAL: 4,50 (45/100) Current ranking: 917/951

Got a few songs in and was done. Not a fan.

0.5

Eh. I don't know about this one. I'm all for music that's challenges the conventional wisdom, but it kind of sucks. "Human Cannonball" is the closest thing to an actual song here. It's okay. 1.5 stars.

It got a reaction from you, you got to give em that. You played right into their hands. They set out to be abrasive and unsettling as well as goofy in the most un-Will Smith way and they got exactly what they wanted so you got to give them that. It is still a horrifically awful listen. There are about two half-songs across this album and one of those half-songs is apparently by Black Sabbath. In terms of overall sound this is kinda like a Mambo No 5 of bad 1001 records - a little bit of Residents my life. A little bit of Throbbing Gristle by my side. A little bit of Sepultura in the sun. A little bit of Shalimar yvan eth nioj on track 9. Also loads of Taz from Looney Tunes on track 8 for some reason. Band are also a more extreme version of Smashing Pumpkins in that rather than being guest stars in a Lollapalooza-themed episode of the The Simpsons, just a single passing reference on Todd Flanders’s donated t shirt is their greatest, main only essential moment.

2/10 - too hardcore for me

Locust Abortion Technician by the Butthole Surfers was a miserable listening experience for me. Going in, I didn’t have particularly high expectations for a band called the Butthole Surfers, but I still wasn’t prepared for just how much I would dislike this album. The opening riff of “Sweat Loaf” had me briefly hopeful, but the song quickly dissolved into noise, repetition, and nonsense that wore out its welcome long before the five-minute mark. From there, things only got worse. “Graveyard” was ear-piercing and grating, “Hay” earned a fast-forward and a skip, and by the time “Kuntz” rolled around I was completely checked out. The only track that came close to connecting with me was “Human Cannonball,” but even that wasn’t something I’d ever choose to revisit. I can appreciate that the band was doing something unique and uncompromising, and I respect artists who carve out their own weird corner of music. Unfortunately, that corner is nowhere near where I want to be. I’ve heard worse albums, but not many. Locust Abortion Technician is creative, distinctive, and absolutely not for me. 0.8/10

I like the Butthole Surfers, but this was strange. It was compelling, but I can't say I really enjoyed it. It listened as though it was a parody of like what noisepunk sounds like to people who aren't old school punk fans or noise rock fans. I guess you could say it was atmospheric? Whatever.

creepy and weird

Another abomination that's a product of the noise rock genre.

No va

Not sure I needed to hear this one before I died

Yall should’ve aborted this album

Garbage

Starts ok but goes downhill very quickly and never recovers. Noise rock.

Nope. By the time I got to 22 Going on 23 I felt physically ill.

bruh...

Noisy and experimental, but unfortunately, not my kind of experimental (although Human Cannonball is extremely catchy!).

I bet they drink hot dog water.

I SWEAR I was ready to like them, but they are the equivalent of a banana costume, funny as a novelty but it would never make it to the regular outfit rotation. That being said, given how much I surprisingly enjoyed the song 'The O-Men', I was ready to give them 2 stars, but nah

Did not finish

this is horrible i can’t listen to this

This particular album is not for me. I like other butthole surfers but not this one

Fun album from the butts

I’m pretty sure that the 80s was just a time of people pretending music was good and just making albums that were god awful. I have no idea what this putrid excuse for music is, but my god. It needs to abolished.

Mercifully short!

Worse than the name. Atrocious.

Why is this on here?

Hot garbage.

What was this supposed to be?

Not my vibe; can you really embrace the musical mashup of a group, given all the words in the English language, that chooses to call themselves Butthole.

Muy malo, inentendible que alguien escuche esto. 0/10

Worse than their namesake.

Truly awful. There was only one track I’d even consider a “song.”

This is why people hate music critics

Couldn’t bring myself to go through and finish this. Trash alternative

Nope, terrible band, terrible album, terrible name.

I think I might have been having some sort of medical emergency, because for the first four songs or so of this record, I didn't mind it. I didn't enjoy it, obviously, because I've got functioning ears, but I thought maybe it had some worth. The remaining songs disabused me of that notion. It turned into one of the longest, stupidest and most unpleasant 32 minutes of my existence.

Lotta noise. Not a lotta payoff

Not sure you can even call this music

Pluss: - Varer bare 32 minutter. - Første minuttet er stillhet. Minus: - Et hvert garasjeband i historien presenterer bedre enn dette på første øving.

0 stars should be an option, I fucking hate this

Maybe I was biased because of the band name but... I hated this.

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

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.

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.

The brown note

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.

do I even want to know what's going on

Heavy metal. Not for me

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.

This is a sad excuse for an album.

... butthole surfers ? 1 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠉⠉⠈⠈⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠻⣄⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠓⣄⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⣀⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢷⣉⣩⣤⠴⠶⠶⠒⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣧⠤⠶⠒⠚⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⡍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣫⣭⣷⠶⢶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠶⠶⠖⠚⠛⠛⣹⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠛⠛⠉⡁⠀⠀⠙⠻⣿⣷⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⡷⠷⢿⣦⣤⣈⡙⢿⣿⢆⣴⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣠⣤⡀⣸⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣿⣿⣟⣩⣤⣴⣤⣌⣿⣿⣿⣦⣹⣿⢁⣿⣿⣄⣀⡀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢠⣿⠋⠻⢿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠿⠛⢦⣽⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠁⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸⣿⠁⠀⠀⠙⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠿⣿⣯⣼⣿⡿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸⣧⣴⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣺⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣀⣀⢀⢀⢀ ⠀⠀⢿⠿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠙⠛⠛⠙⢻⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠀⠘⠃⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡞⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡟⢿⣿⣆⠀⣸⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢄⡼⠁⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣦⣄⠀⣠⡄⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣷⣬⢻⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣧⣰⣿⡿⠿⠦⢤⣴⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠛⠒⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠹⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡖⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡿⣾⣿⣸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣆⣀⣀⣤⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣷⣦⣴⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⣿⣿⡛⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⢾⡟⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠓⢁⣬⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡿⣻⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢐⣯⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⠱⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡧⠟⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿⢿⠿⠿⣿⡿⣿⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢦⡈⠂⠀⠑⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢠⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠒⡄⠀⠀⠑⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣦⣦⣼⡏⠳⣜⢿⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⢠⣷⣦⣤⣀⣀⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠻⠆⠸⣎⣧⠀⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⣠⡄⠀⣿⢹⡇⢸⡀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

Some interesting riffs but 95% was just noise

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

si una peli mala de terror fuera un álbum.

Terrible.

I did not enjoy this album.

I didn't like this. It was boring and upsetting.

Noise. And more noise. It's a no for me.

weird

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

Second worst album I've heard so far.

Len Houmous worked as a Locust Abortion Technician in 1957 while Houmous & Chutney were touring Korea. 1.2 6/11 Human Cannonball

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.

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.

Not my cup of coffee

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.

Olipahan meininkiä taas. Annetaan bändin nimestä nyt yks piste.

this was borderline torture and made me feel nauseated.

Juste le nom est bien

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.

I like to think I'm openminded but this was truly ghastly. Some of this I would even struggle to classify as music.

1.0/10 OMG this was horrible for my ears…couldn’t wait until it was over!

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!!

I guess that's on me for expecting more out of a group called Butthole Surfers Fave track: - The O-Men, for the memes

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 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

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”

One of the worst albums I've ever heard

Whoof. Too much noise and not enough music. Definitely not for me.

Just … why?

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

Didn't get through a single song. Shite

I’ve never really cared for these guy… at all.

Not for me

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 ★☆☆☆☆

Non !

Absolutely shite.

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.

1

Weird. I thought I liked them ... maybe just the larryland album. ?

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

This was hard to listen to

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.

wtf was this

Is it hypocritical of me to love At the Drive-In but hate this absolute horseshit

I need to start giving out more 1 star reviews and what better place to start? I'm sure this album has value for someone but not for me

Nope.

Seems like bros without talent got a bunch of coke extacy and a mixer

I felt violated listening to this album. Like at points this album physically made me feel uncomfortable. It’s so sad because so many of the songs have great hooks to them, it’s like they had great ideas and were like “how do we make this into the worst thing you’ve ever heard”. I can justify a lot of noise… like hell I gave DOA Throbbing Gristle a 3/5. I can’t justify this. This shoulda stayed in the studio as a drunkmen’s idea for laughs and giggles.

I can’t be surprised with this album when it is comes from the “Butthole Surfers”. The only thing I got out of this album was the jazz music that was playing in the background that I could hear in between tracks and at the start of the album.

Brutal

I almost asphyxiated myself with acidic fumes cleaning limescale and mold out of my shower while listening to this album. I can honestly say the music was by far the least pleasant part.

… Tipton and I were talking about Charlie Kirk when “Daddy?” filled the car. Welcome back, Chuck! Will I ever listen again? Maybe to The O-Men or K*untz if I’m feeling like a little freak. The last song was kinda cool but also… 😭 It’s weird how the album sometimes sounds like real music before deciding again that it doesn’t wanna be that

This album needs an enema.

I was never going to be in the mood to listen to this album. Noise rock is not my thing.

Almost unlistenable. Best part of the whole album was the Black Sabbath sample - always a great sign when your high is someone else’s.

The word “butthole” is appropriate for the group that produced this poop.

Fav: Human Cannonball Least Fav: U.S.S.A Hilarious album, breaks my heart to give it a 1/5 but I’m not exactly enjoying it for the music

I can’t say that I enjoyed this

Well, this isn’t the worst record that I’ve heard on this list so far, but it definitely gets one of the top seeds in the tournament of deplorable albums. I can’t believe that anyone would waste their money on this one, but as the old used car saying goes, there’s an ass for every seat…not this ass, though. One star.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would enjoy an album by the Butthole Surfers But then I thought I would enjoy it as much as a power drill being applied to my genitalia

Very intriguing name and art. Terrible music.

Bad Nick Cave impression

At just 31 minutes, the nicest thing I can say about this album is that it does not overstay its welcome. That being said, you will likely skip through several tracks. Play this for the annoying people who still say they “listen to anything”. (Human Cannonball was enjoyable tho)

These songs stressed me out. They gave me anxiety and made me feel very unhappy. Yuck

Oh hell no

Just don't care for it at all.

Drop the word surfer and this band has the perfect name. Head bangers and not very good ones, at that.

No

Wtf

Wow

What the fuck bro

Literally checked to make sure my speakers are working right.

Eh, I'll pass. I much prefer Independent Worm Saloon on LAT. This album didn't really have anything that I enjoyed or wanted to revisit later.

What a name for a band and album. Trash album though.

This was well and truly awful

This album could very well be the worst one on this entire list. It sounded like straight up nightmare. I never want to come back to any of these songs ever again.

Terribly noisy.

I too would have thought this was edgy ahen I was 12

Make no mistake, there was definitley a time I would have wholeheartedly celebrated the Butthole Surfers for their willingness to "stick it to the man" through the medium of sheer bloody-minded unconventionality. I think what happens as you get older is that you begin to realise there are only so many hours left in your life and there just isn't time for this dirge.

Czego innego można się było spodziewać po zespole o takim tytule? Jest kilka ciekawych eksperymentów i inspiracji, ale mam już dość tego wyciągania słabych płyt za uszy tylko dlatego, że są “nowatorskie” albo “dziwne”. 2.5/10

Super strange. Never feel the need to revisit. But i can definitely hear how it influences bands like nirvana and primus of it did at all. Maybe even slipknot?

Nah.

Rating: 0.8 I usually love this kind of thing but when you have no song structure half the time what am I supposed to do?

Are they surfing ON the buttholes, or are the surfers themselves the buttholes? A question for the ages. “Human Cannonball” is decent.

Pas mon style

“Ooh we’re so edgy and provocative” fuck off

What the hell was that? Why is this on the list?

Not for me

i liked probably only 2 songs and the rest are just noise

I'd like to meet the dude who wrote up this list, I need to understand the criteria. BS were one hit wonders who influenced a string of 90's bands like Nirvana, but they never released an album worthy of the T1001. I saw them open twice, interesting to watch but not good to listen to (try "USSA" live, you'll head for the door). This was 11 painful 'songs'. "Sweet Loaf" was so busy it hurt my brain. This album is just noise, utter garbage, there's barely a song in there! Who gave these jokers money to make this album? This is the biggest miss to date and I'm 250 albums in. Zero stars but I have a minimum of 1 to give.

Es quizás el disco de rock psicodélico más malo que escuché en mi vida. Es un ruido pesado que aburre y molesta.

No way will I engage with this sh*t

This is just noise

WTF? Nah...

I love the song pepper, but this album was the same as any other time I’ve tried to listen to their whole albums….i just can’t get into them. Repetitive and just kinda cringey

Too weird and trashy for me.

Ughhhhh

Ten eerste: Wat een naam voor een album, jezus. Eerste minuut van het eerste nummer van het album letterlijk niks, geen geluid. De rest van het nummer was wel aardig. Toen ging het voor mij snel bergafwaarts. Heb het afgeluisterd, maar was niet mijn ding.