Music
September 3, 2021
When Texas Punk Band Butthole Surfers Finally Scored a Hit, Their Fans Never Forgave Them
Twenty-five years ago, fans accused the band of selling out. The group’s reply still stands: “Yeah, but who cares?”
Butthole Surfers
Music
February 19, 2020
Gorgeous Photos of Texas Punk’s Glory Days
Celebrating the era when the Big Boys and Butthole Surfers made music that was loud and fast and dangerous.
Books
January 14, 2020
Gibby Haynes on His Wild YA Debut Novel, ‘Me & Mr. Cigar’
The Butthole Surfers frontman’s book is a profane, hilarious, Texas-set romp.
Music
January 1, 2001
Poster Boy
Artist Frank Kozik has been called a "rock-poster genius," creating jarring, macabre images for bands like the Butthole Surfers and Sonic Youth. So why did he leave Austin for San Francisco seven years ago? He had his designs.
Music
March 1, 1998
Toad Warriors
Is there a black cloud hanging over Fort Worth’s Toadies? You might think so based on the alt-rock band’s recent history. Their major-label debut for Interscope, 1994’s Rubberneck—a painfully angst-ridden record—went platinum after two years of incessant touring, but some strange stuff happened during all that time on the road:
Music
May 31, 1996
The Hole Story
Austin’s Butthole Surfers have always been very strange. But these days, the strangest thing about them is their mainstream respectability.