# BUTTHOLE SURFERS unearth “Live at the Leather Fly” Out June 9th - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/ - Published: 2025-03-07T14:00:00-06:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ### **BUTTHOLE SURFERS⏎ Unearth _LIVE AT THE LEATHER FLY_Set for Release on May 9, 2025 #### **“The Annoying Song” Premieres _via _󠀁[Brooklyn Vegan](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=61ac4028fd&e=615f2b8493)󠁿** **MARCH 5, 2025 [New York, NY]** — Arguably one of the most notoriously named bands in rock history, **Butthole Surfers **made a career out of upending the establishment and irritating the easily annoyed. Their albums were abrasive yet tuneful, much like their live performances. Rising to the challenge of bottling these audible antics, **Sunset Blvd. **is prepping the release of Butthole Surfer’s third live album, _**LIVE FROM THE LEATHER FLY **_on **May 9, 2025 **([pre-save](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=7b0b64b2f6&e=615f2b8493)). [⌊Butthole Surfers⌉⌊Butthole Surfers⌉[ **BUTTHOLE SURFERS** Photo credit: Clayton Call Unearthed in the archives of Butthole history, the 21-track performance’s origins are shrouded in mystery. The “where” or “when” it was recorded is debatable, but the band have created a mythos surrounding it. “Back in the ‘80s, **Gibby **[**Haynes**, vocalist/guitarist] used to fantasize about a nightclub called _The Leather Fly_. He wanted it to have a stuffed leather fly hanging in front of it,” reminisces ** Paul Leary **(_guitar/vocals/”art master”_) about the illusory venue that this show was recorded. The first single released from the set is the appropriately titled “**The Annoying Song**.” Premiered by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=627cabd47c&e=615f2b8493), the song is a gritty and rhythmic banger, fueled by Gibby’s droll and distorted vocals, fed through a toy megaphone. Remembers Paul about the origins of the song,“ We were invited to participate in the first _Lollapalooza Festival _in 1991. At some point of the tour Gibby got a hold of a toy battery-powered small megaphone that pitched his voice up,” he laughs. “He was annoying everyone within earshot backstage, speaking through it in a rhythmic manner. I found it hysterical enough to write music to it. That became ‘The Annoying Song’.” Butthole Surfers - The Annoying Song (Live at the Leather Fly) [⌊Butthole Surfers - The Annoying Song (Live at the Leather Fly)⌉⌊Butthole Surfers- The Annoying Song (Live at the Leather Fly)⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **Butthole Surfers “The Annoying Song”** Unpredictable, brash and, in typical Butthole Surfers’ fashion, so in-your-face that it penetrates your skull, their live performances pummel with the tight rhythm section of **Jeff Pinkus**’ pounding bass and **King Coffey**’s hale and hearty drums, Paul’s searing guitarwork, and Gibby’s frenetic and eccentric vocal stylings. Deeply gonzo and often psychedelic, their hallucinogenic-soaked punk rock is sludgy yet melodic, like a fudgesicle made of sewer mud and Belgian chocolate. It’s this gritty scuzz-rock that defined them and propelled their legacy far beyond the underground, even dabbling with Top 40. But they never lost sight of what made them notorious. UK’s The Guardian described their live shows as “Nudity, raging fires, belching smoke, blinding strobes, nightmare- inducing surgical videos, fights and firearms: these are some of the things you may have encountered at a Butthole Surfers show while being pummeled by a squealing cacophony of acid-fried psychedelic noise-rock, as a man tripping wildly in his underpants screams at you through a megaphone.”  _Live At The Leather Fly _captures that grittiness, which The San Antonio Current likens to a “potent fusion of post-punk, performance art, Texas psych and theater of the absurd, cementing it as one of the era’s most enigmatic and compelling musical ensembles” and Rolling Stone hails as “the American underground’s most notorious live act, a nomadic carnival of terror.”  Kicking off with “**Graveyard**” (from 1987’s _Locust Abortion Technician_) and its spooky guitar effects that launches into a sludgefest with Paul’s piercing guitars, slicing holes through the song’s heavy corduroy textures, _Live At The Leather Fly _never lets up. From the Texas-punk stylings of “**Gary Floyd**” (taken from 1984’ s _Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac _and written for the lead singer of The Dicks) to the discordant cacophony of “**Bong Song**” (from 1989’s _Widowmaker _EP), to the fan favorite **“P.S.Y.” **(from 1991’s _piouhgd_), the 21 tracks of _Live At The Leather Fly _is a perfect encapsulation of what made Butthole Surfers important in the first place: Grade A Texas-Sourced punk. [⌊Butthole Surfers⌉⌊Butthole Surfers⌉[ **_LIVE AT THE LEATHER FLY_** **_LIVE AT THE LEATHER FLY_** tracklisting * Graveyard * Dust Devil * Gary Floyd * 1401 * Alcohol * Hey * Negro Observer * Human Cannonball * You Don’t Know Me * Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales * Bong Song * Blindman * Nee Nee * Too Parter * Dancing Fool * PSY * Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars * Ghandi * Edgar * Fast Song * [The Annoying Song](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5e9d99d817&e=615f2b8493) Emerging from the 1980s hardcore scene, Butthole Surfers was formed by Gibby and Paul while in college in San Antonio, Texas. Bonding over a shared  distaste for mainstream music, Butthole Surfers traipsed through the music industry, always in the fringes. Championed by **Dead Kennedys**, **Nirvana**, and **Orbital **and compatriots of **Scratch Acid**, **Flipper **and **Big Black**, they remained a fixture in the music scene’s counterculture. In a moment of mainstream acceptance (they scored a #1 Modern Rock Hit with “[Pepper](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=b26736a244&e=615f2b8493)”), the band always embraced the obtuse and the obstinate. Though the band has never quite broken up, their legacy still inspires other acts, including **Gwar**, **Flaming Lips**, **Jane’s Addiction**, **White Zombie**, **Monster Magnet**, **Primus **and dozens more. **Butthole Surfers **is **Gibby Haynes **(_vocals, guitar_), **Paul Leary **(_guitar, vocals, “art master”_), **Jeff Pinkus **(_bass, vocals_), and **King Coffey **(_drums_)._** [LIVE AT THE LEATHER FLY](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=f2fc7358cc&e=615f2b8493)** _was mixed by **Paul Leary **and mastered by **Gene Grimaldo **(_Johnny Cash, Lady Gaga, Rancid_) at _Oasis Mastering_. It will be released on **May 9. 2025 **_via_** Sunset Blvd.** **Social Media:** [Website](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=92dfa9128c&e=615f2b8493) | [Twitter/X](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=021f13a192&e=615f2b8493) | [Facebook](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4d831244c7&e=615f2b8493) | [Instagram](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=2f0a5db19c&e=615f2b8493) | [YouTube](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=6acd487e3d&e=615f2b8493) [⌊Reybee Inc⌉⌊Reybee Inc⌉[ ### Share this: * [ Facebook ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=x) * [ Email ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20BUTTHOLE%20SURFERS%20unearth%20%22Live%20at%20the%20Leather%20Fly%22%20Out%20June%209th&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyrdcast.com%2Fbutthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th%2F&share=email) * [ LinkedIn ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=linkedin) * [ Mastodon ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=mastodon) * [ Nextdoor ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=nextdoor) * [ Pinterest ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=pinterest) * [ Reddit ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=reddit) * [ Tumblr ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/butthole-surfers-unearth-live-at-the-leather-fly-out-june-9th/?share=tumblr) ### Like this: Like Loading… ### _Related_