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Butthole Surfers
Origin San Antonio, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Alternative rock, punk, experimental rock, Avant-Garde, noise rock, neo-psychedelia, hardcore punk
Years active 1981 – present
Label(s) Alternative Tentacles, Touch and Go, Latino Buggerveil, Rough Trade Records, Capitol Records, Surfdog Records
Associated acts Daddy Longhead, Drain, Honky, The Hugh Beaumont Experience, The Jackofficers, P, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Flea, Dead Kennedys Daniel Johnston
Website www.buttholesurfers.com
Members
Gibby Haynes
Paul Leary
King Coffey
Jeff Pinkus
Teresa Nervosa
Former members
Nathan Calhoun
Trevor (Dugay) Malcolm
Terence Smart
Bill Jolly
Quinn Mathews
Scott Mathews
Andrew Mullins
Scott Stevens
Brad Perkins
Jason Morales
Josh Klinghoffer
Kyle Ellison
Owen McMahon
Kathleen Lynch
Cabbage
Mark Kramer
Juan Molina

The Butthole Surfers are an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but the core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been together since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second drummer from 1983 to 1985 and from 1986 to 1989, and they have employed a variety of bass players, most notably Bill Jolly and Jeff Pinkus.[1]

The Buttholes are best known for their chaotic and disturbing live shows, black humor, a sound that incorporates elements of punk rock, psychedelia, heavy metal, noise rock, and electronica, as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing.[2][3] The Buttholes have a well-reported appetite for recreational drugs, particularly psychedelics, an evident influence on their sound.[4]

Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fan base, the Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996’s Electriclarryland, their only gold record to date.[5] The album contained the hit single “Pepper” which climbed to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.[6]