Double Live (Butthole Surfers album)
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Double Live is a live double album
by American punk
band Butthole Surfers
, released on vinyl and cassette tape in 1989. An expanded CD edition followed in 1990. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, except: "The One I Love," written by Bill Berry
, Peter Buck
, Mike Mills
, and Michael Stipe
of R.E.M.; "Paranoid," written by Mark Farner
of Grand Funk Railroad
; "No Rule," written by Jonas Almqvist of Leather Nun
; and "Kuntz," written by an unknown Thai artist.
This was the first album released on the band's own label, Latino Buggerveil
. It was limited to 10,000 vinyl printings, 7,500 cassettes, and 4,750 CDs, U.S. and U.K. combined. All three are out of print, though MP3
s of the entire CD edition are available as free downloads from the Butthole Surfers' official website.
player Jeff Pinkus
).
In addition to showcasing and, for the first time, officially naming nearly every track from 1988's Hairway to Steven
, the album includes live performances of songs from all of the Surfers' previous studio releases, including Butthole Surfers
, Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
, Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
, Rembrandt Pussyhorse
, and Locust Abortion Technician
. It also features "Psychedelic Jam," an instrumental that had been a staple of the band's live set since 1984, and "Strawberry." "Psychedelic Jam" eventually appeared with the addition of vocals and in slightly rearranged form as "P.S.Y." on 1991's piouhgd, while "Strawberry" eventually appeared on 1993's Independent Worm Saloon
.
This album also finds the band covering some songs by other artists, such as R.E.M., Grand Funk Railroad
, and Leather Nun
, as well as their infamous reworking of Black Sabbath
's "Sweet Leaf," retitled "Sweatloaf" (a.k.a. "Sweat Loaf").
recorder and a stereo microphone at the "Front of House
" mix position to tape the songs during concerts in the winter of 1988 while touring to support their Hairway to Steven
studio album.
Copies of the album were pressed in both the U.S. and the U.K., with the U.K. pressing offering marginally better transitions and sound quality than the U.S. edition. The free MP3s available from the band's website are taken from the album's U.K. pressing.
The Mark Farner
-written Grand Funk Railroad
cover, "Paranoid," was a bit of an inside joke, as the Surfers owned a female pit bull
named Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad.
This whole album is available on the Butthole Surfers website.
1 a.k.a. "To Parter" and "Two Part"
2 a.k.a. "P.S.Y.," "Psycho Jam," and "Psychedelic"
3 a.k.a. "Moving to Florida"
4 a.k.a. "Sweat Loaf"
5 a.k.a. "Fart Song"
6 a.k.a. "Comb"
7 a.k.a. "Lou Reed" (U.K.), "Jimi" and "Lou Reed" are connected.
* Only available on the CD edition.
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
by American punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers is 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 its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...
, released on vinyl and cassette tape in 1989. An expanded CD edition followed in 1990. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, except: "The One I Love," written by Bill Berry
Bill Berry
William "Bill" Thomas Berry is a retired American musician, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M....
, Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....
, Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Michael Edward "Mike" Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments...
, and Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...
of R.E.M.; "Paranoid," written by Mark Farner
Mark Farner
Mark Fredrick Farner is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, and later as a Contemporary Christian Musician.-Early life and career:...
of Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them...
; "No Rule," written by Jonas Almqvist of Leather Nun
Leather Nun
The Leather Nun were a Swedish rock group. Careening from garage rock to goth and industrial, Leather Nun became cult heroes in their native land...
; and "Kuntz," written by an unknown Thai artist.
This was the first album released on the band's own label, Latino Buggerveil
Latino Buggerveil
Latino Buggerveil is an independent record label and publishing company that was founded by psychedelic noise-punk band the Butthole Surfers.The label's first release was the 1987 album A Texas Trip, a various artists compilation which was co-released by Caroline Records...
. It was limited to 10,000 vinyl printings, 7,500 cassettes, and 4,750 CDs, U.S. and U.K. combined. All three are out of print, though MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s of the entire CD edition are available as free downloads from the Butthole Surfers' official website.
Music
Double Live is a comprehensive live document of the Butthole Surfers' then-current lineup – a group that had been playing together non-stop for five years (with the exception of bassBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player Jeff Pinkus
Jeff Pinkus
Jeff Pinkus is an American bassist, best known for his work with American punk band Butthole Surfers from 1986-1994.In 1990, he and Butthole Surfers lead vocalist Gibby Haynes released Digital Dump, the only album from their psychedelic house music side project, The Jackofficers.Upon leaving the...
).
In addition to showcasing and, for the first time, officially naming nearly every track from 1988's Hairway to Steven
Hairway to Steven
Hairway to Steven is the fourth full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in February 1988. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, co-produced by the Surfers and Ric Wallace, and mixed by Wallace...
, the album includes live performances of songs from all of the Surfers' previous studio releases, including Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers (EP)
Butthole Surfers is the debut studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in July 1983. It is also known as Brown Reason to Live and Pee Pee the Sailor . All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers.The album was originally released on Alternative Tentacles...
, Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac is the first full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in December 1984 by Touch and Go Records and Fundamental Records. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers....
, Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis is the second studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in October 1985. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers....
, Rembrandt Pussyhorse
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
Rembrandt Pussyhorse is the second full-length studio album by American experimental punk band Butthole Surfers, released in April 1986. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers, except "American Woman", which was written by Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, and Garry...
, and Locust Abortion Technician
Locust Abortion Technician
Locust Abortion Technician is the third full-length studio album by American experimental punk band the Butthole Surfers, released in March 1987...
. It also features "Psychedelic Jam," an instrumental that had been a staple of the band's live set since 1984, and "Strawberry." "Psychedelic Jam" eventually appeared with the addition of vocals and in slightly rearranged form as "P.S.Y." on 1991's piouhgd, while "Strawberry" eventually appeared on 1993's Independent Worm Saloon
Independent Worm Saloon
Independent Worm Saloon is the sixth album by alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, released in 1993 on Capitol Records.-Track listing:# "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" – 4:09# "The Wooden Song" – 3:50# "Tongue" – 2:06...
.
This album also finds the band covering some songs by other artists, such as R.E.M., Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them...
, and Leather Nun
Leather Nun
The Leather Nun were a Swedish rock group. Careening from garage rock to goth and industrial, Leather Nun became cult heroes in their native land...
, as well as their infamous reworking of Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
's "Sweet Leaf," retitled "Sweatloaf" (a.k.a. "Sweat Loaf").
Background
The Surfers released Double Live in response to widespread, for-profit bootlegging of their live performances. It boasted mildly better sound quality than that available on true bootlegs. Ric Wallace, the band's sound engineer used a portable DATDigital Audio Tape
Digital Audio Tape is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. In appearance it is similar to a compact audio cassette, using 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the size at 73 mm × 54 mm × 10.5 mm. As...
recorder and a stereo microphone at the "Front of House
Front of House
Front of house is primarily a theatrical term, referring to the portion of the building that is open to the public. In theatre and live music venues, it typically refers to the auditorium and foyer, as opposed to the stage and backstage areas...
" mix position to tape the songs during concerts in the winter of 1988 while touring to support their Hairway to Steven
Hairway to Steven
Hairway to Steven is the fourth full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in February 1988. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, co-produced by the Surfers and Ric Wallace, and mixed by Wallace...
studio album.
Copies of the album were pressed in both the U.S. and the U.K., with the U.K. pressing offering marginally better transitions and sound quality than the U.S. edition. The free MP3s available from the band's website are taken from the album's U.K. pressing.
The Mark Farner
Mark Farner
Mark Fredrick Farner is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, and later as a Contemporary Christian Musician.-Early life and career:...
-written Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them...
cover, "Paranoid," was a bit of an inside joke, as the Surfers owned a female pit bull
Pit bull
A Pit bull is any of several breeds of dog in the molosser breed group.Many jurisdictions that restrict pit bulls, including Ontario, Canada,, Miami, Florida, U.S...
named Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad.
Track listing
All songs written by the Butthole Surfers except where noted. The song titles listed below match those used on the vinyl and CD editions of Double Live. Many differ from the official titles used on Butthole Surfers studio albums.Side 1
- "Too Parter" – 4:03 1
- "Psychedelic Jam" – 8:41 2
- "Ricky" – 2:42
- "Rocky" – 3:37
- "Gary Floyd" – 1:47
Side 2
- "Florida" – 3:43 3
- "John E. Smoke" – 7:03
- "Tornadoes" – 2:47
- "Pittsburg to Lebanon" – 3:00
- "The One I Love" (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) – 7:57
Side 3
- "Graveyard" – 4:01
- "Sweatloaf" – 3:57 4
- "Backass" – 6:02
- "Paranoid" (Farner) – 5:45
- "Fast" – 1:47 5
Side 4
- "I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas" – 4:18
- "Strawberry" – 3:25
- "Jimi" – 7:34
- "Lou Reed" – 9:35 6
CD edition
The expanded 1990 CD edition contained 10 additional songs (*) not available on the vinyl version.This whole album is available on the Butthole Surfers website.
Disc 1
- "Too Parter" – 4:03 1
- "Psychedelic Jam" – 8:41 2
- "Ricky" – 2:42
- "Rocky" – 3:37
- "Gary Floyd" – 1:47
- "Florida" – 3:43 3
- "John E. Smoke" – 7:03
- "Tornadoes" – 2:47
- "Pittsburg to Lebanon" – 3:00
- "The One I Love" (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) – 7:57
- "Hey" – 2:30 *
- "Dum Dum" – 3:00 *
- "No Rule" (Almqvist) – 2:11 *
- "U.S.S.A." – 4:21 *
- "Comb" – 8:01 7 *
Disc 2
- "Graveyard" – 4:01
- "Sweatloaf" – 3:57 4
- "Backass" – 6:02
- "Paranoid" (Farner) – 5:45
- "Fast" – 1:47 5
- "I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas" – 4:18
- "Strawberry" – 3:25
- "Jimi" – 7:34
- "Lou Reed" – 9:35 6
- "Kuntz" (unknown Thai artist) – 2:30 *
- "22 Going on 23" – 4:07 *
- "Creep in the Cellar" – 2:26 *
- "Suicide" – 1:50 *
- "Something" – 9:31 *
1 a.k.a. "To Parter" and "Two Part"
2 a.k.a. "P.S.Y.," "Psycho Jam," and "Psychedelic"
3 a.k.a. "Moving to Florida"
4 a.k.a. "Sweat Loaf"
5 a.k.a. "Fart Song"
6 a.k.a. "Comb"
7 a.k.a. "Lou Reed" (U.K.), "Jimi" and "Lou Reed" are connected.
* Only available on the CD edition.
Personnel
- Gibby HaynesGibby HaynesGibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes is an American musician, radio personality, and painter, and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers.-Early life and career:...
– lead vocals, guitar - Paul LearyPaul LearyPaul Leary is an American musician from Austin, TX, best known as the guitarist for American rock band Butthole Surfers. He is also the producer of a number of songs and albums by other bands, including U2, Sublime, the Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, The Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie...
– guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, lead vocals ("Gary Floyd," "Paranoid," and "Something") - Jeff PinkusJeff PinkusJeff Pinkus is an American bassist, best known for his work with American punk band Butthole Surfers from 1986-1994.In 1990, he and Butthole Surfers lead vocalist Gibby Haynes released Digital Dump, the only album from their psychedelic house music side project, The Jackofficers.Upon leaving the...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - King CoffeyKing CoffeyKing Coffey is an American drummer, best known for being the drummer of the psychedelic/noise rock band the Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth hardcore punk band called The Hugh Beaumont Experience. Around that same time he published a fanzine called Throbbing Cattle...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Teresa NervosaTeresa TaylorTeresa Taylor , also known as Teresa Nervosa, is an American musician and actor. She is best known as being a drummer for the American punk band Butthole Surfers.-Biography:...
– drums