Pioughd
Encyclopedia
piouhgd is an album by American alternative rock
band the Butthole Surfers
, released in 1991 on Rough Trade Records
. The album was reissued on Capitol Records
in 1992, due to the album being out-of-print following the US branch of Rough Trade closing doors the previous year. The album was reissued yet again in October 2007 by the Butthole Surfers' own label, Latino Buggerveil, and included the four songs from their 1989 EP Widowermaker
as bonus tracks.
. Pinkus stated that this explanation was fabricated by the label unbeknownst to the band, and that the album title was created with the intention of it being unpronounceable.
The album is spelled as "piouhgd" on original Rough Trade releases. On the 1992 Capitol Records
reissue, the album title is printed on the spine as "pioughd." However, the original "piouhgd" spelling is still used on the back cover art of the Capitol release. The album has been referred to under both titles, as well as various misspellings.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band the 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 in 1991 on Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
. The album was reissued on Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
in 1992, due to the album being out-of-print following the US branch of Rough Trade closing doors the previous year. The album was reissued yet again in October 2007 by the Butthole Surfers' own label, Latino Buggerveil, and included the four songs from their 1989 EP Widowermaker
Widowermaker
Widowermaker is the third studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in September 1989. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers.This was the band's last release on Touch and Go Records.-Track listing:# "Helicopter" – 6:47...
as bonus tracks.
Title confusion
Rough Trade press releases stated that the album was pronounced "pee-owed" (a euphemization of "pissed off") and that it meant "I told you" in the Navajo languageNavajo language
Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan language spoken in the southwestern United States. It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages .Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the...
. Pinkus stated that this explanation was fabricated by the label unbeknownst to the band, and that the album title was created with the intention of it being unpronounceable.
The album is spelled as "piouhgd" on original Rough Trade releases. On the 1992 Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
reissue, the album title is printed on the spine as "pioughd." However, the original "piouhgd" spelling is still used on the back cover art of the Capitol release. The album has been referred to under both titles, as well as various misspellings.
Track listing
- "Revolution Part 1" – 2:18
- "Revolution Part 2" – 7:28
- "Lonesome Bulldog" – 4:42
- "Lonesome Bulldog II" – 0:39
- "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 3:59
- "Golden Showers" – 3:17
- "Lonesome Bulldog III" – 0:37
- "Blindman" – 3:40
- "No, I'm Iron Man" – 2:25
- "Something" – 2:06
- "P.S.Y." – 12:12
- "Lonesome Bulldog IV" – 0:41
2007 CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Helicopter" – 6:47
- "Bong Song" – 3:40
- "The Colored FBI Guy" – 2:46
- "Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars" – 2:19
- Tracks 14–17 from the WidowermakerWidowermakerWidowermaker is the third studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in September 1989. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers.This was the band's last release on Touch and Go Records.-Track listing:# "Helicopter" – 6:47...
EP.
Trivia
- "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a cover of the 1968 DonovanDonovanDonovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
song Hurdy Gurdy Man. - "Something" lovingly sets the lyrics of the band's early 80's original song to the music and arrangement of The Jesus and Mary ChainThe Jesus and Mary ChainThe Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Glasgow in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid...
's "Never Understand." - "P.S.Y." has lyrics sung on the album version that are hardly ever heard during live performances, making it a more of a jam song.
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:...
– 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...
– guitar, vocals (Tracks 3, 5, 10, & 13) - 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...
– bass - 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...
– drums