Butthole Surfers

The Ten Greatest Texas Punk Bands

With D.R.I. coming to Trees last night, we at DC9 thought it might be opportune to look at some of the legendary punk bands that have claimed Texas as their home. These days, D.R.I. is better known as a metal act, but when they began life way back in 1982, Kurt Brecht and crew were a classic hardcor ... More >>

Patrick Stark is Dallas' Most Rock and Roll Chef

He's played music in front of 25,000 people, opening for Styx, and cooked for folks like Johnny Winter, Butthole Surfers (we don't even wanna know what they ordered), ZZ Top and more recently, as part of his sweet new gig as the head cuisine honcho at Sundown at Granada, actor Will Ferrell. He also ... More >>

DJ Woodtronic Knows a Good Oddity When He Sees One, and He Sees Plenty in DFW

Photo by Allan Hayslip Known for his sophistication as a DJ, Reid Robinson (a.k.a. Woodtronic) gets groovy, laid back gigs spinning at spots like the Perot Museum and outdoor shows in Dallas Arts District. Not to say he can't pump (and punk) it up if needed...you can also see him spinning pretty reg ... More >>

The 100 Best Texas Songs: The Complete List

100. Tripping Daisy, "Sonic Bloom" Before this album, the band had a grunge-pop affectation, but this song, from 1998's Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, was more heartfelt than anything they'd done before. - Daniel Hopkins 99. Pleasant Grove, "The Plaque at 16ft" Bret Egner wrote "The Plaque at 16ft, ... More >>

The Best Texas Songs of All Time: #100-80

"Between the Hank Williams pain songs And Jerry Jeff's train songs And blue eyes cryin' in the rain Out in Luckenbach, Texas Ain't nobody feeling no pain" - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, "Luckenbach, Texas" With that introduction, welcome to the first in a five-part series, in which we attempt ... More >>

Henry Rollins Remembers Roky, Stevie and Texas

Teen-A-Go-Go, A Doc About Local '60s Garage Rock Scene, Makes Rare Appearance Tomorrow

Speaking of the local garage-rock scene of the 1960s ...Three long years ago I noted that Fort Worth filmmaker Melissa Kirkendall was in the process of wrapping her doc Teen-A-Go-Go, a history of those good old days. And while the film -- which features the likes of Bugs Henderson (ex of Mouse and t ... More >>

Indian Jewelry, Prince Rama, Darktown Strutters, New Fumes

Friday, November 18, at Rubber Gloves

Q&A: Richard Buckner Talks Music, Murder and Musical Career Assassins

For 17 years now, Richard Buckner has been one of the most unique singer-songwriters going. Eschewing choruses, Buckner writes in a stream of consciousness matter that resembles free verse poetry set to a fascinating musical backing. Although Buckner was erroneously marketed as a hunky country go ... More >>

My First Show: Les Américains' Jeff Parker Saw Butthole Surfers, Stone Temple Pilots and Firehose -- In A Water Park, Even.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Les Americains​Jeff Parker spent many years as the bassist for [DARYL], but Les Américains has been his m ... More >>

Onward We March

The Golden Vine EP (Self-released)

This Week In Dallas Music History: "Mr. Peppermint Loves His Little Butthole (Surfer)."

​If you grew up watching Mr. Peppermint wave his candy-striped magic cane in syndication on the telly or watching Pep's son Gibby Haynes wave his megaphone (and, on occasion, his willy) onstage as the frontman of Butthole Surfers, then this article from the June 6, 1996 edition of the Observer--fo ... More >>

Gettin' Wiggly With It

Echoes and Reverberations: At the Theatre Gallery, Capturing Lightning in a Beer Cup

Outside the Theatre Gallery in Deep Ellum a quarter-century ago.It was the summer of 1984 and the city of Dallas was in the midst of a serious makeover. The Republican National Convention was coming to town and Big D was trying to put a conservative foot forward as the media spotlight fixated on our ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Butthole Surfers, Peaches, MEN at The Granada Theater

Butthole Surfers, Peaches and MEN Granada TheaterOctober 30, 2009 Better than: Not too much--especially since it was my birthday. Butthole Surfers​ About this same time last year, the original conglomeration of the Butthole Surfers came to Dallas to perform for the first time in over a decade. ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Butthole Surfers, Hanson, Cobra Starship, And a Marriage Proposal

Butthole Surfers at the Granada Theater on Friday, Oct. 30I just realized Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary and I went to the same college (20 years apart, mind you). That's kinda strange, considering the guy who voiced Barney the big purple dinosaur also graduated from Trinity Universit ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets To See Butthole Surfers and Peaches on October 30 at the Granada Theater

Last time the Butthole Surfers played the Granada Theater, the freaks came out. Last time Peaches played the same place, it was the voyeurs' turn. So it stands to reason, then, that when the two acts share a bill at the Granada on the night before Halloween, all bets are off. At the very least? You ... More >>

Houston Cries For Pudge, Claims Its Music History Beats Dallas'

​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? ... More >>

Show Announcements: New Kids On the Block, Holy Fuck, The Allman Brothers, Carter Albrecht CD Release

Give it ten more years and you'll forget why you hated the Backstreet Boys. Don't believe it? The New Kids On the Block kick off its second North American tour in as many years tonight in Green Bay--with a Dallas show booked for July.Other notable upcoming shows include a 4/20 party at Lola's Stoc ... More >>

Today In Music News: Tinted Windows Is No Joke, Tough and Go Is No More (?), and Chris Martin Is No Slouch.

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, February 19, 2009... If you're going to SXSW, you may want to check out the worlds most ironic supergroup--Tinted Windows. The band includes ex-Smashing Pumpkin James Iha, the middle Hanson (Taylor), Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick and Founta ... More >>

Last Night: Butthole Surfers At The Granada Theater

The Butthole Surfers Are Older, But Not Necessarily Wiser

Classic lineup is back together, and that's about all that remains the same

Echoes and Reverberations: Melting Down With the Butthole Surfers

ACL Sunday: Octopus Project, The Kills and Questioning My Existence

Gig Alert: August 27, 2008

Clipd Beaks

Thursday, December 6, at the Public Trust with CTRL.ALT.DEL and Gravity Propulsion System

The Black Angels

Tuesday, February 13, at Granada Theater

Reverend Horton Heat

Saturday, December 23, at Gypsy Tea Room

Gibby Haynes and His Problem

Gibby Haynes and His Problem (Surf Dog)

Ministry

Houses of the Mole (Sanctuary)

Baboon

January 30

Come Together

Local bands unite!

Butthole Surfers

November 16

Band Aid

Ronald Reagan was president, Michael Jackson and Phil Collins ruled the charts, and a bunch of little rock bands were changing lives

Scene, Heard

Butthole is back

Best threat to Sam Paulos' empire

ACME CD Manufacturing Co.,

Letters

Falling down; One deluded man; Family matters; The Stick Men speak

Out There

Tom Waits and John Denver get the tribute treatment

Out of a Trance

Trance Syndicate--Texas' best label--closes its doors, leaving Bedhead without a home

Why Christmas music sucks

Out There

When is a bill not a bill?

When it's a recommendation, but still: watch out

Bridging the gap

311 blurs the line between rock and rap

Jerry's kid

Mr. Peppermint loves his little Butthole (Surfer)

Roadshows

Out There

Out There

Saturday hangover

The Toadies, the Daisy, and the Rev join tribute to Cartoons' Greatest Hits

Trance-induced state

Austin label showcases some of the best Texas has to offer

Chestnuts and lumps of coal

Bennett, Buttholes, and John Tesh--these are a few of our favorite, and least favorite, things