The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt
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| The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt | ||
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| Compilation album by Butthole Surfers | ||
| Released | March 27, 1995 | |
| Recorded | 1983-1993 | |
| Genre | Punk | |
| Length | 1:12:00 | |
| Label | Trance Syndicate | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Butthole Surfers chronology | ||
| Independent Worm Saloon (1993) |
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt (1995) |
Electriclarryland (1996) |
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt is the first compilation album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, officially released in March 1995. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers.
The album was originally released on CD in 1994 by bootleg label Totonka Records. A "best of the boots" collection put together by fans, it offers a mix of studio demos and live recordings, as well as a portion of a radio interview. The band liked the compilation enough that they reissued it through Trance Syndicate in 1995, also packaging a Butthole Surfers sticker along with it.
The two demos, "Butthole Surfer" and "Something," were recorded in 1983. Of the live tracks, four were taped in 1985, three in 1986, two in 1988, one each in 1989 and 1991, and three in 1993.
The interview was taped at New York, NY station WNYU on July 28, 1987. All members from that time period are present, including Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, King Coffey, Teresa Nervosa, and Jeff Pinkus.
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt is the third of three Surfers albums to feature clown imagery on the cover, the others being 1984's Live PCPPEP and 1987's Locust Abortion Technician. The clown illustrations on this album's front cover are combined and recolored versions of the line drawings on Live PCPPEP's front and back covers.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by the Butthole Surfers. The song titles listed below match those used on the back cover of The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt. Some differ from the official titles used on Butthole Surfers studio albums.
- "Butthole Surfer" – 3:10 1
- "Something" – 5:00 1
- "Moving to Florida" – 4:02 2
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 2:43 2
- "Come Together" – 0:52 2
- "Cherub" – 6:08 2
- "Graveyard" – 3:03 3
- "USSA" (a.k.a. "U.S.S.A.") – 4:46 3
- "Lady Sniff" – 3:32 3
- "John E. Smoke" – 7:09 4
- "1401" (a.k.a. "The Colored F.B.I. Guy") – 2:43 4
- "Psychedelic" (a.k.a. "P.S.Y." and "Psychedelic Jam") – 9:57 5
- "Bon Song" (a.k.a. "Bong Song") – 3:15 6
- "The Wooden Song" – 3:32 7
- "Pittsburgh to Lebanon" – 3:26 7
- "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" – 6:09 7
- "WNYU Interview" – 5:28 8
1 1983 demo
2 Live at San Antonio, TX's The Cameo Club, July xx, 1985 NOT 9/21/85, as listed!!!
3 Live at San Francisco, CA's Mabuhay Gardens, January 18, 1986
4 Live at San Francisco, CA's The I-Beam, October 24, 1988
5 Live at Phoenix, AZ's The Underground, February 4, 1989
6 Live at Lollopalooza in Irvine, CA, July 23, 1991
7 Live at Castaic Lake, CA, July 23, 1993
8 Live interview with New York radio station WNYU, July 28, 1987
[edit] Personnel
- Gibby Haynes - lead vocals, saxophone
- Paul Leary - guitar, lead vocals (Tracks 2, 4 and 16)
- Quinn Matthews – bass (Tracks 1-2)
- Juan Molina – bass (Tracks 3-6)
- Jeff Pinkus – bass (Tracks 7-16)
- Scott Matthews – drums (Tracks 1-2)
- King Coffey - drums (Tracks 3-16)
- Teresa Nervosa - drums (Tracks 3-6, 10-12)
- Cabbage – drums (Tracks 7-9)
| Butthole Surfers |
| Gibby Haynes | Paul Leary | King Coffey | Nathan Calhoun |
| Jeff Pinkus | Teresa Nervosa | Trevor Malcolm | Terence Smart | Bill Jolly | Quinn Matthews | Scott Matthews | Andrew Mullins Scott Stevens | Jason Morales | Josh Klinghoffer | Kyle Ellison | Owen McMahon | Kathleen Lynch | Cabbage Mark Kramer | Juan Molina |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac | Rembrandt Pussyhorse Locust Abortion Technician | Hairway to Steven | piouhgd | Independent Worm Saloon | Electriclarryland After the Astronaut | Weird Revolution |
| EPs: Butthole Surfers | Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis | Widowermaker The Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| Live albums: Live PCPPEP | Double Live |
| Compilations: The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt | Humpty Dumpty LSD | Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP |
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