Butthole Surfers - Pepper

The Butthole Surfers. As the name would suggest, this isn’t your average band. Pepper is by far their most well-known, and coincidentally, also arguably their most mainstream accessible. But even then, it has a very laid back, very psychedelic quality to it that may not connect with everyone. 

If you’re open, and find yourself wanting to go down a rabbithole, try out some of Butthole Surfer’s other discography. It’s weird, it’s wacky, and sometimes it’s intentionally irritating. But honestly, that’s what’s so incredible about them. You can tell the group is just having fun making music, putting sounds together, and the intentional nature of making anti-music is what set the groundwork for a lot of punk and grunge music to come. 

And of course, the name. If anything tells you about the band, it’s got to be the name. Before they were Butthole Surfers, they would often perform on stages with all kinds of different names, like this particular lineup: Fred Astaire's Asshole, The Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole, and The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole. 

To add even more to the lore of their name, as they gained popularity, many media outlets refused to refer to them by Butthole Surfers. They apparently told Rolling Stone in an interview when asked if they could go back in time to change to a different name: "I would name the band: I'm Going to Shit in Your Mother's Vagina." And I think that about perfectly sums up way better than I can what they are like. Enjoy!