Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, the definitive documentary on one of underground rock’s most mind-boggling and important bands, hits Alamo Drafthouse theaters nationwide starting August 24 with a sneak preview, followed by independent theater screenings through September. Buy your tickets now at drafthouse.com. Continue reading
Meet Gatta Morta, the new supergroup featuring Buzz Osborne of Melvins, JD Pinkus of Butthole Surfers, Coady Willis of Big Business, and Clinton Jacob of Mr. Phylzzz. Their debut EP Burn Witch Burn is out now via Amphetamine Reptile Records, alongside a visualizer for lead single “Black Hall” on Ipecac Recordings. Stream it now. Continue reading
GhostCultKeefy caught up with Paul Leary, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Butthole Surfers, to discuss “After the Astronaut,” the band’s ninth studio album, released June 26, 2026, through Sunset Blvd Records. The record has one of the more remarkable backstories in alternative rock history. Originally recorded in 1998 as the intended follow-up to “Electriclarryland,” the album was shelved by Capitol Records, who deemed it uncommercial. The band was subsequently forced to rework the material at Hollywood Records, which eventually became 2001’s “Weird Revolution.” Continue reading