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Butthole Surfers
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Butthole Surfers
Plays on LTZ: 1 across 1 shows (2026-03-26)
Tracks played
Jet Fighter — researched 2026-09-11
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19. Butthole Surfers — Jet Fighter
Release date: Single March 2026, album 26 June 2026 Track: 3 of 12 Key / BPM: F / 100
After the Astronaut was recorded around 1997 as the follow-up to Electriclarryland. Capitol Records declined to release it — not commercial enough.
Capitol dropped the band. Hollywood Records (a Disney subsidiary) bought the tapes and released a reworked version as Weird Revolution in 2001.
The original sat unreleased for nearly thirty years. Out 26 June 2026 on Sunset Blvd. Records, exactly as intended.
Jet Fighter is the lead single. Paul Leary: it came together when he bought a 12-string electric guitar and wanted to play it. Anti-war thread, character named Mikey.
Surf-punk, lo-fi, dadaist psych rock. Thirty years late and not remotely sorry.
Butthole Surfers
Origin: San Antonio, Texas, USA · formed 1981 · active (intermittently)
Members: Gibby Haynes (vocals), Paul Leary (guitar), King Coffey (drums), Teresa Nervosa (drums, early lineup), Jeff Pinkus (bass) — the Haynes/Leary/Coffey core has held since 1983
Genre: Experimental punk, neo-psychedelia, noise rock
Discography:
Locust Abortion Technician (1987) — Touch and Go
Independent Worm Saloon (1993) — Capitol — produced the hit "Who Was in My Room Last Night?"
Electriclarryland (1996) — Capitol — featured the chart-topping "Pepper"
After the Astronaut (2026) — Sunset Blvd. Records — recorded in 1997, shelved by Capitol, finally released nearly 30 years later
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Known for calculatedly anarchic live shows and subversive, bizarre lyrics.
Capitol rejected After the Astronaut as not commercial enough and dropped the band; Hollywood Records bought the tapes and issued a reworked version as Weird Revolution (2001) before the original mix finally saw release in 2026.