Butthole Surfers (Maryland 1988) [17]. Jimi

[@blewis2460]

I love this. Man, this was some scary shit back in the day! If you were in the right frame of mind the exit doors seemed a long ways to get to in a hurry! They were so good on this tour.....

[@ronriot8173]

Saw them in Dallas on this tour. I was 15. Life changing.

[@davidwatts3048]

saw them in Buffalo; great time

[@awakening69]

Epic song. On this tour I saw them in Toronto Rochester Poughkeepsie and Manhattan

[@waylonjenninz]

Other bands used to come to town and put on a show. Then the Butthole Surfers would come to town and put on a show. They were two entirely separate and distinct events.

[@blindlemon9]

The films projected here in the background include the notorious penis reconstruction surgery, following a farm accident. I can attest that, in person, these movies definitely contributed to an overwhelming sense of degradation and impending danger.

[@murderc27]

Can only imagine tripping and seeing them. I don't think I could've handled it as a first time trip, but I'm sure someone out there did just that.

[@cameronjohnson3529]

​@@murderc27God's mercy on such poor fucks 😂😂

[@nazfrde]

I saw them on this tour in Houston, with Declaration Of Love and The Flaming Lips.

[@tostare]

They were touring with the Flaming Lips? That's surprising, i thought Gibby HATED the Flaming Lips for stealing the Buttholes' act. Maybe he only started hating them after they (Lips) got really famous.

[@goetia13]

I AM REALITY

[@nazfrde]

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DEATH? I AM DEATH

[@dailyflash]

Paul Leary. Nuf said.

[@maricvernon6152]

Wish I could have been there. Pretty difficult considering at the time I was a shy 14 year old growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Oh well, in another life perhaps...

[@dollhausenx]

Chip! You and me both! Totally insane!

[@nortydudeiam]

I was at this show tripping my balls off. Amazing, thanks for posting!

[@redchrome21]

Possibly a Digitech digital delay.

[@Malpractice2003]

Could someone tell me what voice effects that Gibby uses???

[@nazfrde]

He calls it Gibbytronics. It's a huge rack of chained delays that feed into each other.

[@SkylerOnYoutube]

My face is lost.

[@SethDonnelly-j2w]

Oh Daddy! Daddy!

[@SkylerOnYoutube]

I know all the effects he uses, but I'm not going to tell you.

[@SkylerOnYoutube]

HAHAHA! You amuse me with you test, mortal! I am the keeper of the secrets of the Gibbytronix! Here is your only hint, TWO WORDS; 1. Modular 2. Delay NOW GO SEEK WHATEVER GRAVE!

[@blackestoftheblack6418]

gibby uses two rack mount digitech time machines

[@dailyflash]

This is a terrific version. I've seen them play Jimi a bunch of times. For a few years they would end shows with Jimi going into Comb. For some strange reason, Paul fucks up the beginning of this song half the time. He starts on the wrong note, which he almost does here, and he gets lost right away and it takes a bit for the band to find each other. I've never seen Paul fuck up on any other songs though, and Jimi is not difficult to play.

[@murderc27]

Can Paul actually fuck up a Surfers song? Or is it then just slightly more augmented chaos?

[@Malpractice2003]

I think you don't know.

[@murderc27]

Come on guys, at least reply directly to the person you're trolling. Just you know...showing your age here a bit. Which is fine, just fine, but ya know.

[@sillylad984]

this video is from before replies were a thing on youtube