Nardwuar vs. Butthole Surfers

[@friendlywalrus6971]

These people are nuts. Ive heard alot of stories about rock stars acting crazy and doing strange things but this band takes the cake by far. A truly, truly bizarre collection of human beings.

[@breadandbutter726]

Jello Biafra once said this band thought he was weird lmao

[@sebastianponce9658]

And just to think Gibby was not part of that interview

[@danieldelarosa7885]

You should hear about s4x pistols my guy

[@darrenryan1161]

This why Cobain revered this band so much

[@slaythembeforeme]

@@danieldelarosa7885 more like GG Allin. He's got the pistols and the surfers beat and everyone else

[@MrPurpleeater]

Unquestionably the greatest interview ever filmed.

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Check out Lou Reeds Australian interview

[@jasongairn]

Agree. It might even be better than that.

[@juhahoik]

Check out butthole surfers bedroom interview also

[@Micropterus06]

Props to them from peaking during the interview and handling it

[@williamsussman7343]

I just couldn’t tell what they were peaking on lol...

[@PierceTravels]

Is this the King???

[@tomosmansounds]

it definitely wasn't their first rodeo

[@scottmcm6178]

love these old interviews where nardwards totally geeking out

[@maxxbartko]

"We're on a major label. We're as independent as a Frank Sinatra. We're a codependent band."

[@TomatoShips]

"we're corporate rock", heck yeah

[@TheGoldenLandfill]

His delivery too my god!

[@delaybrainsshriver]

Living out of a van for over ten years touring relentlessly yeah so lame to want to make a living as an artist lol

[@Dankaster]

Look at the size of his pupils... it must be really dark in there

[@dickwwee9366]

Or......drugs

[@usualdosage7287]

@@dickwwee9366 yah that's the joke

[@angster4267]

@@dickwwee9366 what a moron you are 3 years later

[@uncooldispatch5438]

Pinkus !!!

[@MrOctober44]

​@@dickwwee9366 Epic fail. 🤦

[@antigen4]

i would have liked to see narduwar interviewing gg allin

[@lamestudiosinc418]

Nardwuar probably didn't want to get murdered.

[@EasierHistory]

Hahaha holy fuck same!! I’ve been thinking that forever! We can only imagine

[@michaelgraham9774]

No thanks

[@antigen4]

TELIOS i would pay to see that haha

[@peaknuckle6942]

Go watch his interviews with Lil Uzi Vert..... He admits he's GG...... Then tries to play it off....

[@deathmetalhell]

LOL "we aint canadian so we wouldnt be able to read the paper anyway"

[@hurdygurdyman3134]

He’s like “oh yeah that’s my other band thank you” like he was relieved that nardwaur reminded him.

[@ezkibela]

I didnt understand that one, couse he aint playing with Reverend Horton Heat as far as i know and i checked in Internet aswell and nothing came out about Jeff playing with them and if Rubys Carousel Club is a band im not aware and i checked it out aswell and nothing came out so i dont know......

[@horvathcaleb]

1:56 “They can’t even say Butthole in San Francisco, you know, I was shocked.” 😂

[@c3ramics]

"What is free speech coming to, I ask you?" lol

[@lamestreetmedia8631]

LMAO this is the first time I've actually seen nardwaur struggle to deal with a band and definitely the only time I've seen a band just strongarm the microphone away and play keepaway from an interviewer with it "I'm in control here" I bet that was the scariest thing he's ever heard as a professional. To be fair absolutely no one can cope with the butthole surfers, and Im very happy to live in the time period where they exist. These guys could freak out GG Allin, and I love them

[@Fahumsixtysix]

he got straight up assaulted by sonic youth, check that one out sometime

[@sb102]

Check out Blur bullying the bejeebers out of him

[@psychosomaticdragon]

@@sb102 blur one feels more mean spirited, these guys were just tripping balls

[@DittonWilson]

Why the fuck does GG Allin keep coming up in the comments? GG Allin and the Butthole Surfers have nothing in common . At all !

[@danm2084]

Best doot doo ever... "massive death"

[@EstuaryEstuary]

The bassist gave my parents a cat

[@losethos1734]

Its me, im the cat

[@djhrecordhound4391]

@@losethos1734 WOOOOOF!!!!

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

​@@losethos1734how are u cat

[@GodWeenSatan]

Reo tardwagon

[@larry8297]

Jeff frikin Pinkus. He’s known for playing bass with (the) Melvins now.

[@ebolajones6144]

Now solo banjo🤙

[@diffusewings4937]

Honestly, I know they poke fun at classic rock but you can clearly tell they really do love the genre, to an extent. The way they speak of ZZ Top and how they actually know who The Moving Sidewalks (the band that was ZZ Top before they where zz top, kinda like The Quarrymen and The Beatles) and Roger Erikson says it all.

[@marcel1372]

I think a lot of bands from this time have a big respect for zz top. the final track on SY's daydream nation , 'eliminator Jr z" is inspired by them. xiu xiu (more recently) also covered ZZ top

[@notthatpunk18]

Roky

[@rgelling]

Oh yeah I interviewed a lot of these musicians and most of them were big fans of Humble Pie and the like.

[@SaintMartins]

This interview was done on January 3, in Vancouver, Canada when the Butthole Surfers were opening for Nirvana as part of a 2 night stand in our city. (January 3 & 4 1994.) The next day Nardwuar interviewed Nirvana. (also available on Nardwuar's channel)

[@XGRIMYONEX]

He also interviewed nirvana that night

[@jeffbone8475]

I was at the January 3rd show...Gibby got hit with a shoe and walked off the stage

[@Doc-lz4yl]

@@jeffbone8475 yep, can confirm.

[@Devilock79]

That's actually a very young Gary Busey in a cowboy hat. Great interview, Butthole Surfers are one of my favorite bands.

[@goop9539]

No, it's Mahalia Jackson

[@uncooldispatch5438]

Jake busey coffee

[@michaellyonsca]

It's Gary Shandling, Gary, Gary, Gary Shandling.

[@brockn7878]

Definitely one of the best live bands I've ever enjoyed and I've enjoyed many fukin bands

[@monstery8372]

More like Jake Busey, straight outta filming Starship Trooper

[@bigcountryspoundcake4513]

I’m 24 and Nardwuar interviewed Nirvana at around the same age it’s ridiculous. That was one of his goals so just goes to show his persistence

[@reservoirdog1]

Big country's poundcake I’m 76 and love the nard

[@dinospumoni5611]

the battle of who can out-weird whom

[@Malegys]

Jeff Pinkus aged 50 years in 25 years after this interview

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Lol. Sad but true. 😂

[@tanveerhasan2382]

Damn

[@MrOctober44]

More like 50 years in about six years.

[@Malegys]

@@MrOctober44 That happens when you're forced to learn Beatles covers with the Melvins...

[@olommentes]

More like dingus (I'm sorry I don't know who is that)

[@godofheck3]

That $100 is prob what they paid the whole band lol

[@outsidedog8205]

😢

[@ColeWheeler4Lyfe]

At this point the band was making at least 15-16k per gig.

[@MrOctober44]

They're opening up on a arena tour for a band who loved them. I'm sure they did fine

[@Tokiofritz]

The Buttholes were cool and made Blur/Sonic Youth look like decayed water melons.

[@Yapperofthecentury97]

Early Sonic Youth slams brother!

[@Tokiofritz]

Paul L Yeah, I'll buy that.

[@jamesoakes1819]

These guys suing Touch and Go was way more of a dick move than Thurston Moore acting like a shithead in an interview.

[@ReitheOffbeatOtaku]

Giving this a like purely for use of the phrase "decayed watermelons" as an insult

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@ Curtis. Just watched both interviews. Kim was boring as expected and thankfully not present at the second one. The other guys funny. The whole breaking the record thing and the mock ass kicking were funny. They were no more "rude" than he was. He insulted one their videos, they stayed with him and produced comedy scenster gold. Nardwur called Lee a "piece of shit". Fucking hilarious!

[@Swanny2294]

Nard: "BT?" Him: "REO Tardwagon"

[@goldenhog]

if these guys were like this, imagine what paul and gibby were like at that time.

[@amsfer9]

These guys are quick witted man 🤣

[@sstaners1234]

Still think Butthole Surfers were cooler than Nirvana

[@ginsu7077]

s staners ok.

[@pl0y]

apples and oranges but yeah they were

[@captainpungent]

@@pl0y Even Nirvana would agree with that.

[@twomindz79]

But the music wasn't.

[@pl0y]

@@captainpungent i wasnt disagreeing at all. lol

[@josephkoval5434]

"Canadian metric 5 minutes"

[@zippywaite]

if only gibby haynes was in this interview. it would be funny as hell.

[@CyberMelon]

“I got a little dawg” FUCKING DEAD

[@shanes8132]

Yeah, could be the best one ever. Nard was taking and giving shit like a champ. BH Surfers were just fucking off on an interview, don't fully blame them.

[@keepmewierd]

"They're all blind, too...ya know, we're all blind in a way" lol

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

1:40 such a perfect 90’s stoner voice

[@SugarHigh9570]

REO Tardwagon

[@joeswanson6861]

He sounds exactly like Kurt Cobain

[@CrissBurns]

+Road House He's probably on heroin here.

[@jwhiteout]

Except he doesn't fucking suck.

[@katevielle4263]

that one ary I was watching this on my laptop in my bedroom and my roommate came in and asked what nirvana interview I was watching lmao, he 100% sounds like Kurt. So trippy.

[@aSignInTheTrees]

lol, "Probably"

[@WarpxD]

Its was the 90s vibe.

[@soyburglar77]

Pinkus has hardcore chaotic Kurt energy. He even sounds like him. It’s kinda creepy.

[@uncooldispatch5438]

Death rockers

[@lordrathut]

These guys were one of Cobain's favorites, almost like he might have taken inspiration from them or something

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

@@lordrathut he sure did

[@geldalin2081]

i guess people in 1994 made pipes out of cans the same as people did in 2004

[@jonjones5152]

Looks like a rock pipe

[@s.miller2648]

and in 1989

[@richardkey4289]

gel DALIN good Old pop can pipes.available anywhere, day or night

[@christiansavage9899]

1984

[@joeldukes303]

1993

[@Zaetix]

"who? uh... i dont read much" haha, im gonna answer anything with that now

[@agonyuncle879]

Butthole Surfers with Frank Zappa would have been the best concert ever!

[@tugbutker1951]

A piece of american history right here

[@brodythompson1]

"Unfortunately, they faked the Moon Landings though Disney!"

[@trenchhj]

I love how clueless they are, Nardy is just saying words, words, and words and they can barely hear him

[@endofthew00rld]

this is my favorite interview ever

[@liquidsnake6879]

They're high as kites but they're still nice to Nardwuar, lots of others (looking at you Henry Rollins) were stone sober and still a-holes

[@shutemdwn]

Omg they are TRIIIIIPPPIN. Look at 3:08 lol!

[@EasierHistory]

Lol those pupils are say it all

[@trashpanda9875]

Does anyone know what happened to Norman? I've watched this video like 40 times now and I wonder that every time.

[@CS-sf1rz]

Ask Teresa taylor I guess

[@sayrerowan734]

The Surfers played along and took it somewhere cool.

[@jacobmurphy6270]

These guys have to be tripping on Acid

[@gregpasq]

Well, it IS the Butthole Surfers.....

[@shutemdwn]

Lol, 3:08 you can see a close up of his eyes. He is INDEED on LSD or something similar.

[@TTOMO]

If they were tripping, they'd be tripping.

[@Gafandungo135]

I don’t think so man, anyone but the Surfers

[@jacob9607]

That's my name

[@properholmes]

It’s 2024.. and I still think this is all time one of the weirdest interviews he’s done lol 😂

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

And Gibby wasn't even on this interview lol

[@thebigpecolaman]

Every once in a while i return here just to hear "Massive death" 🙃

[@blickluke]

In 1994 they were saying "i hearted so and so" I thought sauing i heart instead of love was a recent phenomenon

[@DendyJungle]

guy wih glasses looks like my former step dad

[@CS-sf1rz]

Great drummer

[@duchism64]

He looks like everybody's former step dad

[@PoetryJesusY2K]

we are as independent as the Frank Sinatra

[@PanasonicTooth]

3:08 check out dem pupils!

[@Unsubscribedd]

Oh damn. That's MDMA right there

[@SomeJustice19k]

'Uhhh, how far is Tijuana from here?' That was funny as hell for some reason

[@Neckromorph]

"Canadian metric five minute scale" That made me laugh

[@BlakeBlackstone]

3:02 Woooooooooooow. Nard actually let go of the microphone and let the other person hold it.

[@Eiiights]

And the whole end of the interview without choice lmao.

[@Microtonal_Cats]

3:29 If you're saying "World Record Company of Canada", that was a pressing company not a label. But when you paid them to press your vinyl, they inserted their logo on the album back large enough to look more like the label name. My band Bomb's first album, the "To Elvis In Hell" LP, we only ever pressed 1000 copies, with World Records. It was on our own vanity label, "Boogadigga Records" (an onamonapia named after the sound of a beat Tony used in several songs...BoogadiggaBoogadiggaBoogadigga etc). but World Records, the presser, put their logo on our artwork bigger than where we had our label name. So some online listing list the label of "To Elvis in Hell" as "World Records." (Sleazy company, but catchy name when you think about it.)

[@shaneb.3982]

Who Was in My Room Last Night one of the best Butthole Surfers songs

[@casidelbowen2675]

ACTUALLY best interview. - 1994 (2024). nah .. just best. iykyk

[@jasonbrown2990]

I wanted to give this an upvote, but it was at 666 upvotes and I didn't want to ruin it.

[@OPAROBERT]

Jason Brown i do the opposite

[@FGP_Pro]

Butthole Surfers are fun as HELL! Good interview Nard.

[@ModernPlague]

@4:46 "We're a *co*-dependent band."

[@barrymoore7445]

Jeff talks IDENTICAL to Kurt cobain

[@RadicalSharkRS]

Yea

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Except he's cool

[@06sebasto]

Butthole Surfers rules definitely and forever ! They're one of the wildest bands i ever saw, exception mede of PanSonic, which have now disappeared unfortunately, and also Big Black and Shellac, who took real rock 'n' roll up to a new height...

[@TL-gt8qq]

Pansonic must be wild live

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

Nardwuar should interview Nardwuar

[@goughaway52]

I needed a good laugh this morning 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@basshead615]

Norman if your out there... please call home.

[@chedgooch]

I tried

[@shepboyargee7691]

I never thought I would see anyone out of the Butthole Surfers in my life Nardwuar did the best thing I’ve ever seen cheers cheers cheers

[@kodeeenkennedy2251]

I like the butthole surfers but I WOULD NOT trip with those dudes I feel like they would put you in a bad trip on purpose and just laugh about it while you are losing your shit. 😅😅

[@chiefcrowtheflatearthworms3259]

No such thing as a bad trip

[@evanabbott2737]

“Doot doodle doot doo!- “Massive death”

[@swaaws]

“What is free speech coming to, I ask you”

[@void3886]

this is the best interview

[@Kenster1025]

"hey hey hey, I am in control here" bad assery here.

[@sadophyte831]

Awesome! They mentioned Sister Double Happiness!

[@ania5038]

A troll trying to troll trolls

[@friendlywalrus6971]

coffey makes your breath smell

[@erod425]

He knows things that would put these guys in jail.

[@lindsayrojas8964]

This is performance art

[@evan8793-sc]

i was hoping for Gibby and Paul to be interviewed

[@xabieszamudio3481]

King Coffey cracks me the fuck up

[@davidflaneau2810]

Insightful, informative and educational.

[@odiumimbues]

this guy kind of sounds like kurt. or vice versa. but these guys are hilarious!

[@neaituppi7306]

I understand the VS now. Where the interviewer is out-weirding the band that is trying to be weird.

[@neaituppi7306]

I just subscribed for this.

[@abark]

If you knew anything about this band you would know they aren't "trying" to be weird.

[@babalon7778]

abark Cool, I was about to say exactly that!

[@BubbaZen10]

hahaha!! He DOES look a bit like him!!! (reverend horton heat!!) At first he was annoying, then i realized he was the best interviewer ever!

[@DittonWilson]

In 100 years Butthole surfers will be revered for ther art right up there with Vincent Van Gogh. FOR REAL . Some of the best art made in the 20th century

[@GJLCreativeStudios]

I was looking at something else while I listened to this and I thought Kurt had showed up! lol

[@HerbBurnah]

Nardwuar is the best interviewer ever! I could watch Nardwuar interviews all day long :)

[@Andrew-kx1sq]

so good at putting on their act. i love them

[@louisbrains]

Massive death.

[@cursedswordsman]

Hahahaha I'm fucking dead these guys are hilarious

[@yumyab256]

they're so fucking likeable

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Nirvana for adults.

[@xaniety.2691]

they was high asf during this interview

[@Microtonal_Cats]

Was there an interview back then when they were not high as hell?

[@OnaOmaOla]

King Coffey seems like a genuinely nice guy. IMO, band's a shit-ton better than both Nirvana & Sonic Youth in both innovation and attitude. They were just too weird for the mainstream except for a couple of their tracks in the 90's.

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Nirvana and Sonic Youth were trying hard to be cool wannabe punk rockers, Butthole Surfers make them look like little kids

[@bjscorpio4041]

The difference between Butthole Surfers and Sonic Youth is the Butthole Surfers knew when to play in key and when to make noise, Sonic Youth just made noise.

[@gregorio87]

The fella in the hat reminds of Krist Novoselic... Some of the things he would say in Nirvana interviews

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Cuz these guys were what Nirvana was trying to be.

[@andyfartin]

I want there to be a band called R.E.0 Tardwagon

[@babalon7778]

Andrew Martin They (R.E"O. Speedwagon) sued R.E.O. Speed Dealer.

[@everlong7012]

4:57 😭😭

[@suburbanowl]

and the way nardwar repeats it 😭

[@ralphmalph8316]

Top Nard interview. Mayhem!

[@jwhiteout]

I believe this was Pinkus' last show with the band...

[@MrOctober44]

Nardwar drove him out