Title:
Carnival of Souls • The Final Sessions
Description:
Locust Abortion Technician is the third studio album by American Texan weirdo rock band Butthole Surfers, released in March 1987.
The aural equivalent of a nightmarish acid trip and arguably the band’s best album. Locust Abortion Technician tops the psychedelic, artsy sonic experimentation of Rembrandt Pussyhorse while keeping one foot planted firmly in the gutter. The record veers from heavy Sabbath sludge (even parodying that band on ”Sweat Loaf”) to grungy noise rock to progressive guitar and tape effects to almost folky numbers in one big, gloriously schizophrenic mess.
The album received critical acclaim upon initial release, appearing in the year-end lists of noteworthy publications such as Melody Maker, NME and OOR. It would go on to feature in Robert Dimery’s ‘1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die’ and Terrorizer magazine’s ”The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s”, while Alternative Press ranked it at #28 on their list of the ”Top 99 Albums of ’85 to ’95”.
Emerging from the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Butthole Surfers quickly became known for their chaotic live shows, black comedy, and a sound that incorporated elements of psychedelia, noise rock, and punk as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing. Their sound would subsequently be considered influential to the emerging grunge music scene in the 1990s.
Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fanbase, Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996’s Electriclarryland. The album contained the hit single ”Pepper”, which climbed to number one on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.
I saw them live at Twisters in Richmond, VA on 11/01/1989.
The aural equivalent of a nightmarish acid trip and arguably the band’s best album. Locust Abortion Technician tops the psychedelic, artsy sonic experimentation of Rembrandt Pussyhorse while keeping one foot planted firmly in the gutter. The record veers from heavy Sabbath sludge (even parodying that band on ”Sweat Loaf”) to grungy noise rock to progressive guitar and tape effects to almost folky numbers in one big, gloriously schizophrenic mess.
The album received critical acclaim upon initial release, appearing in the year-end lists of noteworthy publications such as Melody Maker, NME and OOR. It would go on to feature in Robert Dimery’s ‘1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die’ and Terrorizer magazine’s ”The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s”, while Alternative Press ranked it at #28 on their list of the ”Top 99 Albums of ’85 to ’95”.
Emerging from the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Butthole Surfers quickly became known for their chaotic live shows, black comedy, and a sound that incorporated elements of psychedelia, noise rock, and punk as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing. Their sound would subsequently be considered influential to the emerging grunge music scene in the 1990s.
Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fanbase, Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996’s Electriclarryland. The album contained the hit single ”Pepper”, which climbed to number one on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.
I saw them live at Twisters in Richmond, VA on 11/01/1989.
Band or Artist:
Kiss
Release Year:
1997
Length:
1
Format:
12”
Subgenre:
1990’s
Producer:
Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley
Toby Wright
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AllMusic Rating:
2
Number of Tracks:
12
Quality:
N/A
Number of Discs:
1
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:34:54
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-13
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:34:54
