Butthole Surfers

Arguably the most infamously named band in the annals of popular music -- for years, radio and the press found their moniker unspeakable and unprintable -- Butthole Surfers are among the most twisted and depraved acts ever to bubble up from the American underground. Masters of calculated outrage, the group fused shock rock antics with a chaotic mishmash of avant-garde, hardcore, and Texas psychedelia. Sleazy, confrontational, and spiteful, albums 1987's Locust Abortion Technician and 1988's Hairway to Steven seemed destined to guarantee the Buttholes little more than a lifetim...