Butthole Surfers – After The Astronaut (CD)
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Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary spent decades as one of American rock's great agents of controlled chaos, building a catalog that influenced noise rock, psychedelia, and alt-rock in ways that rarely got credited properly. After The Astronaut arriving now, nearly 30 years after it was recorded, completes a chapter that fans assumed was lost forever, placing the missing link between Electriclarryland and Weird Revolution back where it belongs.
Riding the least likely commercial success of the 90s with Modern Rock chart topper "Pepper," Austin odd rockers Butthole Surfers returned to the studio in 1998 for the followup, After The Astronaut. Leaning further into experiments with electronics, hip-hop, acid grooves, and the otherwise unusual, the result is a dizzying orbital trip expanding the idea of what's possible in rock music.Disputes between The Butthole Surfers and Capitol Records left the album unreleased, while the band regrouped and re-recorded some of the material for 2001's Weird Revolution, released through Hollywood Records. After The Astronaut collected dust, eventually developing a mythic status.A quarter century later, Butthole Surfers are realizing their vision for After The Astronaut. Newly mixed by guitarist/producer Paul Leary, After The Astronaut corrects the record on the band's activity in the late 90s with a bold, idiosyncratic evolution of their sun-fried psychedelia.
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UPC: 708535709329
Label: Sunset Blvd Records
Release Date: 6.26.26
Format: CD