This seems to be right around the time this band really peaked out…two drummers, dancing girls covered in green goo, video of auto safety gone terribly wrong. Combine that with an audience of tripping kids and you had a little slice of punk rock nirvana. The Buttholes live performances are legendary, and the band was really one of a kind, the perfect rock combo of a great front man and a mind blowing original guitarist, infected with an attitude overflowing with fevered insanity. I saw a few shows in this time period and they always had an inherent sense of danger to them. Cherub is one of my favorite songs of theirs, it’s simple yet trance like bass drone really sucks me in. The obviously low budget home made video has that really nice 80’s type theatrical intro.

Butthole Surfers - Cherub

Here is a kind of dumb interview, with a pretty great performance of Mexican Caravan at the end:

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