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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Butthole surfers - The Untold Story

“If you’re a Zep fan and really want to go see Zeppelin, you might as well go and see one of the better tribute bands”: The epic life and career of John Paul Jones, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin and so much more

Crack session musician, in-demand producer, one quarter of the world’s biggest rock band – ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has done it all

“Gibby and Siouxsie Sioux were at my feet, wrestling around with a shotgun pointed at my head.” Butthole Surfers' guitarist Paul Leary looks back on the excitement of the first Lollapalooza tour

“Gibby and Siouxsie Sioux were at my feet, wrestling around with a shotgun pointed at my head.” Butthole Surfers' guitarist Paul Leary looks back on the excitement of the first Lollapalooza tour

There's never a dull moment when Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes is around

“It was alive and exciting and subversive.” Why Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones chose to work with Texan noise-punk weirdos Butthole Surfers, and what he found the two bands had in common

“It was alive and exciting and subversive.” Why Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones chose to work with Texan noise-punk weirdos Butthole Surfers, and what he found the two bands had in common

“I was expecting someone with mutton-chop sideburns and bellbottoms.” Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary on Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones

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Five Great Reads: Butthole Surfers, Rosie Batty, and why millennials are screwed

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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"We made a living off being stupid. I don't know if there's a legacy to be taken from that": there will never, ever be another band like the Butthole Surfers. And maybe that's for the best

The myths, madness, magic and mayhem of Butthole Surfers, the world's most dangerous, lucky-to-be-alive art-rock weirdos

"I don’t want to be sending a bandmate home in a body bag": why unhinged Texan noise-rock legends Butthole Surfers won't be reuniting, despite "six-figure offers" for live shows

Relax everyone, Texan art-noise terrorists Butthole Surfers are going to stay on hiatus

‘It was like we’d signed up for a cult’: the weird, wild world of Butthole Surfers

The surviving members of the Texan psychedelic art rock noise band recall the drugs, fires, fights, scabies, dumpster-diving, naked dancing and primal screaming of their early days

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"You may feel as though you've fallen down a rabbit hole the size of Texas": The Butthole Surfers' fabulously freaky early albums are being reissued

"You may feel as though you've fallen down a rabbit hole the size of Texas": The Butthole Surfers' fabulously freaky early albums are being reissued

If you've ever craved a fix of truly alternative rock, Gibby Haynes' noise-rock experimentalists had you covered from day one

Bob Dylan's Scottish mansion on the market for £3million

Bob Dylan's Scottish mansion on the market for £3million

Bob Dylan is selling his Scottish home for £3m – while the Butthole Surfers' Texas ranch is also up for grabs

A beginner's guide to Touch and Go Records

A beginner's guide to Touch and Go Records

The story of Chicago's Touch and Go Records in five essential albums

Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor dies aged 60 after lung disease battle

Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor dies aged 60 after lung disease battle

Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor, has died at the age of 60 her bandmates have confirmed in an emotional statement on social media

Betty Davis projected her own liberation – and freed up generations in her wake

Betty Davis projected her own liberation – and freed up generations in her wake

Loved by artists from Prince to Butthole Surfers, Davis created a fearlessly sexual, futurist sound that planted the seeds of rebellion

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