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Band Name Origins:
- They kept changing their name. They had a song called "Butthole surfer. At one concert, the guy introducing the band forgot their name and introduced them as "The Butthole Surfers". The name stuck! (source: "Our Band Could Be Your Life" by Michael Azerrad.) Submitted by: Jef Rummens
- When the band started out, they made a deal that they would never play under the same name twice. They booked themselves under a different name for every show (tough to build name recognition that way). They thought it was clever until they played a festival (I think it was in Austin, TX) under the name "The Butthole Surfers" and got huge press. It was by far the largest crowd they had ever play for and the reviews all gave them huge press boasted that "The Butthole Surfers" stole the show. Suddenly they were forced to continue performing under the name "Butthole Surfers" to keep getting big gigs. They played a joke and the joke was on them, it stuck! Submitted by: Chris
Stupid Band Names:
- I'd stay away from them, for fear they might give me hemorrhoids! Submitted by: Tiffany Furlong
- If anything has a butthole big enough to surf, I'd be afraid of falling in! Yikes:( Submitted by: Karen Smith
- I don't know a lot of surfers that are jerks. Maybe these guys are surfers that aren't really nice or well-liked that formed a rock band. Submitted by: carly_carlz
- I do not believe you can surf in a butthole. Or, well, I can't anyway. Submitted by: Shido
- It sounds like some 4 year old's attempt at raw toilet humour, which doesn't please anyone who isn't, well, a four year old. Submitted by: TullyGirl There are additional new stupid band names available.
Vainity Songs:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Butthole Surfer" | From "Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac". - Agrimorfee |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Pepper" | "They were drinking from a fountain that was pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain" - Joe H |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'," The Rolling Stones | "They Came In," Butthole Surfers | |
| "Who Was In My Room Last Night?," Butthole Surfers | "Nobody," Sylvia | |
| "Who Was In My Room Last Night?," Butthole Surfers | "The Witch Queen Of New Orleans," Redbone | |
| "Moving To Florida," Butthole Surfers | "Southbound Train," David Crosby | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"The Shame Of Lie" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Renee Sutton
"The Sham Of Life" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Renee Sutton
"Who Was In My ROM Last Night?" originally "Who Was In My Room Last Night?"
He rummaged through your PC, too? Bummer.
Jonaphantom
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"The Shamer Of Life" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Amanda Svenson
"Humane Cannonball" originally "Human Cannonball"
Hard to imagine how THAT works!
Joanna Whitmire
"Creepy In The Cellar" originally "Creep In The Cellar"
Jane C. Moore
Change a Letter:
"The Share Of Life" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Renee Sutton
"The Shame Of Wife" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Renee Sutton
"Cheep In The Cellar" originally "Creep In The Cellar"
Is someone keeping chicks (baby chickens) there?
Lou Quilson
"Creep In The Collar" originally "Creep In The Cellar"
Barry Amassa Tate
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Pepper" | "F1 Rejects" | Airrider |
| "Pepper" | "Primaries (w/link for DKTOS)" | Chris Wolvie |
| "Pepper" | "Pepper (the TFC 1.0 Remix)" | Joel Dent |
| "Pepper" | "Evil Dead (Pt.1)" | Josh Bain |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Girls Kick Butthole Surfers
Girls Kick Butt combined with Butthole Surfers
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
Kornhole Surfers
Korn combined with Butthole Surfers
Submitted By: Garrison
Sonic Butthole
Sonic Youth combined with Butthole Surfers
I really do not need to know what a sonic butthole is.
Submitted By: Raygun Shaun
Talking Butthead Surfers / Headbutting Surfers
Talking Heads combined with Butthole Surfers
It's just funny. (At least I think so.)
Submitted By: Jonathan S.
There are additional Butthole Surfers Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Pepper"
Misheard Lyrics: Hippie, trippy shows
Original Lyrics: The images it shows
| "Who Was In My Room Last Night?"
Misheard Lyrics: My clothes were dry.
Original Lyrics: My throat was dry.
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"Whatever"
Misheard Lyrics: I had a dream last night
And it fit me in a hole. Original Lyrics: I had a dream last night
And it fit my like a glove. | "Pepper"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't mind the sands of time.
Original Lyrics: I don't mind the sun sometimes.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Who Was In My Room Last Night?"
Misheard Lyrics: My clothes were dry.
Original Lyrics: My throat was dry.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Jonathan S. I know it's odd, but that's what happens when you try to hear the lyrics over the music in "Guitar Hero II." |
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Who Was In My Room Last Night?"
The Funny Lyrics: My mouth went through the ceiling
And my body fell through the floor! There was no key, there was no one I could see So I ran right through the door! Why They're Funny: I realize this might be more at home in the "nonsensical" category, but these particular lyrics just can't be taken seriously! "My mouth went through the ceiling??" "Ran through the door??" Is he saying he's a ghost or something?!?
Submitted by: Jonathan S.
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"The Shame of Life"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: There were girls in the front, There were girls in the back,
There were girls petting squirrels, There were squirrels smoking crack. Why They're Nonsensical: I'm sorry, but the last phrase makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. These guys must have been doing just that in order to come up with this line.
Submitted by: A. Critic
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"The Shame of Life"
Opening Lines: I love the girls and the money and the shame of life.
Comments: Submitted by: Ray
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Song Title Anagrams:
"Eiffel -- O The Sham!" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Something About the Eiffel Tower is a sham?
Submitted by: Trina Lufkin
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"The Aim: Shove Life" originally "The Shame Of Life"
Submitted by: Marge Pegram
Band Name Spoonerisms:
The Burt Soul Huffers originally "The Butthole Surfers"
Submitted by: Adlai Alda
The Hut Bowl Surfers originally "The Butthole Surfers"
Submitted by: Adlai Alda
The Hurt Soul Buffers originally "The Butthole Surfers"
A name conveying real ANGST!
Submitted by: Lydia Idyl
Backwards Messages:
"Pepper"
If you have listened to the track "Pepper" by the Butthole Surfers, you may notice that in one part of the song there is some gibberish. Play it backwards, and you get the chorus of the song.
Submitted by: Hector
"Creep In the Cellar"
On the album "Rembrant Pussyhorse" on the song "Creep In The Cellar" the entire song is played over the song being played backwards. Not very interesting, but it is there.
Submitted by: Wade Brock
"The Revenge of Anus Presley"
In the song "The Revenge of Anus Presley" there is a backwards message which says "There is a time to live, and a time to die, but I smoke Elvis Presleys toenails when I want to get high". It is on the album "Brown Reason to Live".
Submitted by: Wade Brock
