Butthole Surfers discography

The discography of American rock band Butthole Surfers consists of eight studio albums, four extended plays (EP), two live albums, three compilation albums, one video album, and eight singles. Formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas, the group signed with the Alternative Tentacles label in 1981. Butthole Surfers' eponymous debut EP was released two years later. The band added drummers King Coffey and Teresa Nervosa in 1983, moved to the Touch and Go label the following year, and released their debut full-length album, Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac.^[1]

Butthole Surfers discography
Studio albums	8
EPs	4
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	3
Singles	8
Video albums	1

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		US [2]	AUS [3]	CAN [4]	NZ [5]	UK [6]	UK Indie [7]
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac	Released: December 1984 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Fundamental Format: CD, cassette, LP	—	—	—	—	—	12
Rembrandt Pussyhorse	Released: April 18, 1986 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Red Rhino Format: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	9
Locust Abortion Technician	Released: March 1987 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Blast First Format: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	3
Hairway to Steven	Released: April 11, 1988 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Blast First Format: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	6
piouhgd	Released: February 20, 1991 (US) Labels: Rough Trade Format: CD, CS, LP	—	136	—	—	68	—
Independent Worm Saloon	Released: March 23, 1993 (US) Labels: Capitol Format: CD, CS, LP	154	179	—	—	73	—
Electriclarryland	Released: April 2, 1996 (US) Labels: Capitol Format: CD, CS, LP	31	23	61	24	—	—	RIAA: Gold[8]
Weird Revolution	Released: August 28, 2001 (US) Labels: Surfdog, Hollywood Format: CD, LP	130	124	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Live album details	Peak chart positions
		UK Indie [7]
Live PCPPEP	Released: September 20, 1984 (US) Labels: Alternative Tentacles Format: 12"	—
Double Live	Released: June 1989 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Fundamental Format: CD, CS, LP
Live at the Leatherfly	Released: May 2025 (US) Labels: Sunset Blvd Records Format: LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums

Title	Compilation album details
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt	Released: March 27, 1995 (US) Labels: Trance Syndicate Format: CD
Humpty Dumpty LSD	Released: July 11, 2002 (US) Labels: Latino Buggerveil Format: CD, LP
Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP	Released: January 28, 2003 (US) Labels: Latino Buggerveil Format: CD

Video albums

List of video albums

Title	Video album details
Blind Eye Sees All	Released: June 1986 Label: Touch and Go Formats: VHS, DVD (2002)

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions

Title	Extended play details	Peak chart positions
		UK Indie [7]
Butthole Surfers	Released: July 1983 (US) Labels: Alternative Tentacles Format: 12"	21
Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis	Released: October 1985 (UK) Labels: Touch and Go, Fundamental Format: 12"	9
Widowermaker	Released: September 6, 1989 (US) Labels: Touch and Go, Blast First Format: 12", 10", CD	1
The Hurdy Gurdy Man	Released: 1990 (US) Labels: Rough Trade Format: 12"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions							Album
		US Air [9]	US Alt [10]	US Main [11]	AUS [12]	CAN Alt [13]	NZ [12]	UK [14]
1990	"The Hurdy Gurdy Man"	—	—	—	147	—	36	98	piouhgd
1993	"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	Independent Worm Saloon
1994	"Dust Devil"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Good King Wenceslas"/"The Lord Is a Monkey"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Electriclarryland
1996	"Pepper"	26	1	19	15	2	32	59
	"Jingle of a Dog's Collar"	—	—	—	130	—	—	—
2001	"The Shame of Life"	—	24	—	147	—	—	—	Weird Revolution
2002	"Dracula from Houston"	—	—	—	172	—	—	—
"—" denotes singles that did not chart.

Compilation and soundtrack contributions

Year	Title	Track(s)	Label
1983	Cottage Cheese from the Lips of Death	"I Hate My Job"	Ward-9
1984	International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation	"100 Million People Dead"	R Radical
1984	Rat Music for Rat People Vol. 2	"Butthole Surf Theme Song"	CD Presents
1985	Tellus #10: All Guitars	"U.S.S.A." (Live)	Harvestworks
1986	God's Favorite Dog	"Eindhoven Chicken Masque" "The Legless Eye"	Touch and Go
1987	A Texas Trip	"All Day" "Flame Grape"	Caroline
1987	Smack My Crack	"Boiled Dove"	Giorno Poetry Systems
1989	Nothing Short of Total War	"Jimi" (Live)	Blast First
1990	Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson	"Earthquake"	Sire
1993	Volume Eight	"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" (Tate Or Tot Mix)	Volume magazine
1993	Son in Law: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"	Hollywood
1994	Brainscan: Music from the Motion Picture	"Leave Me Alone"	Ruffhouse/Columbia
1994	Love & A .45: Music from the Motion Picture	"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"	Epic Soundtrax
1994	Dumb And Dumber: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"Hurdy Gurdy Man"	RCA
1995	Saturday Morning	"Underdog"	MCA
1995	¡Cinco Años!	"The Lord Is a Monkey" (Remix)	Trance Syndicate
1996	Original Soundtrack from Fox Hunt	"The Colored F.B.I. Guy"	Rhino
1996	Music from And Inspired By John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.	"Pottery"	Lava
1996	William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture	"Whatever (I Had a Dream)"	Capitol
1996	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"The Lord Is a Monkey" (Rock Version)	Geffen
1997	Spawn: The Album	"Tiny Rubberband" (with/feat. Moby)	Immortal/Epic/Sony
1997	subUrbia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"Human Cannonball"	Geffen
1998	Cult Rockers: Rebels	"Alcohol"
1999	M.O.M., Vol. 3: Music for Our Mother Ocean	"Summer in the City" Remix of "Ocean Size" (Jane's Addiction)	Surfdog/Hollywood
2000	Mission: Impossible II (soundtrack)	"They Came In"	Hollywood
2002	Music from Scrubs	"Dracula from Houston"	Hollywood
2003	Laurel Canyon: Original Soundtrack	"The Shame of Life"	Hollywood
2004	Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground	"Moving to Florida"	Rhino
2004	Step Into Liquid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"Dracula from Houston"	Surfdog

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1987	"Cherub"	Alex Halpern & Tom Stern
1988	"Fast"	Alex Winter
1990	"The Hurdy Gurdy Man"
1993	"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"	William Stobaugh
	"Dust Devil"	Modi Frank[15]
1995	"Underdog"
1996	"Pepper"	Gavin Bowden
2001	"The Shame of Life"	Kyle Cooper[16]