Butthole Surfers
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers' third full-length studio album, "Locust Abortion Technician", was released in March 1987. The album was released on both vinyl and CD on Touch and Go and was later remastered on CD on the band's label, Latino Buggerveil, in 1999. It was the first Butthole Surfers album to be recorded outside of a professional studio.
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Butthole Surfers' third full-length studio album, "Locust Abortion Technician", was released in March 1987. The album was released on both vinyl and CD on Touch and Go and was later remastered on CD on the band's label, Latino Buggerveil, in 1999. It was the first Butthole Surfers album to be recorded outside of a professional studio.
The band relocated to a small two-bedroom house in Winterville and used their meager savings to purchase an old Ampex 8-track tape machine and two microphones to set up a temporary home studio. The band recorded what would become their third full-length LP in this studio, and the inferior equipment forced them to be more creative than they might otherwise have been. The new studio freed the band from having to worry about recording costs, allowing them to experiment even more than on previous releases.
"Locust Abortion Technician" is an experimental blend of punk rock, heavy metal, and psychedelic music, and employs elements of worldbeat rhythms, noise music, progressive guitar, and folk music. The album marked the debut of bass player Jeff Pinkus and the return of co-drummer Teresa Nervosa. It was also the first Surfers full-length album to feature lead singer Gibby Haynes' Gibbytronix vocal effects. The Butthole Surfers continue to perform songs from "Locust Abortion Technician" during their live concerts.