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[wickedflea]

The Butthole Surfers were once called The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole. I remember reading an article years ago that said that they also used to be called Dick Tit, but now I can't find any reference to that.

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[buscemi.livejournal.com]

There used to be a band here called Dicktit, but this was after the BS folks had been around for a while.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

They must have read the same article I did!

your mother's vagina

[luftwaffe.livejournal.com]

From the liner notes to the compilation "The Hold Truth And Nothing Butt":
The Butthole Surfers are constantly evolving. They didn't even become the Butthole Surfers until 1982. Before then they went under a variety of personas, including The Dick Clark 5, The Vodka Family Winstons, Nine Foot Worm Makes Own Food, The Ashtray Baby Heads, and Dicktit. "We were gonna change our name for every show," says guitarist Paul Leary, "but every band says they are gonna do that. The first show where we actually got money was as the Butthole Surfers, so we thought we better stay with that. My mom won't say our name to this day, but she thinks Butthole Surfing has something to do with riding inner tubes down a river."

Also, Gibby Haynes was asked by an interviewer a few years ago if, looking back, he regretted calling the band the Butthole Surfers, and he said, Yeah, I wish I could go back and name it something more offensive, like I'm Gonna Shit In Your Mother's Vagina.

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[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yes! I have that album, so that must be where I read it. I like Ashtray Baby Heads too. Thanks a lot for putting my mind at ease!