# 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.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | CAN | NZ | UK | UK Indie | Certifications |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Title | Live album details | UK Indie |
| 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 | 4 |
| "—" 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 |
| Title | Extended play details | UK Indie |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Air | US Alt | US Main | AUS | CAN Alt | NZ | UK | Album |
| 1990 | "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" | — | — | — | 147 | — | 36 | 98 | piouhgd |
| 1993 | "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | Independent Worm Saloon |
| 1994 | "Dust Devil" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Independent Worm Saloon |
| 1994 | "Good King Wenceslas"/"The Lord Is a Monkey" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electriclarryland |
| 1996 | "Pepper" | 26 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 59 | Electriclarryland |
| 1996 | "Jingle of a Dog's Collar" | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — | Electriclarryland |
| 2001 | "The Shame of Life" | — | 24 | — | 147 | — | — | — | Weird Revolution |
| 2002 | "Dracula from Houston" | — | — | — | 172 | — | — | — | Weird Revolution |
| "—" 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 |
| 1993 | "Dust Devil" | Modi Frank |
| 1995 | "Underdog" | |
| 1996 | "Pepper" | Gavin Bowden |
| 2001 | "The Shame of Life" | Kyle Cooper |