History YMMV / ButtholeSurfers

** In the early days, Gibby Haynes would often go onstage drunk, stoned, and/or tripping on various psychedelics (it wasn't at all unusual for him to be under the influence of multiple drugs at once during their live shows in the 1980's). Gibby has also admitted to taking ''six'' hits of blotter acid meant for the entire band before a performance at one point, and a possibly apocryphal story features him preparing for a recording session by throwing a handful of acid in a bathtub he'd filled before getting in and spending the next three days straight tripping.

** "[[https://youtu.be/ETG9xtJxxNY 22 Going On 23]]" is basically a local psychiatric call-in show being used as SpokenWordInMusic over a sludgy NoiseRock jam that seems to have been electronically slowed down. What makes it unnerving is the combination of the music and the content: one caller discusses a traumatized reaction to sexual assault, another speaks of a loveless, emotionally abusive relationship, and the host's advice is edited down into a series of meaningless buzz words ("Medicine... Anxiety... Sleep programming... Counseling"). [[note]]possible NightmareRetardant: The band have claimed that they could tell both callers were the same person, meaning that, since the things she says in both calls seem to contradict each other, she was likely to have been lying - in fact, they used to regularly listen to this show and noticed this same woman kept calling with totally different stories, and the people running the program either didn't notice or didn't care.[[/note]]

** "The Last Astronaut" crosses this over with TearJerker once you realize what's going on. [[spoiler:"Hello? Is there anyone left? My God! All of them, huh?"]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: {{Invoked|Trope}} with "Pepper." The rap-spoken verses and backmasked chorus are a style parody of Music/{{Beck}}'s loser, which the band believed was a rip off of their style, so this was their way of "getting back" at him.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Somewhat of a zigzagged variety. The band believed Music/{{Beck}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE Loser]]" to be a style-parody of their work. The response: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FROlM3Ft5qQ Pepper]]", containing similar changes, a rap-sung style, and even the chorus backmasked at one point, JUST like Beck did.

** "[[https://youtu.be/ETG9xtJxxNY 22 Going On 23]]" is basically a local psychiatric call-in show being used as SpokenWordInMusic over a sludgy NoiseRock jam that seems to have been electronically slowed down. What makes it unnerving is the combination of the music and the content: one caller discusses a traumatized reaction to sexual assault, another speaks of a loveless, emotionally abusive relationship, and the host's advice is edited down into a series of meaningless buzz words ("Medicine... Anxiety... Sleep programming... Counseling") [[note]]possible NightmareRetardant: The band have claimed that they could tell both callers were the same person, meaning that, since the things she says in both calls seem to contradict each other, she was likely to have been lying - in fact, they used to regularly listen to this show and noticed this same woman kept calling with totally different stories, and the people running the program either didn't notice or didn't care[[/note]]
* SignatureSong: While "Pepper" was their biggest hit, "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" is a better contender. It's catchy while still retaining their SignatureStyle, it has an EpicRiff to boot, and it was a pretty sizable hit due to being shown on WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead and its inclusion in ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero II]]''. Right now on Spotify it's their second most popular song, only beaten out by the aforementioned "Pepper".

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted. The band admits that they did a lot of drugs, acid especially. It explains a lot, really.

** "[[https://youtu.be/ETG9xtJxxNY 22 Going On 23]]" is basically a local psychiatric call-in show being used as SpokenWordInMusic over a sludgy NoiseRock jam that seems to have been electronically slowed down. What makes it unnerving is the combination of the music and the content: one caller discusses a traumatized reaction to sexual assault, another speaks of a loveless, emotionally abusive relationship, and the host's advice is edited down into a series of meaningless buzz words ("Medicine... Anxiety... Sleep programming... Counseling")

* NightmareFuel: A good portion of their repertoire; for example, one part of "Jimi" sounds like a cartoon character getting raped.

** "22 Going On 23" is basically a local psychiatric call-in show being used as SpokenWordInMusic over a sludgy NoiseRock jam that seems to have been electronically slowed down. What makes it unnerving is the combination of the music and the content: one caller discusses a traumatized reaction to sexual assault, another speaks of a loveless, emotionally abusive relationship, and the host's advice is edited down into a series of meaningless buzz words ("Medicine... Anxiety... Sleep programming... Counseling")

** "22 Going On 23" is basically a local psychiatric call-in show being used as SpokenWordInMusic over a sludgy noise rock jam that seems to have been electronically slowed down. What makes it unnerving is the combination of the music and the content: one caller discusses a traumatized reaction to sexual assault, another speaks of a loveless, emotionally abusive relationship, and the host's advice is edited down into a series of meaningless buzz words ("Medicine... Anxiety... Sleep programming... Counseling")

** In the early days, Gibby would often go onstage drunk, stoned, and/or tripping on various psychedelics (it wasn't at all unusual for him to be under the influence of multiple drugs at once during their live shows in the 1980's). Gibby has also admitted to taking ''six'' hits of blotter acid meant for the entire band before a performance at one point, and a possibly apocryphal story features him preparing for a recording session by throwing a handful of acid in a bathtub he'd filled before getting in and spending the next three days straight tripping.

* SuspiiouslySimilarSong: Somewhat of a zigzagged variety. The band believed Music/{{Beck}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE Loser]]" to be a style-parody of their work. The response: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FROlM3Ft5qQ Pepper]]", containing similar changes, a rap-sung style, and even the chorus backmasked at one point, JUST like Beck did.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted, hard. The band admits that they did a lot of drugs, acid especially. It explains a lot, really.

* OneHitWonder: The only song commonly played on the radio, and the one everybody knows about, is their first big hit ''Pepper'' off of ''Electriclarryland''. Though "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" started gaining a little more recognition when a cover version appeared in ''GuitarHero II''.

* BlackSheepHit: You'd never know by listening to "Pepper" that the band's repertoire is mostly disturbing lyrics, shrill/distorted voices and bordering-on-surreal riffs. The song dropped out of their live sets entirely for a while, but during a 2011 tour, a small portion of it was often played as a medley with "Lady Sniff".

** In the early days, Gibby would often go onstage drunk, stoned, and/or tripping on various psychedelics [note]It wasn't at all unusual for him to be under the influence of multiple drugs at once.[/note]. Gibby has also admitted to taking ''six'' hits of blotter acid meant for the entire band before a performance at one point, and a possibly apocryphal story features him preparing for a recording session by throwing a handful of acid in a bathtub he'd filled before getting in and spending the next three days straight tripping.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted- The band admits that they did a lot of drugs, acid especially. It explains a lot, really.
** In the early days, Gibby would often go onstage tripping on acid (he's admitted to taking ''six'' hits of blotter acid before a performance once), and a possibly apocryphal story features Gibby preparing for a recording session by throwing a handful of acid in a bathtub he'd filled before getting in.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted- The band admits that they did a lot of hard drugs. It explains a lot, really.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted- The band admits that they did a lot of hard drugs. It explains a lot, really.
* OneHitWonder: The only song commonly played on the radio, and the one everybody knows about, is their first big hit ''Pepper'' off of ''Electriclarryland''. Though "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" started gaining a little more recognition when a cover version appeared in ''GuitarHero II''.

** Even if you know that it's just a band member's pet pitbull, the growls that appear throughout "Mark Says Alright" can be disturbing.

* OneHitWonder: The only song commonly played on the radio, and the one everybody knows about, is their first big hit ''Pepper'' off of ''Electriclarryland''.

* NightmareFuel: A good portion of their repertoire; for example, one part of "Jimi" sounds like a cartoon character getting raped.

* OneHitWonder: The only song commonly played on the radio, and the one everybody knows about, is their first big hit ''Pepper'' off of ''Electriclarryland''.