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Hairway to Steven
Rock · 1988 · 8 tracks

Hairway to Steven

Butthole Surfers

A hallucinogenic bridge between underground noise and alternative rock. Heavy acoustic guitars meet pitch-shifted vocals and disturbing Texas-sized psych-punk.

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It's like a Texas chainsaw massacre but everyone is on acid and having a great time.

A humid, hallucinogenic nightmare that balances genuine terror with surreal, pitch-black humor.

Hairway to Steven · vs · Butthole Surfers
Desert+1.0σ

Desert saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
Jimi
12:39
02
Ricky
2:36
03
I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas
4:58
04
John E. Smoke
6:41
05
Rocky
3:45
06
Julio Iglesias
3:05
07
Backass
6:05
08
Fast
1:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
The twelve-minute opening sprawl of 'Jimi' where the Portuguese vocals dissolve into a terrifying soundscape of moans and industrial noise.
The sudden, jarring shift from the acoustic strumming of 'I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas' into the heavy, distorted sludge of the later tracks.
Gibby Haynes' manic, circular delivery on 'John E. Smoke' that turns a bizarre narrative into a rhythmic, hypnotic chant.
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