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"Killing Joke and the Butthole Surfers will never play ATP again, and they can both suck my balls."

Black Lips @ The Williamsburg Waterfront (more by Bao Nguyen)
The Black Lips

Deborah Kee Higgins (ATP organizer) to the Village Voice: We have a "No Assholes" policy. You can play once because we don't know you're an asshole, but you can't play twice.

Barry Hogan (ATP organizer): Killing Joke and the Butthole Surfers will never play ATP again, and they can both suck my balls. And you can put that in print. The Black Lips will never play again--they're assholes. They broke into a chalet and started stealing stuff.

Higgins: Liquor.

ATP NY runs Sept 10-13 in Monticello, NY. Killing Joke are the subject of a new documentary. Butthole Surfers, who are going on tour soon, will probably never play a Bowery Presents venue ever again either. Then again, the first time I ever saw the Black Lips, they peed on the Mercury Lounge stage, and they've definitely returned to Bowery venues more than a few times (though their next NYC show happens to be for Live Nation).

This Saturday, the Black Lips play the FYF Fest in LA. At this summer's Leeds Festival they incited a stage invasion. Video below...

Black Lips stage invasion at Leeds Festival

Black Lips incite a stage invasion at Leeds Festival 2009 during their last song 'Juvenile'. Watch out for Cole at the end... the security guard chased him around the festival for 20 minutes afterwards!


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Tags: ATP, ATP NY, Barry Hogan, Black Lips, Butthole Surfers, Deborah Higgins, Killing Joke, Leeds Festival

Posted on September 4, 2009 12:58 PM

Comments (45)

How does one pee in one's own mouth? I am genuinely curious. I cant seem to figure it out. Unless, you like, peed in a cup. And drank it. But just peeing straight into your mouth? How?

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:08 PM

who said anything about peeing in one's own mouth?

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:09 PM

"How does one pee in one's own mouth? "

you know how people, Black Lips included, spit upwards and then catch it back in their mouth? Similar.

Posted by brooklynvegan | September 4, 2009 1:10 PM

My bad, the link BV put in the first paragraph about his first black lips show.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/04/the_black_lips.html

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:10 PM

1:08
You must be a girl. I pee in my mouth all the time.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:11 PM

"who said anything about peeing in one's own mouth?"

They did that at Mercury Lounge too.

Posted by brooklynvegan | September 4, 2009 1:11 PM

""How does one pee in one's own mouth? ""

It wouldn't be that hard really. aim. pee.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:11 PM

Not only do these bands suck but they are bad people as well. They really have nothing going for them, do they?

Posted by Loop | September 4, 2009 1:23 PM

I wondered when the Black Lips would get publicly called out for this stuff. It was only a question of time. I was at a festival in Norway a few years back where they tried to steal a guitar from an old guy in a bar. They're unpleasant fucks who think doing this stuff makes them really punk rock. Kudos to Barry Hogan.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:24 PM

No Black Lips, but Sufjan Stevens is allowed in? That guy is a ticking timebomb. I once saw him put a kick me sign on the pastor!

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:24 PM

i saw sufjan stevens walking his dog, and his dog pooped and he didn't even pick it up!

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:39 PM

sounds to me like these black lips assholes need a good beating.

i, for one, volunteer.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:41 PM

i like nitrus

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:46 PM

I pee pee every day.

Posted by Venkman | September 4, 2009 1:47 PM

The black lips need a few black eyes ya see. A knuckle sandwich! Pow! Right in the kisser.

15 rounds. Marquess of Queensberry rules ya see!
That'll teach em ya see!

Posted by The Mighty KC | September 4, 2009 1:48 PM

what's up with atp cracking down on outside liquor this year? fuck that shit. try and keep it out. go ahead.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:48 PM


When will the Black Eye Pees play ATPee?

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 1:52 PM

The Black Lips are horrible musicians and I guess people too, eh?

Dont worry Karma will bite these guys in the arse one day. One day they will try and steal something from Marsellus Wallace! :)

Posted by TXn | September 4, 2009 1:55 PM

keep rock and roll interesting. it's rock and roll, after all. enough with all the safe white kid stuff..

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:27 PM

If you have to hate every musician that's a horrible person, you'll have to hate about 95% of them.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:29 PM

True. I'm sure a lot of musicians have deplorable personalities and lifestyles. But stealing from other people is not acceptable or "rock n'roll"

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:31 PM

They were supposedly stealing liquor - not someone's life savings. Not that I'm sticking up for Black Lips but isn't it time we get back to what resembles rock music?

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:44 PM

You mean isn't it time we get back to copying what resembles rock and roll? The Black Lips are for teenage girls who don't know that much about music.

And spoiled brats stealing and acting like dickheads IS safe white kid stuff.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:53 PM

It doesn't really resemble good rock music either.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:54 PM

Their crowds seem to enjoy it

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 2:55 PM

Right. Can't argue that 15 year olds really gobble that shit up, literally/figuratively

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 3:12 PM

i was wondering why Butthole Surfers where not playing ATP NY this year...seemed a perfect fit...

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 3:43 PM

ATP stinks - they only ask whoever P4K is blowing this week.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 3:59 PM

Still Buttholes after all these years. Fuck ATP.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 4:11 PM

ATP can suck our balls
XOXO
Bumpin' Tacos

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 4:36 PM

You mean isn't it time we get back to copying what resembles rock and roll? The Black Lips are for teenage girls who don't know that much about music.

And spoiled brats stealing and acting like dickheads IS safe white kid stuff.

2:53 PM

Yes thats for sure. Dont take peoples instruments thinking your bad ass when your just a prick asking for big time payback. Go to some chain music store with your cheesy antics there Black Lips. Pull some of those games in the housing block estates of the UK.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 5:43 PM

Wow! Those comments makes me want to see those bands even more! Promoters show such a lack of appreciation for Rock n Roll these days.

Posted by Ken | September 4, 2009 6:05 PM

stealing liquor, pissing on people, stealing a guitar....sounds like my kinda party.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 6:27 PM

i saw sufjan stevens walking his dog, and his dog pooped and he eated it!!!

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 7:20 PM

Fuck all of you pansy, cocksockers. Barry Hogan rocks and vegans are boring, especially brooklyn ones...Go to ATP and shut the fuck up.....bitches....

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 8:20 PM

if people think Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine and Grouper make things a party... Then please give me anyones shit and i will figure out how to eat it!

Posted by matt | September 4, 2009 9:37 PM

stealing liquor sounds pretty goddamn r'n'r. to me. i'm in.

Posted by wetlips | September 4, 2009 9:51 PM

Wish they would have stole some songs worth listening to rather than just a football dance party stage show.

Posted by Anonymous | September 4, 2009 10:10 PM

Fuck ATP, long live the Black Lips

Posted by Anonymous | September 5, 2009 12:55 AM

Why are feelies playing second?!?! Gonna have to do 100mph up there

Posted by Anonymous | September 5, 2009 1:08 AM

oh, stealing and acting like a spoiled suburbanite = rock and roll.

i get it ;)

Posted by Anonymous | September 5, 2009 1:22 PM

sad that this is what people think the music of tomorrow is going to be like

Posted by Anonymous | September 6, 2009 12:59 PM

the people the black lips stole the liquor from are the real rockstars. they got their revenge and the black lips didn't know what hit them.

Posted by Anonymous | September 8, 2009 9:24 PM

the buttholes got banned from ATP because gibby licked his finger and put it in a security person's nostril.....i saw it happen....he didnt seem too upset but the security girl went nuts

Posted by poodle | September 10, 2009 9:25 PM

if you all don't shut-up, i'm a gonna pee in your butt...

Posted by floyd | October 28, 2009 11:08 PM

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