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Posted in music on January 3, 2011

Butthole Surfers played Music Hall of Williamsburg on New Years Eve (and the night before) - videos & setlists

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"And then it went off. At 11:58 [on New Year's Eve], without even looking at a watch, [Gibby] Haynes announced, "Let's just go ahead and do this." His countdown, naturally, was as sloppy and haphazard and instinctual as any Butthole Surfers song. Enter 1993's mighty Dust Devil to ring in the New Year: the band's first admission that they turned into a major-label crypto-metal band during the heart of Nirvanamania. It was time to get dumb. Balloons came down. Then the net that held them came down. More than anything, the balloons changed the tone of the show from "fun" to "unhinged." Haynes started spiking balloons like volleyballs into peoples' faces. I caught one in the eyeglasses (it stung, it was worth it). Someone else had the iPhone knocked right from his hand -- a very 2011 problem. Haynes put two balloons in his shirt like big boobs. Some dude went around angrily popping them for some reason." [Village Voice]
The Butthole Surfers played Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on December 30th and 31st (Lumerians opened both shows). "Refused... And Friends" has a bootleg of the first night for download. Videos (balloons included) and both setlists are below...

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Kero visuals for butthole surfers with balloons

Butthole Surfers "Rocky" @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 12/31/10 New Years Eve

Butthole Surfers - Live at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 30 December 2010 (partial setlist)
01. Sweatloaf
02. Cowboy Bob
03. 100 Million Dead
04. Roky
05. Negro Observer
06. > Lady Sniff w/Pepper lyrics
07. Graveyard
08. 22 Going on 23
09.
10.
11. Fast
12. Gary Floyd
13. encore break
14. Bong Song
15.
16. No Rule
17. The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave
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Butthole Surfers - Live at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 31 December 2010 (setlist)
Sweat Loaf
Cowboy Bob
One Hundred Million People Dead
Suicide
Rocky
Negro Observer
Bar-B-Q Pope
Bong Song
Creep in the Cellar
I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas
Too Parter/Tornadoes
Dust Devil
Pittsburg To Lebanon
O-Men
U.S.S.A
Weber
Lady Sniff/Pepper
22 Going on 23
Gary Floyd
Blindman
Fast
(encore)
Cherub
Edgar
Goofy's Concern
The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave

Tags: Butthole Surfers, New Years Eve
posted at 1:12 PM on January 3, 2011 in music | Comments (11)

Comments (11)

goofys concern and bbq pope were definitely at 30th too. cant remember much else. show ruled

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 1:16 PM

Wow, they actually played Pepper (or at least part of it)? Seems like they avoid that one like the plague.

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 1:22 PM

They don't so much "play" Pepper as kind of mock it for 30 seconds.

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 1:27 PM

wow, they do a bunch of different things from the 2008 tour, impressed they did such a crazy set. Now we need a new record.

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 1:31 PM

Great show. Glad I went.

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 1:57 PM

Show on the 30th was fantastic! Wish I could have done NYE as well. Full setlist for the 30th...

Music Hall Of Williamsburg
12/30/10

Sweat Loaf
Cowboy Bob
100 Million
Suicide
Rocky
Negro Observer
BBQ Pope
Hey
x-Ray
2 Parter/Tornado
Dust Devil
Goofy's Concern
O-Men
USSA
Webber
Lady Sniff/Pepper
Graveyard
22 Going On 23
Some Dispute
Edgar
Fast
Gary Floyd
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Bong Song
Blindman
No Rule
Shah Sleeps

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 2:03 PM

whoever wrote that a balloon to the face stung is the biggest pussy of all time.

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 2:37 PM

^^haha

they also did a countdown/balloon drop on the 30th (although that was more around 11:15)

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 2:51 PM

Lumerians blew the Surfers out of the water. Hands down.

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2011 9:42 PM

Surfers usually have crap openers but the first band was dope as hell and gave them a run for the money.
Surfers brought the mayhem. Saw some skeezy ho get her face punched in by another skank in the pit. Awesome.

Posted by Anonymous | January 4, 2011 12:28 AM

ah yeah, Lumerians were great

Posted by Anonymous | January 4, 2011 1:06 AM

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