Locust Abortion Technician
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| Studio album by Butthole Surfers | ||||
| Released | March 1987 (US) 1987 (Europe), (Australia) |
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| Recorded | 1985-1986 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, hardcore punk, noise rock, neo-psychedelia, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 32:34 | |||
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Touch and Go (original US release) Latino Buggerveil (1999 US reissue) Blast First (UK) Au Go Go (Australia) |
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| Producer | Butthole Surfers | |||
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Locust Abortion Technician is the third full-length studio album by American experimental rock band Butthole Surfers, released in March 1987. All songs were written and produced by Butthole Surfers, except for "Kuntz", which was by Thai artists Phloen Phromdaen and Kong Katkamngae, who were originally uncredited for their work. The album was originally released as vinyl on Touch and Go, and was remastered to CD on Latino Buggerveil in 1999.
Locust Abortion Technician's front cover illustration of two clowns playing with a dog was painted by Arthur Sarnoff, entitled "Fido and the Clowns".
Kurt Cobain listed it in his top 50 albums of all time. It is also featured in Robert Dimsey's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Locust Abortion Technician harnesses aspects of punk, heavy metal, and psychedelia. "Sweat Loaf" utilizes a warped riff similar to the verse riff from the Black Sabbath song "Sweet Leaf". Not all the tracks are guitar-oriented, though; the song "Kuntz" was created by processing an original Eastern recording by a Thai artist through Gibby Haynes' "Gibbytronix" system.
This album marked the debut of bass player Jeff Pinkus, as well as the return of co-drummer Teresa Nervosa, who had left the band in December 1985. It was also the first Surfers full-length album to feature lead singer Gibby Haynes' Gibbytronix vocal effects, which feature on the songs "Sweat Loaf" and "Human Cannonball" (though Gibbytronix were employed on "Comb" on the Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis EP a year earlier).
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