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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Anyone seen this?
It's really great. Insane... Early Buttholes making tons of acid-fueled noise. And it all sounds really really good. The interviews with the band between the songs are not that interesting and should have been a special feature but they can be skipped pretty easily. But the music -- especially the guitar playing!!! -- is excellent...
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For all the things you hate, I'm glad you have the common sense to love this.
This used to be EXTREMELY rare, before it was thankfully re-issued on DVD a few years back. I had a generated VHS dub but it literally changed my life the first time I saw it, I was a big Butthole Surfers fan (after the release of Independent Worm Saloon, which I'll also agree is an incredible guitar record) and there was practically NO readily available footage (literally pictures or video) of their 80s existance, which fascinated me as much as those records haunted me -- finally seeing the band actually PLAYING these songs, on Blind Eye Sees All, was one of those really monumental moments in my life as a music fan, and particularly a Butthole Surfers fan. It's great that it's out on DVD.
That said, the "interview" segments work beautifully interstitially and obviously as an original "VHS" release, there were no 'bonus features'... though I guess there was that additional EARLIER footage after the credits on the original VHS, which is an (extended!) easter egg on the DVD.
Paul Leary is one of my all-time top 3 guitar influences. Hell, I even have a Butthole Surfers tab site:
http://members.shaw.ca/silvercircle/1401/