The San Antonio, TX based hardcore freak-punks, Butthole Surfers, were notorious for their live shows and the band’s newest archival release, Live at the Leather Fly, does a good job capturing their mid-career, chaotic noise sound.
The album is not dated or given a specific location where it was recorded, but it sounds like one complete show. Judging by the songs played it seems to have been captured around the release of their 1991 album Independent Worm Saloon. Mixed by guitarist Paul Leary, who, along with lead vocalist Gibby Haynes, Jeff Pinkus on bass, and King Coffey on drums, conjures up a cacophony of sound that exhilarates, irritates, and enthralls over the 21-song set.
The screeching guitars are right up front for…