Publication: Rolling Stone
Date: June 24, 1993
Author: Jason Cohen
So, how'd you get the name?" "How'd you end up working with a lesbian former rock star?" "Look at the dick on that one!"
The Butthole Surfers are simultaneously conducting their own interview, attempting to joke about their famous producer and scrutinizing a pack of dogs. Dogs are a major Butthole Surfer passion. On a recent trip to London, guitarist Paul Leary and singer Gibby Haynes sponsored the Butthole Surfers' Cup at a Wembley Arena greyhound race. Leary's pit bull, Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad (yes, the full appellation), was even considered a member of the band until she retired to a life of backyard loafing and biscuit chomping.
Right now the four Surfers - or if you prefer, Buttholes - are hamming it up in an Austin, Texas, park, and the canine community is out in force. Haynes focuses on a trotting twosome, intently tracking it from the swimming pool to the basketball court, although it's possible he's actually ogling the blond woman at the other end of the leash. "Pools have bottoms but no tops," he declares, grooving on the