Punk Rock Monday

I think I was in the eighth grade when I asked for the Butthole Surfer's Pioughed as a gift - probably for my birthday. My mother predictably balked, especially after being informed by the clerk at the regional mall-chain music store that the Butthole Surfers were typically enjoyed by people "on drugs." I don't know that Mom ever fully understood how right that clerk was.

"Suicide," "BBQ Pope," and "Wooly Bully" from 1983:


And an oddly new wave looking "Mexican Caravan" from '85: