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Weird Revolution by Butthole Surfers
Weird Revolution is an album by Butthole Surfers, released in 2001. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Shame of Life”, on 9 lists with a best position of #13.
Weird Revolution, the Butthole Surfers' eighth album, came out on Surfdog and Hollywood on August 28, 2001, with Rob Cavallo producing, and it has a strange back story. Much of it is a re-recording of After the Astronaut, the record the San Antonio band abandoned in 1998 and did not officially release until 2026.
The core trio of Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary and King Coffey trade some of the old chaos for a sleeker, groove-heavy alternative rock sound, though the twisted humor never quite leaves the room. The songs got around on screen: "They Came In" landed on the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack, "The Shame of Life" scored the trailer for Phone Booth, and "Dracula From Houston" turned up on Scrubs and in the surf film Step into Liquid. Even so, the album flopped commercially, the band settled into life mostly as a live act, and it remains their last album of brand-new material. The first pressing came in a lenticular sleeve.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Weird Revolution on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shame of Life | 9 | #13 | – | 2001–2002 | |
| 2 | Dracula From Houston | 1 | #50 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.