Independent Worm Saloon

Independent Worm Saloon is the sixth album by alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, released in 1993 on Capitol Records. The band chose to follow a hard rock/metal orientation for most of the record, following the hiring of producer John Paul Jones, formerly of Led Zeppelin.

Independent Worm Saloon
Studio album by Butthole Surfers
Released	March 23, 1993
Genre	Alternative metal, hard rock, alternative rock
Length	62:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	John Paul Jones, Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers chronology
piouhgd (1991) Independent Worm Saloon (1993) The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
The New York Times	(favorable)[5]
Robert Christgau	A−[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Who Was in My Room Last Night?"	4:09
2.	"The Wooden Song"	3:50
3.	"Tongue"	2:06
4.	"Chewin' George Lucas' Chocolate"	0:43
5.	"Goofy's Concern"	3:03
6.	"Alcohol"	3:19
7.	"Dog Inside Your Body"	3:06
8.	"Strawberry"	4:08
9.	"Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales"	2:06
10.	"Dancing Fool"	2:59
11.	"You Don't Know Me"	2:41
12.	"The Annoying Song"	2:40
13.	"Dust Devil"	6:39
14.	"Leave Me Alone"	2:25
15.	"Edgar"	3:34
16.	"The Ballad of Naked Man"	6:05
17.	"Clean It Up"	8:39

Japanese CD reissue bonus tracks

18. "Beat the Press" – 1:25
19. "Ghandi" – 2:31
20. "Neee Neee" – 4:31

These three bonus tracks were also included on a 10" vinyl promotional release sent to college radio stations.[8] "Ghandi" was later included on Humpty Dumpty LSD.

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

• Gibby Haynes – vocals, guitar
• Paul Leary – guitar, vocals (track 10), spoken word (track 4), "art master"
• Jeff Pinkus – bass, vocals & banjo (track 16)
• King Coffey – drums

Additional personnel

• John Paul Jones – producer, bass (track 16)
• Pat McCarthy – engineer, mixer
• Helios Creed – guitar (tracks 12 & 17)
• Heather Van Haaften – "art slave"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1993	The Billboard 200	154
	Heatseekers	6

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Who Was In My Room Last Night?"	Modern Rock Tracks	24

Trivia

• The vocals in "Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales" are similar to those in the Ministry song "Jesus Built My Hotrod," possibly as an intentional reference as vocalist Gibby Haynes sang the vocals on that song. However, "Some Dispute" had appeared in the band's set lists as far back as 1990 under the name "Watlo," roughly a year before Haynes' vocals were recorded for "Jesus Built My Hotrod."
• The song "Strawberry" ends with an extended sample of a man speaking Navajo.

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Independent Worm Saloon – Butthole Surfers". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
2. Kot, Greg (1993-04-01). "Butthole Surfers Independent Worm Saloon (Capitol)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
3. Aaron, Charles (1993-04-02). "Independent Worm Saloon". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
4. Hochman, Steve (1993-05-16). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
5. Kenny, Glenn (1993-05-23). "Record Reviews". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
6. Christgau, Robert. "Butthole Surfers". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
7. Brackett, Nathan. "Butthole Surfers". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 123, cited March 17, 2010
8. Nunez, Carlos. The Hole Truth...And Nothing Butt. Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Fiz Magazine, 1993.