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Saturday, October 31
Stubbs (801 Red River)
7 p.m. | $30 Advance; $35 At The Door | Outside
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Butthole Surfers actually formed down the road in San Antonio in 1981 when college buddies Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary thought better of their chosen career paths at the time and decided instead to pursue music. Their early projects went by equally intriguing names such as the Dick Clark Five, the Dick Gas Five, Ashtray Baby Heads, Nine Foot Worm Makes Home Food and so on. The duo also published the dubiously titled ‘zine Strange V.D., “the only fanzine I’ve seen devoted to totally fictitious diseases,” per Jello Biafro (who signed the band to his Alternative Tentacles label). They settled on the infamous Butthole Surfers moniker by accident -- apparently a DJ erred in assuming the name of one of their songs was actually the band’s name. Call it shock-rock, psychedelia or experimental punk, one thing is for certain: the Butthole Surfers concoct truly novel rock songs and their infamous concerts have afforded them cult status in the chronicles of underground music in America. They have outlasted line-up changes, a Haynes fronted band that featured Johnny Depp, and a Top 40 hit to bring us their riotous live show. On Halloween night no less. It all goes down at Stubb’s -- get your tickets via Front Gate.
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Follow the jump for our Halloween weekend picks and the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow, which contains information on many, many more events, including a boat party on Friday with our favorite Queen cover band Magnifico.
Friday, October 30
The Mohawk (912 Red River)
9 p.m. | $15 | Outside
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- The Mohawk has secured two of Austin’s finest bands to curate its Halloween weekend festivities -- The Black Angels’ “Pre-Halloween Freakout” takes place on Friday (Tix) and White Ghost Shivers present the latest installment of their “Halloween Ball Of Fantasy” on Saturday (Tix).
- Republic Live, located in the oft-changing space on 5th St. across Antone’s, hosts MSTRKRFT along with locals DJ Orion and King Louie on Friday (Tix). For a slightly different but equally frenetic dance party on the same evening, scope out A Soul Happening at Club de Ville.
- Stubb’s is home to the somewhat strange pairing of Wolfmother and Heartless Bastards on Friday, the aforementioned Butthole Surfers show on Saturday and “Gypsy Punks” Gogol Bordello on Sunday.
- If you’re (wisely) veering west of 6th St. proper this weekend, spend some time at Lamberts with Jessie Torrisi, Nano Whitman, and Noëlle Hampton, and head down to The Mean-Eyed Cat on Saturday for blues jams aplenty courtesy of underrated locals Spoiled Royals. Also on Friday, The Ghost Room offers up “Graham Wilkinson’s Halloween Bash” featuring performances by Graham Wilkinson & the Underground Township, Drew Smith, La Tampiquena, and The Trishas.
- Hopefully you already RSVP’d for the always spectacular “Halloween At The Graveyard” presented by Do512 at its headquarters on 2208 S. Lamar Blvd. (78704); The Lemurs, Arc Attack!, Hipnautica, and The Businessman DJ’s entertain this year.
- RSVP via email to obtain details (including directions) on a mystery karaoke, poker, and costume party this Friday at a ranch in Leander.
- The Side Bar’s “Raise The Dead…Raise The Roof” shindig is set for Halloween night with New Orleans’ DJ Fundamental spinning the beats.
- Graham Reynolds (Golden Arm Trio, Golden Hornet Project) will score the Phantom Of The Opera live at Alamo Drafthouse on Lamar Blvd. at 7 p.m. on Saturday (Tix).
Flip through the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow below for details on a number of events in town this weekend.
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