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Artist description
Improvised songs with little thought or effort put into them so as to not consider myself a failure if they fail. |
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Music Style
Improvised digital delay induced hysteria with lots of lathargic rhythms/misbeats |
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Musical Influences
Syd Barrett, Red Krayola (Mayo Thompson), Steve Guttenburg, Inhibitors, SpinCycle, Farmingdale Sound Machine, Prince, Eminem, Spike Lee?, Pere Ubu, Rhino Nuggets Box, velvet underground, Weird Albert, Fat Albert, Beefheart, Ween etc. |
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Similar Artists
Syd Barrett, Beck, Red Krayola, Kinks, Pere Ubu, David Letterman, the Holy Seductress, the Fall, the Beach Boys, Cypress Hill, Yo La Tengo, the Inhibitors, Farmingdale Sound Machine |
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Artist History
Simultaneously realized on October 31, 1998.
First show was performed/improvised Live! at
the infamous moon motel-home to Howell's finest
crack addicted and HIV infected citizens. After
the moon motel show, we were in high demand. We
can frequently be found at various LSD "happenings"
throughout the state of New Jersey. |
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Group Members
Butterfinger 2000 & guests including:
Sexual Chocolate; Spin Cycle; Begushkin; Tim & Kim,
Bill Burphy and Jesus Christ |
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Instruments
guitars, kettle drums, theramin, printers, washing machines, type writers, megaphones, the wind and other earth elements (we're a real hippy band). |
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Albums
Live! At the Moon Motel; Touch Me...I'm Single; Drummer in Love; Beefheart Avenue; Lord of the Brocoli Hour; Discover the Truth in Butterfinger; Don't Laugh at My Sorrow?; Can I Borrow a Feeling?; Sixteen Places to Call My Bed; Cover Me Blindly;others to come! |
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Press Reviews
Time magazine: "...unfortunate."
Rutgers Targum: "...milliseconds of pure psychedelic pop hidden in rather amateurish compositions."
Fatty Acid: "The best psychedelic comedy ever produced."
Asbury Park Press: "..crude, unprofessional garbage, but fucking funny!"
Arts & Crafts: "We don't usually do music reviews, but Butterfinger 2000 is fucking exceptional!"
Rolling Stone: "...a band that could be described as par or average..."
David Letterman: "...the most pretentious band to emerge from a small town in rock & roll history." |
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Additional Info
Experience the wrath of Butterfinger 2000! |
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Location
Howell, NJ - USA |
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