Butthole Surfers regroup for road trip

The Butthole Surfers have reunited their '80s-era lineup--Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey and Teresa Taylor--for a September/October tour that will culminate in a pair of Halloween shows in Texas that will also feature Peaches.

One of the two Texas dates--in Austin--allows Peaches to make good on a sold-out show she had to cancel there in June when bad weather in Dallas prevented her band from making the flight down.

The California stretch of the tour will pair The Butthole Surfers with veteran punk experimentalists The Melvins in San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles.

The taper-friendly Surfers have gone a step farther than most bands who approve of fan trading; they've actually created a "Buttlegs" section on their official website to distribute some of the better-sounding boots of various tours along with some studio tracks, all in the form of unprotected MP3 files.

In the spring, The Lemonheads released an album of cover songs produced by Buttholes co-founder Gibby Haynes, which Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando says was inspired by the regular mixtapes Haynes has made him over the years.

The 11-track collection features Lemonheads versions of Wire's "Fragile," Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful," Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting Around To Die" and Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye."

TOUR DATES
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September 2009
24 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
25 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
26 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
28 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
29 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre
30 - Boston, MA - Paradise

October 2009
1 - Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montreal (@ Olympia)
2 - Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
3 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak w/ Built to Spill
5 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
6 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
7 - Chicago, IL - Metro (kick off for Riot Fest)
9 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
12 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
13 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
14 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
16 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom w/ The Melvins
17 - San Diego, CA - Canes w/ The Melvins
18 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia w/ The Melvins
30 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre w/ Peaches
31 - Austin, TX - Stubb's w/ Peaches

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