Latino Buggerveil is an

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and publishing company that was founded by psychedelic noise-

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band the

Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas, by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has ...

. The label's first release was the

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album ''A Texas Trip'', a various artists compilation which was co-released by

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. Following 1989's '' Double Live'', a limited edition release documenting the band's 1988 tour, Latino Buggerveil became largely dormant as a record company and was instead used as the new name for the group's publishing company, which until that point was known as "Second Harvest." In 1999, the Butthole Surfers reactivated the label in order to reissue most of the group's 1980s catalogue, whose rights had reverted to the group following a lawsuit with

Touch and Go Records Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. To ...

. The band signed a distribution deal with Revolver USA, who had previously handled label imprints created by fellow

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bands

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( Smells Like Records and SYR) and the

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(

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). Latino Buggerveil is run by Butthole Surfers drummer

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, who had previously operated the independent record label Trance Syndicate from 1990 to 1998. The label's name and logo were originally designed by Butthole Surfers singer

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. Apart from being co-credited on Haynes' 2004 solo record (released primarily through

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and not officially counted in the current LBV catalogue system), Latino Buggerveil appears mainly to be a conduit for archival Butthole Surfers releases, as evinced by the reissue of the group's first two

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releases on one CD and the rarities collection ''

Humpty Dumpty LSD ''Humpty Dumpty LSD'' is the second compilation album by American experimental rock band Butthole Surfers, released in July 2002. All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, except for "Earthquake," which is a cover version of the 13th Floor El ...

''. (A sequel to ''

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'' was initially planned but has since been placed on indefinite hold.) The label's first official side project release was the debut album from

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, a band featuring Coffey.

Discography

* Various Artists - ''A Texas Trip'' (1987, co-released with

) LBV01 * Butthole Surfers - '' Double Live'' (1989) LBV02 * Butthole Surfers - '' Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac'' (1999, reissue) LBV03 * Butthole Surfers - '' Rembrandt Pussyhorse/ Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis'' (1999, reissue) LBV04 * Butthole Surfers - ''

Locust Abortion Technician ''Locust Abortion Technician'' is the third studio album by American rock music, rock band Butthole Surfers, released in March 1987. The album was originally released on both gramophone record, vinyl and CD on Touch and Go Records, Touch and Go, ...

'' (1999, reissue) LBV05 * Butthole Surfers - ''

Hairway to Steven ''Hairway to Steven'' is the fourth studio album by American experimental rock band Butthole Surfers, released in April 1988. All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, co-produced by Butthole Surfers and Ric Wallace, and mixed by Wallace. The ...

'' (1999, reissue) LBV06 * Butthole Surfers - ''

'' (2002) LBV07 * Butthole Surfers - '' Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP'' (2003, reissue) LBV08 * Butthole Surfers - '' Piouhgd/ Widowermaker'' (2007, reissue) LBV09 * Rubble - ''Farewell Drugs'' (2011) LBV10

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* {{Authority control Alternative rock record labels Butthole Surfers American independent record labels Record labels established in 1987

Discography

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