''Weird Revolution'' is the eighth studio album by the

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band

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, released in 2001 on

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and

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. It is in large part a rerecorded version of an earlier album, tentatively entitled ''After the Astronaut'', that was abandoned in 1998. The initial release of this album featured a lenticular cover and jewel case that shows the baby's limbs moving and shooting a beam at other aircraft on the cover. The song "They Came In" was featured on the

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to '' Mission: Impossible 2''. The song " The Shame of Life" was featured in the trailer for ''

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''. The song "Dracula From Houston" was featured in an episode of the NBC comedy series Scrubs and was featured in the Surfing Documentary "Step into Liquid", a film by Dana Brown. As of 2025, ''Weird Revolution'' remains the band's last album to date.

Reception

The album was met with mixed-to-negative reviews. ''

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'' was particularly negative about it, saying "The thin music seems to emanate from a TV you can't turn off. Each song putters on a weak beat that jangles and blips as if they dumped the ambient sounds of a Midway arcade over some Black Grape outtakes."

Track listing

Notes

Singles

"The Shame of Life" # "The Shame of Life" # "The Shame of Life" (A Cappella) # "The Shame of Life" (

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Remix) # "The Shame of Life" (Bonus Beats) "Dracula from Houston" # "Dracula from Houston (The Bike Song) (Radio Edit)" # "They Came In" # "Call Out Hook"

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Gibby Haynes Gibson Jerome Haynes (born September 30, 1957) is an American musician, radio personality, painter, author and the lead singer of the band Butthole Surfers. Early life and career Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Gibby Haynes is the son of acto ...

– vocals *

Paul Leary Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957), known as Paul Leary, is an American musician and music producer from Austin, Texas, best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the rock band Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers ar ...

– guitars *

King Coffey King Coffey (born Jeffrey Coffey; 1964) is an American drummer, known for being the drummer of the Psychedelic rock, psychedelic/noise rock band Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth Hardcore punk, hardcore pun ...

– drums

Additional personnel

*Paul Leary – production, mixing (Track 11) *

Rob Cavallo Robert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record executive. He is among the biggest-selling producers in alternative music, having contributed to albums that have sold over 130 million units worldwi ...

– production (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), A&R * Michael Bradford – engineering (Tracks 1, 2, & 7), additional production (Track 2) * Stuart Sullivan – engineering (Tracks 1, 4–7, & 9–12), mixing (Track 11) *Allen Sides – engineering (Tracks 2, 3, & 8) *

Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic range compression for molding mixes that ...

– mixing (Tracks 1–10 & 12) *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance-p ...

– mastering *Nathan Calhoun – bass *

Chris Vrenna Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from 1988 until 1996, and was ...

– additional drum programming (Track 9) *Cheryl Jenets – A&R coordination *Dave Kaplan – management *Actionfigure – art direction, design

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Butthole Surfers albums Albums produced by Paul Leary Surfdog Records albums Hollywood Records albums Albums produced by Rob Cavallo