Butthole Surfers reunited for a shock efficiency on Tuesday night time (September twenty third) at a screening of the brand new documentary on the band on the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California.
The Tom Stern-directed movie, titled The Gap Reality and Nothing Butt, had its West Coast premiere on the venue as a part of Past Fest, the place the total band was in attendance for a Q&A.
After the screening, frontman Gibby Haynes and firm pleasantly stunned attendees after they took the stage and performed a three-song set comprised of “Cherub,” “The Coloured FBI Man,” and “The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave.”
The gig marked Butthole Surfers’ first efficiency since an October 2017 live performance in San Pedro, California, and solely their third present since 2011. Whereas they by no means formally broke up, the band has just about been on hiatus for the higher a part of the previous decade.
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Haynes was joined by fellow traditional members Paul Leary, King Coffey, and Jeff Pinkus for the efficiency on the Egyptian Theatre. Watch footage from the shock gig beneath.
Final night time’s Butthole Surfers documentary Q&A morphed right into a reunion efficiency. Solely three songs however nonetheless fucking insane pic.twitter.com/xmDpDhgwHx
— HELLRAISER 2 on VHS (@BatBoyReturns) September 24, 2025
