Weird Revolution


Weird Revolution is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, released in 2001 on Surfdog Records and Hollywood Records. 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 soundtrack to Mission: Impossible 2. The song "The Shame of Life" was featured in the trailer for Phone Booth. 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 2026, Weird Revolution remains the band's last album to date, except for "Live at the Leather Fly" which is a 2024 compilation of their tour.

Reception

The album was met with mixed-to-negative reviews. Pitchfork Media 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"
  1. "The Shame of Life"
  2. "The Shame of Life"
  3. "The Shame of Life"
  4. "The Shame of Life"
"Dracula from Houston"
  1. "Dracula from Houston "
  2. "They Came In"
  3. "Call Out Hook"

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Additional personnel