Three early Butthole Surfers releases are receiving vinyl repressings via Matador’s new reissue campaign of the band’s catalog spanning 1983 through 1991.
The first three reissues in the series include the band’s 1984 debut full-length, Psychic…Powerless…Another Man’s Sac, the 1984 Live Pcppep EP, and 1986’s Rembrandt Pussyhorse. Remastered audio of the entire reissue series is now available via digital platforms (listen below), with vinyl pressings of the three aforementioned albums due out March 22nd.
The reissue campaign will feature “a number of key catalog titles” by the Texas band, all remastered under the group’s supervision. More reissues are expected to drop in the fall, bringing Butthole Surfers’ early discography back into print. According to the Matador’s digital catalog of the reissues, these EPs and LPs are also a part of the campaign (listed chronologically): the self-titled EP (1983), Locust Abortion Technician (1987), Hairway to Steven (1988), Pioughd + Widowmaker!
The first three reissues in the series include the band’s 1984 debut full-length, Psychic…Powerless…Another Man’s Sac, the 1984 Live Pcppep EP, and 1986’s Rembrandt Pussyhorse. Remastered audio of the entire reissue series is now available via digital platforms (listen below), with vinyl pressings of the three aforementioned albums due out March 22nd.
The reissue campaign will feature “a number of key catalog titles” by the Texas band, all remastered under the group’s supervision. More reissues are expected to drop in the fall, bringing Butthole Surfers’ early discography back into print. According to the Matador’s digital catalog of the reissues, these EPs and LPs are also a part of the campaign (listed chronologically): the self-titled EP (1983), Locust Abortion Technician (1987), Hairway to Steven (1988), Pioughd + Widowmaker!
- 1/24/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Following the death of Christopher "Big Black" Boykin on Tuesday, the reality star's ex-wife, Shannon Turley, is opening up about his passing and the legacy he leaves behind.
Turley spoke with Et on Wednesday, one day after Boykin's death, and reflected on what she will remember the most about her former husband, with whom she shares a 9-year-old daughter, Isis.
"He was a great father. That was the best thing about him," she recalled. "He worked his ass off. Nothing was handed to him."
Watch: 'Rob & Big' Star Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin Dies at 45
According to Turley, their daughter is "having a hard time dealing" with the loss, but they are getting a lot of support from their family, and Isis is "doing a little bit better."
Boykin -- best known as the star of the popular MTV reality series Rob & Big, alongside skateboarder Rob Dyrdek -- died on Tuesday at a hospital in Plano, Texas, after...
Turley spoke with Et on Wednesday, one day after Boykin's death, and reflected on what she will remember the most about her former husband, with whom she shares a 9-year-old daughter, Isis.
"He was a great father. That was the best thing about him," she recalled. "He worked his ass off. Nothing was handed to him."
Watch: 'Rob & Big' Star Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin Dies at 45
According to Turley, their daughter is "having a hard time dealing" with the loss, but they are getting a lot of support from their family, and Isis is "doing a little bit better."
Boykin -- best known as the star of the popular MTV reality series Rob & Big, alongside skateboarder Rob Dyrdek -- died on Tuesday at a hospital in Plano, Texas, after...
- 5/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Christopher Boykin, popularly known as Big Black from the MTV show Rob & Big has died at 45. Christopher “Big Black” Boykin Dead At 45 Boykin co-starred with skateboarder Rob Dyrdek on the series for several seasons before the reality show ended. “MTV is deeply saddened to learn the news of Christopher ‘Big Black’ Boykin’s passing,” MTV […]
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- 5/10/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
Rob Dyrdek is reeling from the loss of his friend and former co-star, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, who died Tuesday morning.
The 42-year-old skate boarder-turned-tv personality took to Twitter following the news of Boykin's death, and shared a series of heartfelt tweets paying tribute to his pal's life and their iconic friendship.
Watch: ‘Rob & Big’ Star Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin Dies at 45
"My heart is broken," Dyrdek wrote in the caption of a photo of him and Boykin sitting together on a large swing. "I don't want write this post. I don't want to believe that this is reality. I am so thankful for you."
Boykin was Dyrdek's close friend and co-star on their hit MTV reality series, Rob & Big, from 2006 to 2008, and appeared on several of Dyrdek's later MTV shows, including Ridiculousness and Fantasy Factory.
"We truly were brothers that lived an unexpected unforgettable adventure. I just can't fathom that it would end so suddenly," Dyrdek...
The 42-year-old skate boarder-turned-tv personality took to Twitter following the news of Boykin's death, and shared a series of heartfelt tweets paying tribute to his pal's life and their iconic friendship.
Watch: ‘Rob & Big’ Star Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin Dies at 45
"My heart is broken," Dyrdek wrote in the caption of a photo of him and Boykin sitting together on a large swing. "I don't want write this post. I don't want to believe that this is reality. I am so thankful for you."
Boykin was Dyrdek's close friend and co-star on their hit MTV reality series, Rob & Big, from 2006 to 2008, and appeared on several of Dyrdek's later MTV shows, including Ridiculousness and Fantasy Factory.
"We truly were brothers that lived an unexpected unforgettable adventure. I just can't fathom that it would end so suddenly," Dyrdek...
- 5/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
"Fantasy Factory" star Big Black says people need to stop bashing Ray Rice for violently punching his fiance Janay Palmer in the face ... claiming if she forgave him, everyone else should too. Christopher Boykin -- aka Big Black -- launched his defense of Rice in response to Espn's Michelle Beadle ... who's been blasting Rice and the NFL ever since we published the video this morning. Boykin tweeted to Beadle, "She married him move on" ... adding,...
- 9/8/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Jillian Rose Reed, who pays Tamara on MTV's “Awkward,” sat down with TheWrap's Rebecca Rosenberg at Mixology to dish about what fans could expect from Tuesday's episode. “We get to see some really funny drama,” Reed said on the latest episode of Drinking With the Stars. “Jake has a new song he's going to sing, and it's definitely going to ruffle some feathers.” Also read: MTV Movie Awards: ‘Rob & Big’ Star Chris Boykin, ‘Awkward’ Cast on Their Biggest Wtf Moments (Video) Reed also regales to TheWrap about her favorite word from the upcoming episode: “Taylor-Swifting,” which means writing a song about someone.
- 4/30/2014
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
We've all encountered those overly cerebral, mechanical actors—the ones so busy measuring beats and sorting objectives and obstacles that they don't really hear their scene partners' lines. Whatever the role, these actors do it by the book.But the "book" is more than just proverbial. It's constantly being written and rewritten, with publishers releasing a steady stream of new tomes on the craft and business of acting each year.We spoke with actors, coaches, and teachers to find out which titles are essential. They all agreed that although you can't master the art of acting by only following an instruction manual—like those misguided robotic actors—it's nonetheless beneficial to own at least a library shelf or two of books devoted to your profession.Rocking the ClassicsUnsurprisingly, among the titles most often mentioned by Back Stage's respondents were such venerable texts as "Sanford Meisner on Acting" (1987), Stella Adler...
- 1/28/2010
- backstage.com
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