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Butthole Surfers 1981 – The First Practice Tape
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Title: Butthole Surfers 1981 – The First Practice Tape
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Rock, Experimental Punk, San Antonio, TX
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Scene Ecology: Captures the band before a stable name—early flyers and tapes floated multiple identities as they tried to outrun being “a normal punk band.”
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Studio Lore: Practice-tape era: one room, one take, cheap gear—documents made to trade and book shows, not to sound “finished.”
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Media Narrative: These early tapes became currency in the underground because the official catalog came later—scarcity turned rehearsal noise into canon.
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