Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Hmm, I can't say I view being vomited on as anything other than assault...

Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

I think they assaulted epileptics more with their strobe heavy stage shows. BHS used a lot of strobes in their shows. Plus the sound... some bands just have the speakers set up on the stage and around it.... not the Surfers... they placed the speakers in every corner of the room, in 360, so no matter where you were you were being assaulted by sound... imagine them live in 360 surround sound...

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Rather like Pedestrian, I was relieved that this album turned out to be better than I expected. For me the principal redeeming feature was the chaotic, distorted guitars, including (after the initial shock) the OTT screeching guitar on Eye of the Chicken. I was won over by the enthusiastic, full-frontal attack of most tracks, and I also enjoyed the tracks apparently done for fun, like Dum Du and Lady Sniff. The "bullhorn singing" that Blarobbarg mentioned was pretty effective too - in fact I prefered it to the slightly Ferry-influenced vocals on Negro Observer.
Least favourite track was Butthole Surfer, which sounded very ordinary to me. My first-impression favourite was Cherub, which included a bit more musical exploration than elsewhere on the album. In fact, clocking in at only 35 minutes, I wish that the BHS had expanded some of the other short tracks. For a band so aggressively NOT mainstream, I wonder why they squeezed each song into a 3-min pop-song timeframe.
All in all, a refreshing listening experience for me, and a great antidote if you feel yourself getting too clogged up with restrained, respectful musicianship.
Thanks bob - for better or worse, I now know what a Butthole Surfer is !