Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary released his debut solo album, The History of Dogs, in 1991 on Rough Trade. It’s a gonzo blenderization of punk, psych, glam, industrial, folk, and whatever else was in Paul’s brain at the time, along with such lyrical subjects as The Gulf War, space travel, and more.
Out of print since its initial release 31 years ago, Leary is reissuing The History of Dogs via Shimmy-Disc. Now titled The History of Dogs Revisited, the album was remastered by Leary and Shimmy-Disc’s Kramer, and includes two previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions.
…Originally released on Rough Trade Records during the glory days of Butthole Surfers’ crash course across the stages of every music festival criss-crossing the globe, this is zany,…
…complex, unhinged, and sometimes just gloriously weird music, but it also features some of the most catchy indie pop music anthems you’ll ever hear, and certainly far catchier than anything you’d ever hear from the BS catalog of psychedelic hysteria.
Kramer, who played bass guitar in the band in 1985, says, “It was the year of the dog, and I was the bassist in the greatest band in the world. Life was good.” — shimmy-disc.net