At a Vancouver gig (Washington or BC?) somebody came on the stage and stabbed Gibby. He had to go to the hospital, etc. Gibby had been stabbed in the arm, right next to a major vein. Had that major vein had been punctured, Gibby could have bled to death if he didn't get immediate medical treatment.
Gibby was captain of his university basketball team at Trinity University.
Previous bands names before going with the butthole surfers: dick clark five, dick gas five, vodka family winstons, bleeding skulls They ended up being introduced at a gig before they hit the stage as the butthole surfers
The band needed an album cover for LOCUST ABORTION TECHNICIAN, and they had previously purchased a painting of clowns from a supermarket. They had the painting up in their living room, and ended up having a square cut out of it for the album's cover art. The original artist was tracked down and payed a one-time licensing fee that handed the ownership of the artwork to the band for the band's purposes.
Paul Leary had actually wanted to be a stockbroker (perhaps still does). He is a music producer, and the band's guitarist.
