In 2001, after Dorman took ill, one of the band’s road crew, Oly Larios, sat in on bass.
The Blue Cheer band name was trademarked in 2000 by fan and professional musician Randy Pratt. Pratt put the trademark in former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden ‘s possession after Dickie Peterson said he was finished with Blue Cheer and wanted nothing to do with it ever again, with his…
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In 2000, Blue Cheer was the subject of a tribute album, Blue Explosion – A Tribute to Blue Cheer , featuring such bands as Pentagram , Internal Void , Hogwash and Thumlock .
In recent years, a dispute has arisen as to ownership of the Blue Cheer band name. It was reported that, as of the early 2000s (decade), former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden , assisted by Randy Pratt of The Lizards band, had trademarked the Blue Cheer band name. Holden’s association…
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In 1999, the Butthole Surfers won their lawsuit against Touch and Go. The victory was not without controversy: several peers in the alternative music community — among them Fugazi and Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye — criticized the band for pursuing the case. Haynes and others responded that they would…
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In 1999, Peterson and Whaley got together with guitarist MacDonald to resume touring as Blue Cheer. This band configuration remained largely constant from 1999 until Peterson’s death in 2009.
Despite stronger sales with their second Capitol album, the band’s relationship with the label grew increasingly strained. A planned 1998 album, After the Astronaut , was scrapped, and the Butthole Surfers parted ways acrimoniously with their manager, Tom Bunch.
Farren then continued to perform and record sporadically under the name The Deviants, using a pool of musicians which include Andy Colquhoun and former Blodwyn Pig saxophonist Jack Lancaster . Eating Jello With A Heated Fork was released in 1996, credited to Deviants IXVI , followed by 2002’s Dr Crow…
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In 1996, Capitol released the Butthole Surfers’ Electriclarryland , which reached number 31 on the Billboard 200; the single ” Pepper ” topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Around this time, the band’s songs began appearing on major Hollywood soundtracks, including Baz Luhrmann ‘s Romeo + Juliet , Mike…
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In 1995, the band contributed a cover of the Underdog theme song to be included on the tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits , produced by Ralph Sall for MCA . Later that year, Haynes’s side project, P, issued an eponymous LP on Capitol, while Coffey’s Trance Syndicate label…
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