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Independent Worm Saloon is a testament to the creativity of the 90's and how you never knew who could've gotten a sampling of success. This is the same band that made one of the most bizarre and dissonant cover songs with American Woman back in '86, made a sludgy and noisy 12-minute opener to an album in '88 that also has an R.E.M. style song but with the lyrics being about seeing a woman fart through an x-ray.
In comparison to much of their previous discography, Independent Worm Saloon IS a bit more straightforward, but for Butthole Surfers that still means it's weirder than most other bands. There's grunge/stoner rock, hardcore punk, noise rock, R.E.M. style alt rock, 70's style heavy metal, and even a borderline thrash song. Opener Who Was in My Room Last Night? is a bonafide classic starting the album off with high energy punky grunge and then goes alt rock with the next two songs. Goofy's Concern is the hardcore, Dog Inside Your Body sounds like the band's version of thrash, Dust Devil is intense, and the melodic and heavy Dancing Fool probably takes place as my favorite.
With production from Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, this sounds like the Butthole Surfers' version of an early 70's metal album but put through a 90's filter with the band's do-whatever-they-want ethos as exemplified by the vomit-sampling closing track of Clean It Up. Classic album that deserves more attention today beyond the opening single.