''Independent Worm Saloon'' is the sixth album by

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band

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, released in 1993 on

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. The band chose to follow a heavier orientation for most of the record, following the hiring of producer

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, formerly of

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Track listing

Japanese CD reissue bonus tracks

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'' Fiz Magazine, 1993. "Ghandi" was later included on ''

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''.

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

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– vocals, guitar *

Paul Leary Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957), known as Paul Leary, is an American musician and music producer from Austin, Texas, best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the American rock band Butthole Surfers. He is also th ...

– guitar, vocals (track 10), spoken word (track 4), "art master" *

Jeff Pinkus Jeff 'J.D.' Pinkus is an American bassist best known for his work with American punk band Butthole Surfers from 1985 to 1994 and the 2009 reunion. In 1990, he and Butthole Surfers' lead vocalist Gibby Haynes released ''Digital Dump'', the only ...

– bass, vocals & banjo (track 16) *

King Coffey King Coffey (born Jeffrey Coffey; 1964) is an American drummer, known for being the drummer of the psychedelic/noise rock band Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth hardcore punk band called The Hugh Beaumont Experience in high ...

– drums

Additional personnel

– producer, bass (track 16) *Pat McCarthy – engineer, mixer *

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– guitar (tracks 12 & 17) *Heather Van Haaften – "art slave"

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States) Singles - Billboard (United States)

Notes

* The vocals in "Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales" are similar to those in the

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," possibly as an intentional reference as vocalist Gibby Haynes sang the vocals on that song. However, "Some Dispute" had appeared in the band's set lists as far back as 1990 under the name "Watlo," roughly a year before Haynes' vocals were recorded for "Jesus Built My Hotrod." * The song "Strawberry" ends with an extended sample of a man speaking

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, the same sample can be heard in

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's ''Spirit Horse of the Cherokee''.

References

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