If a rolling stone gathers no moss, what does a Butthole Surfer do when his band is on "quietus"? If he's Gibby Haynes, he recruits fellow Surfer Nathan Calhoun and ex-Pariah mates Shandon Sahm and Kyle Ellison for a new outfit called Gibby Haynes & His Problem, which debuts at the Back Room this Saturday. Far from a side project, Haynes intends to record an album in December and January before going on tour with Ween next spring. "It's what I'm doing now," the recent NYC transplant insists.
TCB: What made you want to start up this band?
Gibby Haynes: Why, what do you suspect? It's just sort of the flow of what I've been doing for the last 20 years. ... Some sort of musical outlet, I guess, since the Buttholes aren't that active right now.
TCB: What are the songs like?
GH: It goes from real spacey, kinda jammy stuff to real cheap rock & roll. There's one song that's about as low-down and cheap as you can get, called "Redneck Sex," that's real fun to play.
TCB: What's the Buttholes' current status?
GH: [chuckles] We're on "quietus." Which really isn't hiatus. It's been real hard to get the band together to play live shows. I can see us recording some stuff in the future.
TCB: Thanks for your time.
GH: I wish I could be funny or something, but better luck next time. I'm getting ready to go into Kinko's and copy medical records. I got bit in the face by Nathan's dog the other day.
