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| occupation = Musician |
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| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[noise rock]], [[hardcore punk]], [[industrial metal]] |
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[noise rock]], [[hardcore punk]], [[industrial metal]] |
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| years_active = 1981–present |
| years_active = 1981–present |
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Birth name | Paul Leary Walthall[1][2] |
Born | San Antonio, Texas, U.S.[1] | May 7, 1957
Genres | Alternative rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, noise rock, hardcore punk, industrial metal |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboards |
Years active | 1981–present |
Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957),[2] 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 rock band Butthole Surfers.[1] He is also the producer of a number of songs and albums by other bands, including U2, Sublime, Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, The Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie Walters, Bad Livers, Slightly Stoopid, and The Refreshments. Leary produced Sublime with Rome's debut album, Yours Truly.[3]
In 1991, Leary released a solo album entitled The History of Dogs. In 1994, he appeared on the song "Lounge Fly" from the multi-platinum album Purple by Stone Temple Pilots. He also performed backing vocals on the Meat Puppets and Bad Livers respective renditions of his song "Pee Pee the Sailor". Leary appeared on one track on the 1999 John Paul Jones (ex-Led Zeppelin) solo album Zooma. He formed a new band called The Cocky Bitches[4] (formerly Carny) and in 2014 contributed three songs to the Melvins album Hold It In.
Leary released Born Stupid, his second solo album, on February 12, 2021, via Shimmy-Disc. He released a newly re-Mastered LP of The History of Dogs as The History of Dogs, Revisted (with two additional bonus songs from the original 1990 sessions that were not included on the original LP) on June 17, 2022, also via Shimmy-Disc. [5]
References
- ^ a b c AllMusic Biography, "A native of San Antonio, TX, Leary (whose full name is Paul Leary Walthall)..."
- ^ a b Texas Births, 1926–1995, Paul Leary Walthall, Birth Date: 1957-05-07
- ^ "Sublime With Rome". Sublime With Rome. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ "Album Review: The Cocky Bitches – Mercy". New Noise Magazine. November 20, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ Pearis, Bill (January 5, 2021). "Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary preps 'Born Stupid' (listen to the title track)". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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- 1957 births
- Rough Trade Records artists
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