Drunken Butterfly
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"Drunken Butterfly" is a song by Sonic Youth
, released as the fourth and final single from their 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC
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episode "If I Could Grunt to the Animals."
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, released as the fourth and final single from their 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
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Music video
The video for Drunken Butterfly was directed by Stephen Hellweg, the winner of a 120 Minutes contest for fans to send in videos for any song on Dirty. The video is puppets and dolls made up to look like Sonic Youth performing the song onstage. They also showed clips from fan vids of Swimsuit Issue (a bunch of shirtless men) and Nic Fit (someone running around in a field, then holding up a flaming stuffed animal). This video was featured in The Brothers GruntThe Brothers Grunt
The Brothers Grunt is an animated TV series that aired from August 15, 1994 to February 20, 1995 on MTV. The series was created by Danny Antonucci .-Premise:...
episode "If I Could Grunt to the Animals."