Gibby Haynes

Gibby Haynes is an American musician, painter and author who fronts the band Butthole Surfers. Born and raised in Dallas, he studied accounting and worked as an auditor before leaving that career and starting the group in San Antonio; it became known for its psychedelic music and elaborate stage shows. Haynes played saxophone on several of its albums, including the debut LP Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac, and sang lead on Ministry's Jesus Built My Hotrod. In 1995 he fronted the band P with Johnny Depp, and in 2004 he released a self-titled album with his project Gibby Haynes and His Problem. He produced Varshons, a Lemonheads covers record, in 2009, and appeared in films such as Nowhere (1997) and The Sweet East (2023), playing a friar in the latter. He has also exhibited his watercolors and drawings in Brooklyn.