What *Is* Butt Rock?

For reasons I’m not sure I could explain if I tried, I’ve recently found myself thinking a lot about the concept of butt rock, so in order to get it out of my head, I decided to do a deep dive on the history and practice of this oft-maligned genre. What makes something butt rock? What does it mean, and what does it sound like? These are not questions that anyone really needs an answer to, but I’ve decided to answer them anyway. Or at least I’ve decided to try. We’ll see how it goes. Ask us questions for Ghost Notes! Patreon: Merch: Discord: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: Email: 12tonevideos@ Last: Script (with sources): Huge thanks to our Elephant Club members: Susan Jones Jill Jones Duck Howard Levine Brian Etheredge Len Lanphar Ken Arnold Elaine Pratt William (Bill) Boston Warren Huart Kevin Wilamowski Grant Aldonas Chris Prentice Jack Carlson Christopher Lucas Andrew Beals Dov Zazkis Hendrik P Thomas Morley Jacob Helwig Davis Sprague Braum Meakes Kelly Christoffersen Hendrik Stüwe Dan Bonelli Kevin Boyce Donal Botkin Stephen Cook Luke David Bartz Dhruv Monga Ken Jones Obadiah Wright Carlos Rendon Aleksandar Milojković Kylie McInnes Jody Michael Mol PhilRosas Reiji Kobayashi Catherine Berry Neil Moore Kai And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Gabi Ghita, Gene Lushtak, Eugene Bulkin, Owen Campbell-Moore, Logan Jones, Oliver, Anna Work, Adam Neely, Rick Lees, Dave Mayer, CodenaCrow, Arnas, Caroline Simpson, Michael Alan Dorman, Blake Boyd, Charles Gaskell, Ian Seymour, Trevor Sullivan, Tom Evans, JH, David Conrad, Ducky, Todd Davidson, Chris Borland, Jake Lizzio, Elliot Burke, Tim S., Elias Simon, Aaron Epstein, Chris Connett, Jerry D. Brown, Kenneth Kousen, James, h2g2guy, W. Dennis Sorrell, Ohad Lutzky, Peter Leventis, Symmetry, Professor Elliot, James A. Thornton, Andrew Engel, Stefan Strohmaier, Shadow Kat, Adam Wurstmann, Peter Brinkmann, Angela Flierman, Richard T. Anderson, Kevin Johnson, Joshua La Macchia, Rodrigo “rrc2soft“ Roman, Jeremy Zolner, Patrick Callier, Danny, Francois LaPlante, Volker Wegert, Britt Ratliff, Darzzr, Alex Keeny, John Bejarano, naomio, Alex Mole, Gary Butterfield, Steve Brand, Rene Miklas, Betsy, Tonya Custis, Dave Shapiro, Jacopo Cascioli, Red Uncle, Doug Nottingham, Rafael Martinez Salas, Walther, Nicholas Wolf, Graeme Lewis, Jake Sand, Robert Beach, Jason Nebergall, Mathew Wolak, Jim Hayes, S, Lincoln Mendell, Scott Albertine, Sam Rezek, Destros, Lucas Augusto, ZagOnEm, Evan Satinsky, RaptorCat, רועי סיני, Conor Stuart Roe, Jigglypuffer, leftaroundabout ., Jens Schäfer, Mikely Whiplash, Austin Amberg, Francisco Rodrigues, Dragix PL, Michael Tsuk, Kottolett, Dylan Vidas, ThoraSTooth, Brandon Legawiec, Hikaru Katayamma, Rob Hardy, Patrick Chieppe, Eric Stark, David Haughn, Gordon Dell, Brian Miller, Byron DeLaBarre, Matty Crocker, anemamata, Lee-orr Orbach, Eric Plume, Kevin Pierce, Jon Hancock, Bryn Davis, Pamela O’Neill, Jason Peterson, Peggy Youell, EJ Hambleton, Thomas Morgan, Ludwick Kennedy, Jos Mulder, Daryl Banttari, J.T. Vandenbree, Ridley Kemp, Mark James, John Castle, Adam Ziegenhals, Mark, Amelia Lewis, sonicolasj, Wayne Robinson, Gabriel Totusek, Mnemosyne Music, AkselA, Kristofer Hill, William Merryman, Ryan Mayle, Sam Plotkin, David MacDonald, Nellie Speirs Baron, Charles R., Joshua Lewis, Justin St John-Brooks, type inference, Sam, DialMForManning, Wayne Weil, Joseph Satin, Piush Dahal, Matthew Moore, James, David T Peterson, Bryan C. Mills, Andrew Wyld, XCompWiz, JD White, Michael Blaby, Bean, A Devoted Servant, Milan Brezovsky, Edmund Horner, NinoDoko, M. Bock, Daniel Joseph Moynihan, Joe Johnston, Jordan Friendshuh, Josh Witkowski, Rapid Offensive Unit, Graham Orndorff, Hakim C, Claymore Alexander, Dixon Roberts, Jason McPherson, Chris Robson, A.J. Yates, Matt Moulder, Leander Tietjen, gunnito, Alex Tafur, Chris Davis, findRED, Howl’s one-handed, Gary Backaus, Eugen Lounkine, Fernando Gros, Geoffrey Barnett, OVB_2nd, William, Joe Molloy, Daniel Sim, Chris Breault, RoxyPop, David Wagner, Paul Tanenholz, Lev, Julio D, Douglas Anderson, Foreign Man in a Foreign Land, Vigilance Deadname, Liz Webb, Boomer Dell, Justin Zboyovski, Adam Poata-Smith, J.R. Hyde, A, Christopher Beattie, triskadecaepyon, Abie, Charles Jordan, Kelly Walker, William Christie, and Damien Fuller-Sutherland! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold!