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You need some “Rock & Roll in Your Hole,” and you need it now. Thankfully, Bad Boy Butch Batson, a screaming apparition from the mill-villages of Greenville, SC, has exactly the rock and roll for each and every hole on his first new album in 20 years, BRUTE FORCE.

BRUTE FORCE is now available via 24-bit digital download, limited-run vinyl and CD, and streaming on all major platforms.

Meaning the kind of brute force that makes Roky Erickson sound like Steely Dan. The kind of brute force it takes to throw corrosive sleazy rockabilly surf riffs over top of a careening rhythm section and then unleash a devastating, note-perfect 1980s heel wrestling promo over top of it. 

It’s lunacy with a decidedly Southern twang. It’s the devil in a preacher’s skin.

This ain’t rock and roll or punk or even “outsider music.” Bad Boy Butch Batson is lust and sin and tube amp buzz with wide-eyed frenzy in a genre of his own.

Once he’s put that rock and roll in your (ear) holes, it’s over. 

Surrender to the furious stump grinder that is “Bulldog.” 

Take a shower after hearing the lurid single-entendres of “Pussycat.”

Fear for the fate of the “Girls In The Dorm.”

Mourn the loss of a pretty little local news anchor with the piston-pumping “Nan Banks.”

Experience the waking nightmare of drowsy vocals, pleading desperation and found-footage weirdness of “Grace.”

Above all else, listen to some of the most raw, ragged, and raunchy rock and roll you will ever hear, led by a demented man who you cannot take off of your stereo but you don’t want in your house.

BRUTE FORCE is the first time that Bad Boy Butch Batson has appeared in 20 years. BRUTE FORCE began way back in 2009 before the sessions were abandoned for mysterious reasons.  

In late 2023 Butch approached producer Sam Reynolds to request his help in completing his vision of the songs from the abandoned sessions.  Sam agreed. With the original unfinished session recordings in hand, Sam brought in additional instrumentation, polish and production.
So Sam’s the guy to blame.

Even back in the early ‘00s when he released his first two albums, Bad Boy Butch Batson was more myth than man. Crackling, home-recorded tapes of sheer lunacy circulated worldwide among a dedicated underground cult.

Who is this guy? Why does this music sound ancient but modern? Why is he so horny? Is this for real?

And then he was gone, receding into legend and myth.

His absence was (and is) unexplained. His return was never foretold, it was feared. And now he’s back, with BRUTE FORCE, on Bizozzle Records.

You’ll either love Bad Boy Butch Batson’s music or you’ll hate it. But you will damn sure remember it. 

Rejoice, acolytes of the Bad One! BRUTE FORCE, Bad Boy Butch Batson’s first new album in over 20 years is now available for pre-order on the Bizozzle Records website. The album will be released in October 2025, with the specific date to be imminently announced.

Bad Boy Butch has worked with Bizozzle Records to create a limited run of signed and numbered CDs and Vinyl records, of which only 50 of each are available. These are destined to be highly sought-after collector’s items. Order yours now!

BRUTE FORCE is the culmination of over 20 years of effort on the part of Bad Boy Butch and several esteemed musicians from Greenville, South Carolina. Recording began in 2009 at Sit N’ Spin studios with Russ Morin, John Martin, Jim McNeely, and John Ross playing backing tracks. Local legend and veteran producer Sam Reynolds joined Butch in 2024 and enlisted the help of session musician Ed Ray Monsoon to complete the record.

And regarding the music? Listeners will love it, or they will hate it. We guarantee that no one will feel neutrally about the album. This music will change your life, just as Butch’s music has done for all of us time and again.

In 1987 Bad Boy Butch Batson created a film version of Johnny Rivers’ “Poor Side of Town” that was never finalized.

During the production of Butch’s forthcoming album release, “Brute Force”, he asked if I would help edit the raw video footage into a completed work.

Here it is.

In 1987 Butch directed all of the scenes and shots. In 2025 he guided me through his vision during editing.
A version of this song was initially included as one of the tracks on his album “Spare Parts.” The song has been totally remixed and remastered for this video.

Bad Boy Butch Batson’s new release “Brute Force” will be available on vinyl and CD this fall.

— Sam Reynolds

The Bad One is back! Brute Force, Bad Boy Butch Batson’s first new release since 1998, is in the final stages of mixing.

It started in 2009, when Bad Boy Butch recorded the original backing tracks for Brute Force with Russ Morin, John Martin, Jim McNeely, and John Ross at Sit N’ Spin Studios in Greenville, SC. In 2024, Butch enlisted the help of local legend and veteran producer, Sam Reynolds, to take possession of the original tracks to finish the project. Sam brought in multi-instrumentalist Ed Ray Monsoon to supply additional instrumentation, inspiration and fresh arrangements. Throughout the year, Butch, Ed Ray and Sam have been hard at work in Sam’s studio, The Bonus Room, to finally complete this long anticipated album.

Brute Force is coming in 2025! Follow Bad Boy Butch Batson on Facebook to be the first to hear more!