Weird Revolution is an odd pastiche of styles, as abrasive and energetic as the Surfers' early indie work and as beat-happy and constructed as its major-label albums. It offers plenty of the band's demented atmosphere, from the "Major Tom"-like "The Last Astronaut" to the Falco tribute "Jet Fighter," and Haynes's full-scale psychotic breakdown, "Shit Like That." The title track, based on the speeches of Malcolm X, is the national anthem for a country that lets its freak flag fly, a call to arms for anyone who's an outsider. The Butthole Surfers have never compromised at any level -- not in the live presentation of their early work nor in their involvement with major-label corporate machinery. While Weird Revolution doesn't break any new ground for the band, it shows that the Surfers still inhabit a twisted, cool universe of their own design that, thankfully, intersects with ours.