It's 8am in New York, but Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes is already hyper. His Texan gurgle rattles down a crackly phone line, his conversation peppered with guffaws. One of the great American punk showmen, he seeps charisma and charm, with more than a light dusting of insanity. He digresses, tells tall tales, and confides dark secrets. We're meant to be talking about the album he's releasing with his new band, His Problem. Instead, we get onto the subject of pyromania.

*So can you give me some tips for creating a good onstage fire?

Just use alcohol and you can set anything on fire.