Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957),[2] known as Paul Leary, is an American musician and music producer from Austin, Texas, best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the rock band Butthole Surfers.

[1] He is also the producer of a number of songs and albums by other bands, including U2, Sublime, Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, The Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie Walters, Bad Livers, Slightly Stoopid, and The Refreshments.

[4] In 1994, he appeared on the song "Lounge Fly" from the multi-platinum album Purple by Stone Temple Pilots.

Leary appeared on one track on the 1999 John Paul Jones (ex-Led Zeppelin) solo album Zooma.

He formed a new band called The Cocky Bitches[5] (formerly Carny) and in 2014 contributed three songs to the Melvins album Hold It In.