The Jesus Lizard
Biography
Willfully abrasive and atonal, the Jesus Lizard emerged in the early '90s as a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground. During the first part of the decade, the band turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial noise, all of which received positive reviews in underground music publications and heavy college-radio play. By the mid-'90s, the group's following had grown large enough to convince a major label, Capitol Records, to sign the band.
The Jesus Lizard was formed by Duane Denison (guitar), David Yow (vocals), and David Sims (bass), the latter two being former members of the Austin-based post-hardcore noise group Scratch Acid. After Scratch Acid disbanded, Sims joined Rapeman, an abrasive indie rock group led by Steve Albini. The recording and performing schedule of Rapeman was rather erratic, so Sims formed the Jesus Lizard with Yow and Denison in 1987. Originally, the group performed with a drum machine, much like Albini's previous band, Big Black. Albini produced the group's debut EP, Pure, which was released on Touch & Go in 1989; the producer would work on every Jesus Lizard release on Touch & Go.
Selected Discography
Ok ok ok. Just mentioning Steel Pole means all is forgiven. Same with Cows.
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Well Bromide, I guess "over-hyped" is the wrong word...I should have said that most of my friends proclaimed these guys to be the greatest thing since canned cheese, I just didn't see it that way...and I am not saying that I don't like these guys, because I do....to answer you're question, I was more into Steele Pole, the Cows and Painkiller during that time period...alt h o u g h I dated a chick then who thought Evan Dando from the Lemonheads was "super hot"...but so was she, so I put up with it...
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So glad they're back together! Seeing them in October if at all possible.
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This band was never "over-hyped" . What were you listening to instead of this band? The Lemonheads or Stone Temple Piolts?
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I saw these guys live twice, they were absolutely insane. Awesome performers.
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I always thought this band was a little over-hyped, but fun live..saw them a few times in the early ninties...re c e n t l y saw Yows band "QUI"...they were pretty good, but played too long..they opened for the Heroine Sheiks at Spaceland... t h e Sheiks were great, though...wis h they had some of their stuff on here...
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I used to go to the "old" 9:30 club. I guess I can hang out with all the cool kids on Pandora now.
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KillerDude -- yup, I saw Yow naked onstage. I didn't want to... but I did. Ahahaha. This was at the 9:30 Club (the old one) in D.C. I'll skip the details, but the naughtie parts were not visible.
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yow got naked a lot, small clubs usually didnt have much of a police presence, and nobody was calling the cops unless someone f**king died or something. the drummer for the afghan whigs got naked a lot too, there are a LOT of bands that were somewhat known for their....nak e d n e s s .
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come on you smucks your not listening to the mentors grab you r bus ticket to pretending . there awsome butttttt/ forget about it those days will be missed
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My Pastor once found a copy of a Jesus Lizard album on the bus while we were on retreat. He said, "I'm glad you're listening to religious music now."
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Never got to see The Jesus Lizard live. I had friends in Portland Oregon that turned me onto them in the early nineties. Being from the Bay Area I had never heard of them. Now that I live in Austin I found out they are from around here. If anyone is interested check out David Yows other bands the pre Lizard group Scratch Acid and the post Lizard and current band Qui.
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David Yow got naked at every show i attended, pretty crazy live band
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As a first year law student, this band's sound pretty well captures my whole experience thus far. Minus the f**king.
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the jesus lizard may be the best, and most unerapriciat e d band to come out of the late 80's early 90's era. i had the privlage to see them in a tiny club out in phoenix around 97' and i swear to god it was one of the best shows ive ever seen (despite almost getting busted for smokin'). i put these guys up there with the led zepplins and kyuss' (or queens of the stone age as you might know them) of the music world...GOAT is a good album to start with if you've never listened before.
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