Wot, no Jesus Lizard thread?

jesus jones? hehe.

anyways, saw once and it was great. i think they were banned from playing seattle later on

I wish I had seen Fishwife (from San Diego). I heard Ryan was the only man who could possibly top Yow.

Yow is quite unique vocalist, to say the least.

I've said it before on another thread, but Duane Denison is very underrated as a guitarist. He has such a developed technique and uses it with such great effeciency. The guy flat out knows his chords.

I don't know about Zep as that is bedrock with me, but I like the Jesus Lizard quite a bit more than The Birthday Party.

YES! i only saw them once, but was impressed that yow was passed almost to the back corner of the club

Sick and wrong.

Ha ha! A lot of people on this thread have seen this man's penis.

And yes, Liar is great, which is probably why Down seemed comparatively lackluster.

you break my AAARRRMMM!!

actually, whenever i see SoBe bottles i think of the Jesus Lizard. does anyone actually need bottled Yow Juice, though? eep.

i've been listening to the jesus lizard every day this week

'monkey trick' is such a thumper of a song. builds up to a massive, terrifying climax without you even realising it, then the last 40 seconds or so is sonic bliss for the initiated.

i love the way the band has recurring, hook-based riffs in their songs. adds dimension and focus to the vocal carnage and waywardness. fuckin tight rhythm section too.

I'm still in complete awe of the way Gladiator pumps and pumps and explodes and still keeps pumping. Check out the live version at around 4:33 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fhrowy4YbQ

lol penis

David now does grafix designs in Los Angeles?

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147768-the-jesus-lizard-reunite

Cool, very keen to go to ATP next year now!

Wow. Dunno how they'll keep it together... but wow. My heart sank when I saw the UK date, but I'm in Chicago. The gigs got so big here that I'd go out of town to see to see them, but...

Touch and Go email listserv message says they will end tour for final show in Chicago. Good - I'll get a chance to hear some reviews first to see if it's worth going to - because the 91 version of Jesus Lizard that I saw at Lounge Ax blew my mind and will forever remain in my top 3 of live shows.

Also - I had heard that the only reason that this did not happen for the Touch and Go 25th is that Mac McNeilly had disappeared and would not return contact about the reunion idea ... all heresay of course ...

I wonder if they will make the rounds of US ATP

london show going on sale on monday, plus more dates being announced soon
v. excited

It would have been too overwhelming to have both them and Scratch Acid at the T&G 25th. Glad they're finally doing it though.

So there's a new singles comp coming out called Inch - what's the point in this exactly? All the tracks were on Bang, why not just repress that? The new comp is missing the unreleased tracks from Bang.

Looking forward to the London gig tho

It was released on vinyl only for Record Store Day, limited to 2000 copies and only for sale in independent stores in the USA. Precursor to the rest of the remastered (by someone from Shellac that isn't Albini I believe) reissues that will be out from September.

Ah right, didn't know it was a limited thing. Was Bang released on vinyl? I have it on CD.

some type of way

new album Rack out on Sept. 13

wooo!

https://tjl.lnk.to/Rack

touring, too

https://ipecac.com/tours/

new track is okay, I’m just bummed they’re not coming to Toronto :(

xp oh wow Brighton date

$40 for the DC show

Nothing really in the Midwest, guessing they'll probably end up at Riot Fest given that late September gap and other festival appearances around the same time. Meh, I'd rather see them at their own show.

good one for the 'reunions you don't care about' thread imo

The new song sounds like the Offspring to me.

It sounds pretty good and I kinda get the reference on the Offspring on that guitar lick, but it has a bit more devils note tritones than their riff.

So, uh, who produced this?

Paul Allen.

https://ipecac.com/artists/the-jesus-lizard

tracklist:

01. Hide & Seek
02. Armistice Day
03. Grind
04. What If?
05. Lord Godiva
06. Alexis Feels Sick
07. Falling Down
08. Dunning Kruger
09. Moto(R)
10. Is That Your Hand?
11. Swan The Dog

New single is kinda basic. I mean Duane Denison can do much better. Or could..

so boring... it is kinda disturbing to be honest! sounds like a 'dudes playing in the weekend in a NBC sitcom' type of band

Well, they didn't make a decent album since the 90's so no surprises there

They haven't made any albums since the 90s, the new single doesn't make much of an impression but I'd be curious to hear the full-length

Of the two post T&G records, I have a soft spot for Shot, Blue I didn't like at the time and can't remember the last time I listened to it

One thing about the new record, that list of song titles is EXTREMELY Jesus Lizard-y, like I can't believe they don't already have a song called "Dunning Kruger"

I can't believe there isn't a guy in the band named Dunning Kruger

Yeah i meant since Liar area
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Nothing really in the Midwest, guessing they'll probably end up at Riot Fest given that late September gap and other festival appearances around the same time. Meh, I'd rather see them at their own show.

I saw them at Riot Fest (Chicago) in 2018 which I think was the last time they did it, and for whatever reason, Yow got really annoyed at everyone and told the crowd it would be the last time they'd ever do a festival, period. I see he's doing the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC this fall so I guess he was just speaking in the moment. (Or he changed his mind.)

They’re also playing two other festivals in September so I’m guessing $$$$ helped him get over the annoyance.

I'll never forget seeing them do a record release gig at CBGB in the mid 90s. At one point Yow started flinging copies of the vinyl record into the crowd and one zipped past me, nicking the side of my neck. Dangerous cat that Yow.

I once saw them on a double bill with Boss Hog, Christina was dressed in a very tight and very short dress, showing her see-through red underwear, and cowboy boots. the Jesus Lizard came up afterwards, and David was wearing christina's outfit, with everything hanging out. At one point he pointed at me and said "stop looking at my balls, you faggot!" excellent show, complete adrenaline rush

I like the song

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They’re an interesting band in that while I managed to see them twice in the 1990s - absolutely killed it both times - Liar is the only record of theirs that clicked for me. Otherwise it was a track here, a track there - “Mailman” on Shot is a good example.

Which is to say that while I'm happy for them that they’re doing a new album/tour, I’m keeping my expectations measured.

I listened to the song again last night and on second time through I thought it sounded pretty good, I don't have great expectations for the record but I would love to see them again, maybe 2025 they will schedule some Midwest US dates but they also avoided Mpls on their last reunion run (despite rumors that a First Ave date was more or less confirmed)

Saw them twice during the last reunion run. No reason to believe this time will be any less good, having seen the Yow/Flipper show in the meantime to confirm he's still got that unhinged tendency.

I saw the last reunion and it was fantastic. Haven’t listened to the new song but I am coincidentally re-listening to all their old stuff (thinking about the Albini poll that’s running right now)