The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard
Formed: 1987 in Chicago, IL
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Disbanded: Jul, 1999
Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Metal, Noise-Rock, American Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock
Group Members: Duane Denison, Jim Kimball, Mac McNeilly, David Wm. Sims, David Yow
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 ...Read full biography
Goat
Released: 1991
Label: Touch and Go
Critics' Rating:
The Jesus Lizard's second album followed in the vein of the first with little immediate variation: loud, excellently produced by Steve Albini, plenty of space in the recording to emphasize the sheer force ...Read full review
Liar
Released: 1992
Label: Touch and Go
Critics' Rating:
From the first few seconds, in which "Boilermaker" leaps out of the speakers like a crank-addled mugger armed with a tire iron, Liar captures the Jesus Lizard in gloriously manic and muscular form, and ...Read full review
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