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The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas by vocalist David Yow, guitarist Duane Denison and bassist David Wm. Sims. They relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1989, where they found kindred spirits in recording engineer Steve Albini and Touch and Go Records. With the addition of drummer Mac McNeilly, they began performing live and became "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground music, underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial rock, industrial noise." The albums ''Goat (album), Goat'' (1991) and ''Liar (The Jesus Lizard album), Liar'' (1992) have since been recognized as two of the most significant noise rock albums of their decade. Drummer Jim Kimball replaced McNeilly late in 1996, and was himself replaced by Brendan Murphy two years later, with McNeilly returning to drums for their reunion shows years later. Despite re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin, Texas
Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the Metropolitan statistical area, 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the List of United States cities by population, 13th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 in Texas, I-35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground Music
Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, Popular music, mainstream popular music culture. Underground styles lack the commercial success of popular music movements, and may involve the use of avant-garde or abrasive approaches. Underground music may be perceived as expressing sincerity and creative freedom in opposition to those practices deemed formulaic or market-driven. Notions of individuality and non-conformity are also commonly deployed. The term has been applied to artists in styles such as psychedelic music, psychedelia, punk music, punk, alternative rock, electronica, industrial music, and wider strains of experimental music. Overview The term "underground music" has been applied to various artistic movements, for instance the psychedelic music movement of the mid-1960s, but the term has in more recent decades come to be defined by any musicians who tend to avoid the trappings of the mainstream commercial music industry. Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show (The Jesus Lizard Album)
''Show'' is a live album by the Chicago noise rock band the Jesus Lizard. It was recorded at CBGB's in New York City. It was a joint release by Collision Arts and Warner Bros. subsidiary label Giant Records. A video was released for the song "Glamorous" and was featured in an episode of ''Beavis and Butthead'', where the teenage duo liked it. Track listing # "Glamorous" - 3:19 # "Deaf as a Bat" - 1:42 # "Seasick" - 3:14 # "Bloody Mary" - 2:11 # "Mistletoe" - 1:57 # "Nub" - 2:58 # "Elegy" - 4:01 # "Killer McHann" - 2:59 # "Dancing Naked Ladies" - 2:59 # "Fly on the Wall" - 3:00 # "Boilermaker" - 2:15 # " Puss" - 3:08 # "Gladiator" - 3:50 # "Wheelchair Epidemic" - 2:10 ( The Dicks) # "Monkey Trick" - 4:12 References The Jesus Lizard albums 1994 live albums Giant Records (Warner) live albums Albums recorded at CBGB {{1990s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down (The Jesus Lizard Album)
''Down'' is an album by the Chicago band The Jesus Lizard. It was their last album for Touch and Go records and the last to be produced by Steve Albini. The song "Horse" was labeled as "Pony Beat" on set lists for live shows. David Wm. Sims plays an organ on the album version. A video was created for the song "Destroy Before Reading," featuring David Yow as simply a head in a laboratory. The painting on the cover is "Falling Dog" by Malcolm Bucknall, for which Bucknall asked no pay and offers no explanation. Bucknall also did the cover art for the '' Puss/Oh, the Guilt'' split single with Nirvana Nirvana, in the Indian religions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism), is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering ('' duḥkha'') and from the ... and the Jesus Lizard's '' Liar'' album. Track listing Chart performance References External links - Steve Albini discusses g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head (The Jesus Lizard Album)
''Head'' is the debut studio album by the American band the Jesus Lizard. It was released on Touch and Go Records in 1990. It was their first album to feature a drummer, Mac McNeilly. Critical reception ''The Windsor Star'' determined that "the droning vocals and sound effects produce some mesmerizing results." ''Trouser Press'' noted that McNeilly's "self-possessed demeanor is reminiscent of Charlie Watts at his most implacable." Track listing #"One Evening" – 3:01 #"S.D.B.J." – 2:27 #"My Own Urine" – 3:08 #"If You Had Lips" – 3:13 #"7 vs. 8" – 3:35 #"Pastoral" – 3:29 #"Waxeater" – 2:09 #"Good Thing" – 1:44 #"Tight n' Shiny" – 2:11 #"Killer McHann" – 2:16 CD version includes the '' Pure'' EP (1989): #"Blockbuster" – 3:29 #"Bloody Mary" – 1:59 #"Rabid Pigs" – 2:09 #"Starlet" – 2:42 #"Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do") – 3:54 Personnel * David Yow - lead vocals (all but 11) * Duane Denison - guitars * David Wm. Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom 309 (band)
Phantom 309 was an American noise rock band formed in Atlanta by Gary Held, John Forbes and Mac McNeilly. They existed for a brief amount of time and recorded one full-length album, titled '' A Sinister Alphabet'', in 1989. History Phantom 309 was founded in 1988 and issued their debut album, titled '' A Sinister Alphabet'' in 1989 on Tupelo Recording Company. It was produced by Jon Langford, known for his work with Mekons, Three Johns and The Waco Brothers, and featured artwork by renowned illustrator Edward Gorey, who allowed the band access to his work for $400. The group disbanded when Mac McNeilly moved to Chicago to play drums for The Jesus Lizard The Jesus Lizard is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas by vocalist David Yow, guitarist Duane Denison and bassist David Wm. Sims. They relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1989, where they found kindred spirits in ... in 1989. Discography *'' A Sinister Alphabet'' (Tupelo, 1989) Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure (1989 Album)
''Pure'' is the debut EP by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1989. The cover artwork was by bassist David Wm. Sims. This is the only record by the Jesus Lizard recorded with a drum machine. Drummer Mac McNeilly joined the group soon after it was recorded. The song "Blockbuster" was sung by bassist David Wm. Sims and was covered by the Melvins, with David Yow on vocals, on their album '' The Crybaby''. Track listing #"Blockbuster" – 3:30 #"Bloody Mary" – 1:59 #"Rabid Pigs" – 2:09 #"Starlet" – 2:42 #"Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" – 3:52 Personnel ;The Jesus Lizard * Duane Denison - guitar * David Wm. Sims - bass, vocals on "Blockbuster" *David Yow David Lambeth Yow (; born August 2, 1960) is an American musician and actor born in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard. Yow's debut solo album, ''Tonight ... - vocals References 1989 debut EPs The Jesus Lizard albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basiliscus Basiliscus
The common basilisk (''Basiliscus basiliscus'') is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Corytophanidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Central America and South America, where it is found near rivers and streams in rainforests. It is also known as the Jesus Christ lizard, Jesus lizard, South American Jesus lizard, or for its ability to run on the surface of water. Description The common basilisk can be distinguished from similar species within its range by its large size and the high fin-like crest along its back. Most common basilisks are brown and cream in color. Males also have high crests on the head and tail. Both genders are brown to olive, and have a white, cream, or yellow stripe on the upper lip and a second stripe along either side of the body; these stripes have higher contrast in juveniles and fade as the lizards age. Hatchlings weigh a mere and are long. Adults can grow to a total length (including tail) of 76 cm (2.5 feet). Females are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scratch Acid
Scratch Acid was an American post-hardcore/noise rock band from Austin, Texas, formed in 1982. One of the pioneers of noise rock in the 1980s, the band is best remembered as a stepping stone for its frontman David Yow, and bass player David Wm. Sims, both later of the Jesus Lizard. History Scratch Acid was launched in Austin, Texas, in 1982. When they first began, their lineup was Steve Anderson (vocals), David Wm. Sims (guitar), Brett Bradford (guitar), David Yow (bass), and Rey Washam (drums). Anderson was kicked out of the band before they ever recorded an album, prompting Yow to move to vocals and Sims to move to bass. Scratch Acid's first EP was released in 1984, by Texas indie record label Rabid Cat and featured the song "Lay Screaming", a track which vocalist David Yow indicated was "inspired by Marquis de Sade, reading his shit."Gary Davis, "Scratch Acid," ''Flipside,'' whole no. 52 (Spring 1987), pp. 14-15. The band returned to Rabid Cat for their debut alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American Rock music, rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad Channing, before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990. Nirvana's success popularized alternative rock, and they were often referenced as the figurehead band of Generation X. Despite a short mainstream career spanning only three years, their music maintains a popular following and continues to influence modern rock culture. In the late 1980s, Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album, ''Bleach (Nirvana album), Bleach'', for the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. They developed a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. After signing to the major label DGC Records in 1990, Nirvana found unexpected mainstream success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puss/Oh, The Guilt
"Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt" is a split single, released as a double a-side, from the American rock bands the Jesus Lizard and Nirvana, released via Touch and Go Records. Recording and release Background It was released on February 15, 1993, and includes the songs "Puss" by the Jesus Lizard and "Oh, the Guilt" by Nirvana. The cover art for the single is a painting by Malcolm Bucknall called "Old Indian and White Poodle". "Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt" peaked at number 12 on the UK singles chart; it was the Jesus Lizard's only hit single in the UK, and Nirvana's sixth. "Puss" first appeared on the 1992 album '' Liar'' and was recorded by Steve Albini, who would later record Nirvana's third and final album, ''In Utero''. The video for "Puss" showed a man being welded in a chair, so it was banned from some television stations. "Oh, the Guilt" was recorded by Barrett Jones on April 7, 1992 in Seattle, Washington. The song was re-released in 2004 on the Nirvana rarities box set ''With the Lights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liar (The Jesus Lizard Album)
''Liar'' is the third studio album by American alternative rock band The Jesus Lizard, released in 1992 by Touch and Go Records. The album is considered to be among the band's best work: according to Mark Deming of AllMusic, "''Liar'' isn't quite the wildest or weirdest album the Jesus Lizard ever made, but it may well be the strongest, and perhaps the best." The artwork is "Allegory of Death" by painter Malcolm Bucknall, who also provided art for the album '' Down'' and the " Puss/Oh, the Guilt" split single with Nirvana. Critical reception In 2003, ''Liar'' was ranked as the 58th best album of the 1990s by the online music magazine ''Pitchfork A pitchfork or hay fork is an agricultural tool used to pitch loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves. It has a long handle and usually two to five thin tines designed to efficiently move such materials. The term is also applie ...''. Track listing References External linksTouch and Go Records page on the alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
