Sunday, December 13, 2009

"The Jesus Lizard was one of the best underground rock bands of the 1990's," people have said. I'm sold.

I read this article from Pitchfork about the Jesus Lizard remastered albums from their Steve Albini period (Head, Goat, Liar, and Down) that were released in October and I could not agree more with what that guy wrote.
"The Jesus Lizard was one of the best underground rock bands of the 1990's", he said. This is almost a fact. Actually, it should be written in stone.
I went and purchased the remasters of Goat and Liar because those two albums proved a lot to the underground rock scene, if not music as a whole. The Jesus Lizard had three albums after that, but they couldn't touch the genius of those previous two.
All four individuals in this act – guitarist Duane Denison, drummer Mac McNeilly, bassist David Wm. Sims, and vocalist David Yow – have a talent of their own. But, it's how those individual talents fuse together to make the band what it is.
When you listen to the Jesus Lizard, the first thing you're drawn to is the rhythm section of McNeilly and Sims. It never misses its mark, as if Sims and McNeilly were attatched at the hip of pounding wisdom. However, the lines of Denison's guitar travel through your brain like a snake does through grass. Last, but, certainly not least, is crazy man Yow. The guy covers a vast amount of vocal styles. He's truely entertaining on record and I'm sure even more so in person.
So, while I spin my remastered copies of Goat and Liar, one might think that this listener is totally obsessed. But, who can blame me?
The evidence is easy to hear.

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