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The Jesus Lizard

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The Jesus Lizard is an American rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas and based in Chicago, Illinois. [1]

82 relations: All Tomorrow's Parties (festival), Alternative rock, Andy Gill, Austin, Texas, Bang (The Jesus Lizard album), Blue (The Jesus Lizard album), Bob Weston, Campus radio, Capitol Records, Chicago, Clerks, Common basilisk, Couplet, David Wm. Sims, David Yow, Down (The Jesus Lizard album), Duane Denison, Duct tape, Emo's, Exclaim!, Gang of Four (band), Garth Richardson, Glossolalia, Goat (album), Hank Williams III, Head (The Jesus Lizard album), Illinois, Industrial rock, Jetset Records, Jim Kimball, Jim O'Rourke (musician), John Cale, Joyful Noise Recordings, Kidnapping, Lash (album), Legendary Shack Shakers, Liar (The Jesus Lizard album), Lollapalooza, Los Angeles, Mac McNeilly, Melvins, Michael Azerrad, Mike Patton, Ministry (band), Mouth Breather, Mule (band), New York City, Nirvana (band), Noise rock, Our Band Could Be Your Life, ..., P.W. Long, Paul Barker, Phantom 309 (band), Pitchfork Music Festival, Post-hardcore, Preacher, Pure (The Jesus Lizard album), Puss/Oh, the Guilt, Qui (band), Rapeman, Rey Washam, Rhythm section, Rock music, Scratch Acid, Shot (album), Show (The Jesus Lizard album), Steve Albini, Stoner Witch, Sweden, The Denison/Kimball Trio, The Jesus Lizard (EP), Tomahawk (band), Tonight You Look Like a Spider, Top Heatseekers, Touch and Go Records, U.S.S.A., UK Singles Chart, Umeå, Umeå Open, Underground music, Unfact, Wesley Willis Fiasco. Expand index (32 more) »

All Tomorrow's Parties (festival)

All Tomorrow's Parties was an organisation based in London that promoted music festivals, concerts and records throughout the world for over ten years.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Andy Gill

Andrew James Dalrymple "Andy" Gill (born 1 January 1956) is a founding member and guitarist for the English rock group Gang of Four.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Bang (The Jesus Lizard album)

Bang is a compilation album by The Jesus Lizard, containing tracks previously released on EPs and singles.

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Blue (The Jesus Lizard album)

Blue is the sixth and final full-length album by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1998.

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Bob Weston

Bob Weston (born 1965) is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer.

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Campus radio

Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Clerks

Clerks is a 1994 American independent black-and-white comedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Kevin Smith.

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Common basilisk

The common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae.

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Couplet

A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry.

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David Wm. Sims

David William Sims (born September 17, 1963 in Austin, Texas) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the bands Scratch Acid (with whom he initially played guitar), Rapeman, and The Jesus Lizard.

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David Yow

David Yow (born August 2, 1960) is an American musician and actor born in Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard.

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Down (The Jesus Lizard album)

Down is an album by the Chicago band The Jesus Lizard.

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Duane Denison

Duane Denison (born January 21, 1959) is an American guitarist best known for work with the avant-garde, influential rock band The Jesus Lizard.

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Duct tape

Duct tape, also referred to as duck tape, is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape, often coated with polyethylene.

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Emo's

Emo's, formerly known as The Back Room, is a music and event venue located in Austin, Texas.

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Exclaim!

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists.

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Gang of Four (band)

Gang of Four are an English post-punk group, formed in 1977 in Leeds.

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Garth Richardson

Garth "GGGarth" Richardson is a Canadian music producer and engineer.

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Glossolalia

Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is a phenomenon in which people appear to speak in languages unknown to them.

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Goat (album)

Goat is the second full-length studio album by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1991.

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Hank Williams III

Shelton Hank Williams (born December 12, 1972), known as Hank Williams III and Hank 3, is an American musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist.

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Head (The Jesus Lizard album)

Head is the first full album by The Jesus Lizard.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and rock music.

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Jetset Records

Jetset Records was a New York-based indie rock record label.

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Jim Kimball

Jim Kimball is an American punk drummer.

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Jim O'Rourke (musician)

Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician and record producer.

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John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground.

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Joyful Noise Recordings

Joyful Noise Recordings is an independent record label from Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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Lash (album)

Lash is the second EP from The Jesus Lizard.

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Legendary Shack Shakers

The Legendary Shack Shakers (originally Those or Th') are an American rockabilly/blues band that formed in Paducah, Kentucky, United States, in the mid-1990s.

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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.

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Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and electronic music bands and artists, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mac McNeilly

Mac McNeilly is an American musician, best known as the drummer for The Jesus Lizard.

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Melvins

The Melvins are an American rock band that formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington.

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Michael Azerrad

Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician.

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Mike Patton

Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and film composer, best known as the lead singer of the alternative metal band Faith No More.

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Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in 1981 by Al Jourgensen in Chicago, Illinois.

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Mouth Breather

"Mouth Breather" is a 1990 song by the band The Jesus Lizard, from the album Goat.

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Mule (band)

Mule was an American punk blues band from Michigan, active in the early 1990s.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band formed by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.

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Noise rock

Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a diverse style of experimental rock employing noise music elements, which spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.

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Our Band Could Be Your Life

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad.

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P.W. Long

Preston Wright Long III (aka Preston Cleveland) is an American musician, journalist and documentary filmmaker.

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Paul Barker

Paul Gordon Barker (born February 8, 1959), also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer of the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2003.

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Phantom 309 (band)

Phantom 309 was a noise rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia by Gary Held, John Forbes and Mac McNeilly.

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Pitchfork Music Festival

The Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual summer music festival organized by Pitchfork Media and held in Union Park in Chicago, IL.

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Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock.

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Preacher

A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people.

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Pure (The Jesus Lizard album)

Pure is the debut EP by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1989.

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Puss/Oh, the Guilt

"Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt" is a split single from the American alternative rock bands The Jesus Lizard and Nirvana, released on Touch and Go Records.

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Qui (band)

Qui (pronounced as "Kwee") are a rock group formed in 2000 in Los Angeles by Paul Christensen (drums/vocals) and Matt Cronk (guitar/vocals).

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Rapeman

Rapeman was an American noise rock band founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989.

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Rey Washam

Rey Washam (born Reynolds Washam, March 14, 1961, in Austin, Texas) is a drummer who has been performing for more than 35 years.

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Rhythm section

A rhythm section (also called a backup band) is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band who provide the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, providing a rhythmic and harmonic reference and "beat" for the rest of the band.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Scratch Acid

Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas noise rock group formed in 1982.

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Shot (album)

Shot is an album by the band The Jesus Lizard, its first release on Capitol Records.

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Show (The Jesus Lizard album)

Show is a live album by the Chicago noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.

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Steve Albini

Steven Albini (pronounced; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist.

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Stoner Witch

Stoner Witch is the seventh studio album by Melvins, which was released in 1994 through Atlantic Records.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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The Denison/Kimball Trio

The Denison/Kimball Trio (sometimes known as DK3) were a musical duo consisting of guitarist Duane Denison and drummer Jim Kimball.

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The Jesus Lizard (EP)

The Jesus Lizard is the third EP by The Jesus Lizard.

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Tomahawk (band)

Tomahawk is an American rock supergroup.

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Tonight You Look Like a Spider

Tonight You Look Like a Spider is the debut album of David Yow, released on June 25, 2013 by Joyful Noise Recordings.

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Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine.

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Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois.

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U.S.S.A.

U.S.S.A. are a rock band formed by bassist Paul Barker and guitarist Duane Denison.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Umeå

Umeå (South Westrobothnian; Uumaja, Ume Sami: Ubmeje, Upmeje, Ubmi) is a city in north east Sweden.

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Umeå Open

Umeå Open is an annual music festival taking place in Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden at the end of March.

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Underground music

Underground music comprises musical genres beyond mainstream culture.

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Unfact

Unfact (generally stylized as unFact) is the experimental solo bass project of David Wm. Sims, best known as the bassist of the American rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard.

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Wesley Willis Fiasco

The Wesley Willis Fiasco was an American punk rock band based in Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesus_Lizard

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