The Jesus Lizard
Yow is up there shirtless, drenched in sweat, crawling across the crowd like some kind of feral animal while Denison plays these razor-sharp guitar lines and Sims' bass sounds like a cement mixer full of gravel. The most dangerous live band of the decade, no contest. Albini recorded Goat, Liar, and Down and they're all stone cold killers. If you saw them live and survived you know the deal. If you didn't, sorry.
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The wildest frontman in noise rock. Scratch Acid, Jesus Lizard, and a thousand nights of shirtless crowd-surfing mayhem. Goes from a croon to a howl to a full-body convulsion in about three seconds. If you stood in the front row you got Yow in your lap whether you wanted it or not.
Jesus Lizard's guitar man. While Yow is up there losing his mind, Denison is playing these razor-sharp angular lines with jazz precision. The calm in the storm. The clinical edge that makes the chaos actually WORK.
Three of the heaviest bands in noise rock and Sims was the bass player in ALL of them. Scratch Acid, Rapeman, Jesus Lizard. His tone sounds like a bulldozer with a distortion pedal. Grinding, relentless, absolutely crucial.
Took over the Jesus Lizard drum throne in 1990 and locked that rhythm section down TIGHT. The powerhouse that kept the whole operation from flying completely off the rails.
