Name: Liar
Brand: The Jesus Lizard

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tg400lp

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-10-05

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Jesus Lizard

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Touch and Go

The Jesus Lizard is an influential band that originated in Texas and later moved to Chicago. Formed by vocalist David Yow and bassist David Wm. Sims, both of whom were previously members of the Austin-based band Scratch Acid. After Scratch Acid disbanded, Yow and Sims joined forces with guitarist Duane Denison (Cargo Cult) to create The Jesus Lizard.

With their unique blend of punk, noise rock, and post-hardcore, The Jesus Lizard quickly gained a reputation for their intense live performances and raw energy. Their music is characterized by Yow's distinctive vocals, Sims' powerful basslines, Denison's intricate guitar work, and a relentless rhythm section.

Throughout their career, The Jesus Lizard released several critically acclaimed albums such as "Goat," "Liar," and "Down." They have influenced numerous bands with their aggressive sound and uncompromising attitude. Despite disbanding in 1999, The Jesus Lizard remains an important figure in alternative rock history.

Touch And Go Records was started in Lansing, Michigan, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson in 1981 as an outgrowth of Touch And Go Zine, a fanzine the duo published. Their intent was to document their local hardcore punk scene.

Necros bassist Corey Rusk hooked up with Tesco to help run the label soon after it started and assumed full control after Vee moved to Washington, DC, in 1983. In 1987, Rusk moved the label to Chicago, Illinois, where the label still resides.

Over the years, Touch And Go has issued records by influential bands like *The Jesus Lizard*, *Slint*, *Shellac*, and *Big Black*. However, in 2008, Rusk announced that the label would be cutting back on its activity and ending its distribution services due to the economic climate of the times.

the jesus lizard's touch and go era albums remastered for 2009 by steve albini and bob weston. the heavyweight virgin lps are packaged in deluxe gatefold album jackets with 12" x24" double sided colour inserts. the vinyl formats include a digital download coupon for the entire lp and the bonus tracks (the bonus tracks themselves do not appear on the vinyl). arguably the greatest underground live band of the 1990s, the jesus lizard displayed all their virtues in perfect form on 'liar'. the album blisters with a musical exactitude that can only come from within in a studio, but the lurching, slightly bluesy underpinnings of the tone make one feel as if they are present for the chaos. the jesus lizard had almost no chance of achieving stardom, but the laundry list of soon-to-be stars that borrowed wholesale from their sound (kurt cobain unabashedly among them) makes clear the sheer impact that 'liar', specifically, and the jesus lizard, in general, had on rock music in the 1990s. imagine the musical equivalent of being scraped across the face with a broken bottle and liking it. such is the jesus lizard's sound. the band's 1991 sophomore album is a study in how musical precision and unhinged aggression took punk to a new level, simultaneously elevating and obliterating all that came before it. the musical trio of duane denison, mac mcneilly, and david simms were capable of switching from one breakneck riff to another ('boilermaker'), while at the same time recognizing the almighty power of an unrelenting groove ('zachariah'). however, all of this near-jazzy musicianship was merely a platform for the demented shrieks of lead singer david yow.

Liar

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