Listening to the Jesus Lizard has warped me

Posted by Daniel Stout on Tue 1 Jan 2008 at 8:48 PM

Sometime this past summer I picked up a couple of records by a ’90s band known as The Jesus Lizard. And ever since that point, I’ve been listening to The Jesus Lizard incessantly. They’re great. It’s tight, guitar-driven rock with a significant bent towards the alternative side of the spectrum.

A couple of their best albums have been re-issued on vinyl. Circuit City surprisingly has a huge selection of vinyl that includes The Jesus Lizard’s Liar and Down, for $9.99 each on vinyl LP.

But listening to all this great hard-driving music from the Jesus Lizard has warped my perspective. As I look over the last six months of listening, I’ve seen some bands rise up in my listening repertoire. I can see clearly, looking back, that I’ve been listening to a whole lot more Big Black, Cop Shoot Cop, and oddly, Queens of the Stone Age. These bands seem to compliment the Jesus Lizard, and if you like their sound, you might like these other bands.

Tags: big black · cop shoot cop · queens of the stone age · the jesus lizard

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