You can't call the Kinks a punk band because there was NO punk back in '64. But the Kinks definitely help usher in what punk came to be. Think about it. Would you have thought almost 50 years ago, when there was NO amp distortion, to slash your speaker open with a knife, to CREATE distortion?? If that's not punk, I don't know what is. Don't underestimate the Kinks influence on punk; do your homework first. Iggy and the Stooges didn't break out until later.
So, people are calling Yow a poser because he took his shirt off and acted crazy... because Pop did it before? Hmm. I think anyone who plays guitar is a poser because Freddy Fender played guitar a long time ago.
@fairlane9 Yeah, it's funny how much the Jesus Lizard and just about everybody from the 90s borrowed from the Birthday Party. Nick Cave, by the way loved the Stooges...
Jesus Lizard was fucking great, but fans should listen to "Hamlet" by the Birthday Party, and hear the blueprint for "Then Comes Dudley."
Isn't this is an impossibly great song? It's got 4 riffs that just don't belong in rock, played so tight, with so much space, with no sludge. The most elegant hard music IMHO. Does anybody try to cover these songs?
Jesus Lizard is a one of kind situation, not just a band! (subjective, but unfortunately after SHOT they changed their sound to a more pop one so i listen up to that album... still think their sound will never be able to be reproduced or even get close to 'em by any other band!)
Thankfully we still got ATP going on and we got our chances to watch em again!
Considering the Stooges and Jesus Lizard are nowhere near the same genre of music I'd say you're stupid...Not to mention the Stooges basically started punk...What did Jesus Lizard start? Post-rock? Definately not.
Well, if we've sunk to that level, then I'll just call you a bitch and be done with it.
Stooges started punk? Please. If you're talking in musical terms, try the Kinks, circa 1965. If you mean the fashion, try Malcolm McLaren.
And yes, you're right, they're nowhere near the same style of music. The Stooges were a glorified garage band. The Jesus Lizard didn't start anything because there's no one else who can keep up with them. They are their own genre.
Try Mc5 and the stooges definitively had a great impact on punk. It's maybe why Iggy pop is named the Godfather of punk. And the fashion sorry not Malcom but Johnny Rotten he started the fashion with saftypins and torn clothes and what not. Malcom did only run a S&M Clothing line called sex. and anything else they stole from Johnny. And The Jesus Lizard belong to a genre called Noise rock/punk.
@manman246 Incorrect. Jesus Lizard started out as Scratch Acid in 1985, Austin TX. I used to go hear them at the Beach. : ) There's way more commonality than difference between the two bands.
Labels like "post-punk", "noise rock", whatever, are for the aesthetically crippled. They mean nothing to real artists. And these guys are REAL artists. They are technically proficient, they swing, and they do exactly what they want. That is why they transcend genres.
There's so much wrong in your post I can't even stand it.
The Kinks started punk? What, because they played their songs fast? You'd never see any self-mutilation, hurled beer bottles, or anything even remotely exciting at a goddamned Kinks show. As for fashion, who even uses the word fashion when it comes to punk?
Fact is, Iggy made rock n' roll legitimately dangerous. There's a reason forty years later people as diverse as Henry Rollins and Kurt Cobain call them the best.
Fantastic! And to think that Nirvana, bloody Nirvana, shared an E.P. with this unbelievable band. Comparing The Lizard with Nirvana is like comparing sugar with shit!
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CY0PS 1 month ago
You can't call the Kinks a punk band because there was NO punk back in '64. But the Kinks definitely help usher in what punk came to be. Think about it. Would you have thought almost 50 years ago, when there was NO amp distortion, to slash your speaker open with a knife, to CREATE distortion?? If that's not punk, I don't know what is. Don't underestimate the Kinks influence on punk; do your homework first. Iggy and the Stooges didn't break out until later.
NickMotown 2 months ago
Damn I don't think I've ever seen Yow THIS wasted. When was this show?
Notecrusher 2 months ago
This might have been my first Jesus Lizard show. Fuckin A.
blaporte79 3 months ago
At The Vic in Chicago. Yow gave himself a shiner under his left eye with the mic stand within the first few songs.
gdfitz 5 months ago
2:18 coolest security dude ever?
deathkampdrone 9 months ago 2
seriously one of the best songs live I've ever heard
bsm6776 10 months ago
I STARTED PUNK ROCK IN MY BACKYARD IN 1953.
earinsound 10 months ago 2
the sound is good but the singer is totally drunki OMG :/
CrEaMyFr 10 months ago
fairlane is absolutely right on everything except the stooges. I guess I'm a cunt.
creon242 10 months ago
So, people are calling Yow a poser because he took his shirt off and acted crazy... because Pop did it before? Hmm. I think anyone who plays guitar is a poser because Freddy Fender played guitar a long time ago.
burnvictim77 10 months ago
actually, the birthday party (originally the boys next door -1976) birthed scratch acid, the jesus lizard, and even the cocteau twins.
who started punk?
only "fuckin' posers" argue over such nonsense.
by the way, anyone who slams the stooges is a cunt.
fairlane9 11 months ago
actually, the birthday party (originally the boys next door -1976) birthed scratch acid, the jesus lizard, and even the cocteau twins.
who started punk?
only "fuckin' posers" argue over such nonsense.
by the way, anyone who slams the stooges is a cunt.
fairlane9 11 months ago 2
@fairlane9 Yeah, it's funny how much the Jesus Lizard and just about everybody from the 90s borrowed from the Birthday Party. Nick Cave, by the way loved the Stooges...
Jesus Lizard was fucking great, but fans should listen to "Hamlet" by the Birthday Party, and hear the blueprint for "Then Comes Dudley."
swckswck 9 months ago
I love the timing of this tune! It sounds so qweird and is hard to follow! Exciting!
horseglu 1 year ago
@horseglu it's 4/4 bro
bsm6776 10 months ago
after all these people mentioning iggy pop it made me think his mannerisms kind of make me think of a fat iggy pop
mmechill 1 year ago
Isn't this is an impossibly great song? It's got 4 riffs that just don't belong in rock, played so tight, with so much space, with no sludge. The most elegant hard music IMHO. Does anybody try to cover these songs?
clambake444 1 year ago
Jesus Lizard is a one of kind situation, not just a band! (subjective, but unfortunately after SHOT they changed their sound to a more pop one so i listen up to that album... still think their sound will never be able to be reproduced or even get close to 'em by any other band!)
Thankfully we still got ATP going on and we got our chances to watch em again!
Sorry for my not very good english...
JESUS LIZARD!!!!!!!!!!!
ggvsbb 1 year ago
and the drunkest man in the audience is...david yow.
fakelegache 2 years ago 6
@fakelegache Normaly. Which sum bitch bit my ass man!
MrFlatmint 1 year ago
what the fuck
mikey41414141 2 years ago
I hope he found his paddle before midnight.
mudcrap 2 years ago
I hope they start a reunion
TheChrissi85 2 years ago
they are touring this year. i think it's only in europe tho.
almightyseancore 2 years ago
They are in tour in the US. They'll be in Atlanta 11/6. Can't wait!!!!!!!!!
tonijeanb 2 years ago
yow looks wasted!
wordlyfe 2 years ago 2
Fuck yeah! The best live band in the world and I never got to see them. Bummer.
19Skanking82 2 years ago
Pitchfork Music fest in Chicago July 16th!!!! I'll be there will you?! The Lizard RETURNS!
TheRootman 2 years ago
Friday July 17, to be exact. Tortoise, Yo La Tengo on the same bill. Quite a night.
pawnee55 2 years ago
Makes Iggy Pop look like Rick Astley.
Pooklette 3 years ago 29
well iggy was a glam rocker lol
yamagouchy69 3 years ago
Definitely make the Stooges sound like children. These dudes can play.
Beeyatchibus 2 years ago 2
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vortie8 2 years ago
I have, and JL makes them look pathetic.
transewookie 2 years ago
Considering the Stooges and Jesus Lizard are nowhere near the same genre of music I'd say you're stupid...Not to mention the Stooges basically started punk...What did Jesus Lizard start? Post-rock? Definately not.
copingwithdowns 2 years ago
They didn't start anything, but they sure perfected ass-kicking.
transewookie 2 years ago 4
Well, if we've sunk to that level, then I'll just call you a bitch and be done with it.
Stooges started punk? Please. If you're talking in musical terms, try the Kinks, circa 1965. If you mean the fashion, try Malcolm McLaren.
And yes, you're right, they're nowhere near the same style of music. The Stooges were a glorified garage band. The Jesus Lizard didn't start anything because there's no one else who can keep up with them. They are their own genre.
Fuckin' Poser.
Beeyatchibus 2 years ago 14
This comment has received too many negative votes show
If you knew DICK about music you'd know JL are post-punk...Scumsucker
copingwithdowns 2 years ago
Damn, theres a lot of fags on the internet.
gimpimusprime 2 years ago 2
Almost as many fags as there are degenerates
copingwithdowns 2 years ago
whats wrong with fags?
abciance 2 years ago 3
oh, stop it.
almightyseancore 2 years ago
why do u need to label it man?
pukeonmyshoe2130 2 years ago
Lesson Delivered - nice
powersherlock 2 years ago
@Beeyatchibus More like the Who.
DJxLoomis 1 year ago
@Beeyatchibus
Try Mc5 and the stooges definitively had a great impact on punk. It's maybe why Iggy pop is named the Godfather of punk. And the fashion sorry not Malcom but Johnny Rotten he started the fashion with saftypins and torn clothes and what not. Malcom did only run a S&M Clothing line called sex. and anything else they stole from Johnny. And The Jesus Lizard belong to a genre called Noise rock/punk.
Badmongo88 1 year ago
@Beeyatchibus Noise Rock. Albini started the scene with Big Black. U mad bro?
manman246 1 year ago
@manman246 Incorrect. Jesus Lizard started out as Scratch Acid in 1985, Austin TX. I used to go hear them at the Beach. : ) There's way more commonality than difference between the two bands.
Labels like "post-punk", "noise rock", whatever, are for the aesthetically crippled. They mean nothing to real artists. And these guys are REAL artists. They are technically proficient, they swing, and they do exactly what they want. That is why they transcend genres.
Beeyatchibus 1 year ago
@Beeyatchibus
There's so much wrong in your post I can't even stand it.
The Kinks started punk? What, because they played their songs fast? You'd never see any self-mutilation, hurled beer bottles, or anything even remotely exciting at a goddamned Kinks show. As for fashion, who even uses the word fashion when it comes to punk?
Fact is, Iggy made rock n' roll legitimately dangerous. There's a reason forty years later people as diverse as Henry Rollins and Kurt Cobain call them the best.
LubricatedSquirm 1 year ago
David Yow is the best frontman I've ever seen
thelamp33 3 years ago 2
Mingus and Parker fucked for breakfast because jazz is a slut again...
def911 3 years ago
how tight how great.one of the best noiserock bands ever, if noth the best.cheers to all
frankiecarroll 3 years ago
watched this a lot of times now.yows the man!
btw..why comparing them to nirvana, like many people do? nirvana is a lot more regular, lizard is far out. so why
frankiecarroll 3 years ago 2
Man, don't forget the bassist, David sims. This band has some fucking sick basslines.
Even if does use a pick.
caiuscassius 3 years ago
最高だよ。
fronto242 3 years ago
Fantastic! And to think that Nirvana, bloody Nirvana, shared an E.P. with this unbelievable band. Comparing The Lizard with Nirvana is like comparing sugar with shit!
FrankTownsend 3 years ago
I don't really agree with you. I mean, I like the Lizard more, but Nirvana is great too.
But that was really awesome said, it cracked me up.
wordupassholes 3 years ago
Jedva čekam 10.09. da vidim ovog manijaka!
tohellwiththerush 3 years ago
BADASS
lenorecreazil 3 years ago
haha that guy's fucked up
pizza7373 4 years ago
He's bloody pissed isn't he?
rubengiuliani1986 4 years ago
Great video!! Thanks!!
pctm2007 4 years ago
Yes! These videos are back up, thanks man.
SuPerJEwHatEr 4 years ago