The Jesus Lizard Mouth Breather live 4-29-1991 DC

[LeaveDenbyAlone]

6 people are mouth breathers, and I don't like them just fine.

[PieceofMindmusic]

Don't get me wrong we've been friends for a long time I still like him and that kinda shit

BUT HE'S A GODDAMN MOUTH BREATHER.

[sharpsuddenpain]

REAL PUNK! yes

[stbaptiste78]

I've seen Jesus Lizard twice and got kicked in the head twice by Yow's cowboy boots. LOL. Lets see what happens at Scratch Acid Toronto Nov 11!!!! 3rd times the charm? \m/

[SuperSpanishChicken]

@stbaptiste78 Pow in the bush, yeah right in the kisser!

[bewilderedtube]

Bands like Jesus Lizard are monumental. They can never be replicated or more intense. You have to learn to bake biscuits before break bread.

[LaNoire27]

Spiritual heir to the Igster

[almightyseancore]

duane makes my dick hard. and i aint gay.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@almightyseancore You and everyone else who appreciates the man. Duane Denison: Hardener of Straight Guys Cocks.

[Brephos]

Really well done video of one of the most helluva awesome kickya in the teeth bands ever; kudos.

[wildmanchris200]

Some fuckhead named Kang Leroy told this motherfucker to go take a bath...

Kang fucking Leroy only fucking goddamn WISHES he had this much fucknig goddamned vitality in his acerage piss-poor shitfucking godfucking goddamn motherfucking life, goddammit!

[stooges666]

mr yow's poor poor liver..

[delhomewrecker]

What is that guitar Duane's hacking away at? Ugly as, but sounding hot.

[fruitbatrepublic]

@delhomewrecker travis bean tb1000

[DerekMcA]

Love the pause and awkward clap at 1:40

[KillThroatEngine]

Holy fuck. Love the aggression.

[Rankmoistmeat]

Duane Denison was one of the best guitarists of the 90s and probably now too....

[evanisgay11]

Aww man I remember seeing these dudes live and David beat the shit out of some asshole who kept fucking with him. He like jumped into the crowd and started beating the shit out of him with the Mic. It was fucking awesome.

[prgvidiot]

Not to sound cliche, but this band is yet another reason why I can't handle a lot of current alternative music, JLiz just takes a massive dump on their asses

[SpasmOfJoy]

David makes me want to get so wasted that I forget my own lyrics and hust make shit up.

[cshaw419]

this is by far the best performance of this song on youtube

[HeartBrokeDownBlue]

one of the best bands in history. For subject matter, expression, (both very avant garde) the rhythm section solid agnst like an earthquake and the inventiveness of the guitarist (very unique he is, sounds like he was inspired by all sorts things) I LOVE ESPECIALLY THEIR GOAT LP! long live JESUS LIZARD

[neverbeabletoremembe]

doesn't get any better

[Bolation]

the green travis is bitchin'.

[slumberjammer]

"don't get me wrong he's a nice guy, I like him just fine, but he is a mouth breather !"

[Epsilon15]

This kinda reminds me of Toxicity by System of a Down.

[tukashahidi]

love it

[aviruscarrier]

i breath through my nose...

[outoftouch2]

can't get more avant garde than this

[MorganKai]

mother fucker, great

[thevoidinclusive]

"fuck"

[gothos1000]

i can see why Page Hamilton was into these guys

[pukeonmyshoe2130]

haha fuckyess! i love this shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JustOneMeatPuppet]

I wish I wasn't such a god-damn mouth-breather....

[satanicalrambunction]

i honestly think jesus lizard might have been the best rock group ever

[InnerCities]

This is tasty! I may be a bit late, but i think i've been converted :D

[ConanTroutmann]

Don't get me wrong,he's a nice guy, i like him just fine.....This is a job for a stoopid man!!!!!!

[cheetah7769]

fucking big MAC attack!

[davidoffski]

and that all in just two minutes, wonderful

[PlazaMoon]

fucking great!!!!!!!!!!

[sonictrasher]

David Yow sings like a fucking possesed priest or something. Genius!

[thatiamdisco]

This band kicks ass!

[aravonniv]

Never mind. Now I see it was DC Space.

[aravonniv]

Where in DC did this show happen?

[twistswitch]

Duane Denison's guitar tone and style is so distiguishing. I can;t figure out what it must be, but he sounds the same in all the projects hes played with, immediately identifiable. Guess it must be in his hands, as they say.

[665nxtdoortothedevil]

It's the Travis Bean and i heard he used/uses a PA amp as a guitar amp.....

[luckyphilster]

hey, notice david looks like he's goin bald here in '91?.... he's got the exact same hair line now! fuckn freak

[illphilwolny]

"I feel like all bands could be better if the sense of competition was stronger. Imagine if they saw the Jesus Lizard as many times as I did. What if you were playing with the Jesus Lizard? That band was fucking good live! If you don't like that macho 90s Chicago rock style, fine. But a band like that live, you really had to go sit and look in the mirror backstage. You had to ask yourself if you were willing to go where David Yow was willing to go."

[trammeus01]

Who said that?

[NekoLGirl]

david does damage

[dakiing44]

david yow is the greatest front man of all time.

[frytechnician]

You're making a big statement.....

.... but goddamn you're right.

[stickonfool]

Let this be a lesson to you "new bands" that are expecting instant success on myspace and youtube. This is one of the greatest bands of all time and this video only has 20k hits. Do it because you love it not for what it can bring you if you are beyond lucky.

[keeelane]

@stickonfool you are not a tribal elder

[conspirator9]

LONG LIVE THE JESUS LIZARD!

[Kaizen666]

LOL, wut?

[pugghead]

this is shit hot performance

[1dotonly]

Quite possibly my favorite song ever, with my favorite riff ever.

[adellutri]

Yeah that's a riff that keeps on giving.

[jjdeiso]

Denison's tone through his aluminum Travis Bean guitar is just sick.

[rendering7t9]

I don't exactly play the same style on guitar. But listening to bands like Public Image Limited, Jesus Lizard, Shellac,The Oxes and others made me really want that sound of aluminum neck guitars. So I got myself a KRAMER DMZ-2000, was made in 1979 and it just rips!

[metalcore929]

yow is a fucing lunatic.

[lyeball]

Just listen to Yow - he clearly says mouthbreather

[arabocrygor]

you made a mistake in the title

[BongHitBrian]

what are you talking about?

[arabocrygor]

on goat the track is named "mouth breaker" not "mouth breather"

[BongHitBrian]

maybe in france, but not on my LP

[pageseventyfive]

Haha what is that guy talking about?

[metalcore929]

no, it's named mouth breather.

[goc1973]

"He's a nice guy, I like him just fine, but he's a mouth breaker." Yeah, that makes sense.

[o0ZporK0o]

@arabocrygor no its not... its named mouth breather.... mouth breather is in the lyrics

[roehee1234]

@arabocrygor man go to there myspace page the quote is "i like him just fine but im a mouth breatherr or whatever he says in the song FAN FAIL on yrou part

[easytoremember246]

@arabocrygor no nigga!

[veganshits]

"fuck"

[rabbitsmash]

Great camera work. Really captures the intensity of being in front of a Lizard show as I remember it.

[PhillipFlan2008]

david yow is the iggy pop of the 1990's

[maratsbathing]

iggy pop is the david yow of the 1970's

[swampdaddy]

Duane Dennison is a freakin' monster!

[stuckinthepark]

No doubt. The Mighty Lizard were truly GREAT !!!

[cshaw419]

who cares what the fuck yow looks like these guys will rock the fuck out of any venue they show up at. i know ill pay my money. (even if yow has an iron lung ill come and watch!)

[hideousreplica]

THey put on the best live show I've seen, CBGB in 91 or so. Some fat kid ran up on stage and grabbed Yow and dove onto the floor with him, the whole band stopped and kicked his ass all the way out of the club. I stood inside the PA speaker to the right of the stage and got my mind blown.

[oscll8or]

I've seen these guys easily 4 or 5 times and to all you folks who think a reuniting is a blatant money grab don't know shit. Now that Mac's kid is old enough for him to get out of the house more they are obviously jonesing.

They're just fucking bored! Do you honestly think that System of a Down is making any of these guys cum their pants? I'll be at the show in Chicago 'o9 and will have an iron lung for Yow if he needs it. These guys are a rock band and will do as advertised.

[devonjenkins]

WORD.

[MrAlQ]

one of the best live bands of the past 20 years

[Israe5l]

they should have showed the bass player too.

[gibby660]

They are reuniting for a tour next year!!!! Absolute best show I have ever been to, so much energy. Can't wait to see em again.

[LittleRedMenace]

OK - but what about Yow being shirtless? I mean, he only barely got away with that 15 years ago. :)

I'd be happy if the prospect didn't concern me a little. I mean - bands reuniting? Come on. I learned the hard way from the Pixies tour (good, but smelled of fast money and not the same as before).

[gibby660]

Sadly the only time I saw the Pixies was on the reunion tour, still loved it, but I'm sure it wasn't the same.

Yow can be naked as far as I'm concerned as long as they can produce the same raw power they did before.

[redshaftedflicker]

Finesse and brutality is a dangerous thing isn't it?

[zarn02]

the entire album this comes from makes me want to do terrible things. i listen to it, and all the sudden i want to get drunk, throw bottles, break stuff, and get into fights. :)

[sarrie31]

yeah totally. i hear ya on that.

[musherX]

It makes me really happy.

[djscrumpit]

@zarn02 dude. best comment ever. hahaha i could not have said it better! that is what every jesus lizard album makes me feel like hahaha but im not ashamed!

[swiftbanderilla]

@zarn02 OK, hilarious. That is exactly how I describe them. When I used to go see them live, I was likely to get into all kinds of trouble after. Female version.

[slintrodan]

Thanks for posting this. Better than most of the Lizard clips since this is from '91, around the best period for this band.

[wilburh2m]

I wondered how the guitar lick was played. What kind of guitar is that? Albini and his bass player in Shellac use those.

[Twoscreamsilence]

the guitar is a travis bean. i forgot what model. albini mainly uses electrical guitar company now though.

[ManuelHung]

he uses travis beans, too... just a different model

[liketanyanot]

Don't get me wrong, I like him just fine, he's a pretty nice guy-- BUT HE'S A MOUTH BREATHER

lololol

thanks for posting so much, best band live ever ever ever one of my treasured memories is seeing them in Pittsburgh in 1991 oh dear lord I love this band so very very much

[RichRobinson]

...but he's a goddamn mouth breather!

I'd give this 100 stars if i could. Wished I witnessed this band for real.

[CocoaShunter]

David Yow, hahaahahahah what a fuckin guy

[xTheOxx]

Excellent footage! Thank you!

[sectsession]

F**king awesome!

Precious footage, really enjoyed it and brought back loads of memories!

Cheers fella!