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June 23, 1998

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June 23, 1998

Jesus Lizard Win Texas Shootout

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June 4, 1998

Jesus Lizard's Yow Getting Ready For A Showdown

going to court
May 5, 1998

Blue In The face

Jesus Lizard's David Yow spoons out the goods on new record

Recordings and Reviews

Blue

I think I can Learn," snarls David Yow on "I Can Learn," before worrying, "but I am not that sure." He can't. Since 1989, the Jesus Lizard, using jazz chord progressions, quick changes and clever riffs, have mixed deft playing with the filth in Yow's imagination. On Blue (their seventh four-letter...

1998 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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While no substitute for its drunk-and-disorderly live performances, the studio albums by the Jesus Lizard are the musical equivalent of Everclear in the hard-rock liquor cabinet. Though utterly terrifying to commercial radio programmers -- in large measure because of singer David Yow's coarse subject matter and maniacal vocal spew -- the Jesus Lizard forged an original sound that merges the Birthd...

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