Jesus Lizard Live DVD Now Available in NZ
Jesus Lizard Live DVD is out now for the first time in NZ, not that that would have stopped the hardcore fans out there getting their mits on it but still good news all the same. Hopefully we won't need to rely on the DVD for too long though, Jesus Lizard reformed last year and are playing a few of the big northern hemisphere festivals this year - lets pray they make it down here...
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While the studio recordings of Chicago's the Jesus Lizard are part of the canon of 90s indie rock, anyone who saw them knows their reputation as the live band of that era is completely accurate. This DVD captures the original quartet in 1994 playing to a packed and frenzied crowd at Venus de Milo in Boston. The bands workman like approach to their taunt, pummeling sound is contrasted by front man David Yows' Dionysian revelry as he whips himself and the crowd into an ecstatic mess. This 2-camera shoot catches all the blood, spit and sweat of a truly killer live band at their peak.
Tracklisting:
| Destroy Before Reading | Puss |
| Bloody Mary | Nub |
| Horse | One Evening |
| The Associate | Killer McHann |
| Mailman | Boilermaker |
| Mouthbreaker | Gladiator |
| Fly On The Wall | Chrome |
| Seasick |
Plus bonus material including 5 songs live at CBGB in 1992
“ .. When the Jesus Lizard played one of their mighty shows, it was a cathartic rite. And on October 4, 1994, their temple was the Venus de Milo club in Boston, the show captured in living color and thoroughly crankable high-fidelity audio on the DVD you’re now holding in your sweaty little hands. Here is Jesus Lizard in all their glory — frontman David Yow unleashes bloodcurdling howls while heaving himself into the audience, guitarist Duane Denison chops out riffs like a kung fu master on a chainsaw massacre, drummer Mac McNeilly and bassist David Wm. Sims groove with the ruthlessness of an automated slaughterhouse. As the post-show interviewer puts it, a Jesus Lizard show was 'always a heck of an experience.' Hallellujah that it’s been documented so well “
- Micheal Azzerad – Author of Our Band Could Be Your Life
“This is almost perfect for anyone looking to ante up their Lizard live experience beyond Show.”
—Kory Grow, CMJ
“The Jesus Lizard whiplash the pulsing crowd, roaring through a first-rate set spanning their first EP through their then-latest album, Down.” —Rob O'Connor, Revolver
“A precious time capsule, capturing Chicago's toughest noise-rock group tearing up a packed and ecstatic Venus De Milo club in Boston in October 1994.”
—Kevin McCaighy, Rock-A-Rolla
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