page_title: The Jesus Lizard
section_title: Capitol years and breakup (1995–1999)
hierarchical_section_title: The Jesus Lizard / History / Capitol years and breakup (1995–1999)
caption_attribution_description: English: live at the garage, London sometime in 1998 or near by that time!
context_page_description: The Jesus Lizard is an American rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas and based in Chicago, Illinois. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial noise, all of which received positive reviews in underground music publications and heavy college-radio play."
  After a brief run as a recording-only project based in Austin, founding vocalist David Yow, bassist David Wm. Sims, and guitarist Duane Denison relocated to Chicago, Illinois in 1989, where they found kindred spirits in recording engineer Steve Albini and Touch and Go Records. With the addition of drummer Mac McNeilly, they began performing live, eventually attracting an international audience with their powerful live show. Drummer Jim Kimball replaced McNeilly late in 1996, and was himself replaced by Brendan Murphy two years later, with McNeilly returning to drums for their reunion shows years later.
context_section_description: The band signed to Capitol Records in 1995, recording the song "Panic in Cicero" for the Clerks soundtrack and making appearances at Lollapalooza shortly thereafter. Impressed by his work on The Melvins' Stoner Witch album, the band hired producer Garth Richardson to record their next record, Shot, the following year.  While rumors that Albini refused to work with the band due to their involvement with a major label persisted, both Albini and the group have stated this to be false.
  McNeilly left the band in late 1996, citing exhaustion from touring and the desire to spend more time with his family.  He was replaced by Jim Kimball, of Mule and Denison's side project, The Denison/Kimball Trio.
  After more heavy touring the following year, this lineup recorded 1998's self-titled EP, their only record whose title is not a four-letter word, on Jetset Records. The EP featured production and engineering by Andy Gill of Gang of Four, John Cale, and Jim O'Rourke.  Later that year, the band released the album Blue, also recorded by Gill.  A departure, the record explored their experimental instincts previously hinted at on earlier songs like "Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" and "White Hole".
  In August 1998 Kimball left the group and was replaced by Chicago-based drummer Brendan Murphy, formerly of the Wesley Willis Fiasco. They embarked on several more months of heavy touring, playing the final gig of their initial career at the Umeå Open festival in Umeå, Sweden, on March 27, 1999.  After being dropped from Capitol Records mid-contract, the band announced its split the following June.
caption: The Jesus Lizard performing at The Garage at London circa 1998
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