Jesus Lizard

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, (both former members of Scratch Acid) 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. Drummer Jim Kimball replaced McNeilly late in 1996, and was himself replaced by Brendan Murphy two years later.
Despite releasing a split single with leading alt-rockers Nirvana and signing to Capitol Records, the band failed to find commercial success amid the alternative rock explosion of the 1990s and disbanded in 1999. Their reunion tour ten years later garnered positive responses from audiences and critics. The Jesus Lizard performed another reunion tour in 2017.
== Links to Peel ==
The band got the attention of Peel in 1989 when he played a track from their debut single, Pure, on his show. Between 1991 and 1992, they did two sessions for his shows. By the end of 1994, Peel seemed to have lost interest in the group and never played material from their last two albums whilst alive.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1991-02-24. First Broadcast: 17 March 1991. Repeated: 18 May 1991
*Wheelchair Epidemic / Bloody Mary / Seasick / Monkey Trick
2. Recorded: 1992-09-27. First Broadcast: 30 October 1992. Repeated: 29 January 1993
*Gladiator / Whirl / Puss / Boiler Maker
== Other Shows Played ==
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*06 September 1989: Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along (12" - Pure) Touch And Go
;1990
*12 February 1990: Chrome (7") Touch And Go
*13 February 1990: 7 vs. 8 (7" - Chrome) Touch And Go
*15 February 1990: Chrome (7") Touch And Go
*20 February 1990: Chrome (7") Touch And Go
*24 February 1990 (BFBS): 'Chrome (7")' (Touch And Go)
*24 February 1990 (BFBS): '7 vs. 8 (7"-Chrome)' (Touch And Go)
*February 1990 (BBC Radio East Anglia): 7 vs. 8 (7" - Chrome) Touch And Go
*01 March 1990: Chrome (7") Touch And Go
*15 March 1990: Chrome (7") Touch And Go 
*17 April 1990: One Evening (LP - Head) Touch And Go
*25 April 1990: If You Had Lips (LP - Head) Touch And Go
*17 May 1990: Waxeater (LP - Head) Touch And Go
*thumb|330x330px23 May 1990: Good Thing (LP - Head) Touch And Go
*31 May 1990: Killer McHann (album - Head) Touch And Go
*18 November 1990: 'Mouthbreather (7 inch)' (Touch And Go)
*24 November 1990 (BFBS):  'Mouth Breather (7")' (Touch And Go)
*01 December 1990: Mouth Breather (7" - Mouthbreather) Touch And Go
;1991
*thumb|330x330px19 January 1991: Then Comes Dudley (album - Goat) Touch And Go
*20 January 1991: Nub (album - Goat) Touch And Go
*26 January 1991: Karpis (album - Goat) Touch And Go
*27 January 1991: Nub (album - Goat) Touch And Go
*02 February 1991: Seasick (album - Goat) Touch And Go
*10 February 1991: Lady Shoes (album - Goat) Touch And Go
*23 February 1991 (BFBS): 'Lady Shoes (LP-Goat)' (Touch And Go
*16 March 1991: South Mouth (album - Goat) Touch And Go
;1992
*thumb|330x330px15 May 1992: 'Dancing Naked Ladies (7 inch-B side of Wheelchair Epidemic)' (Touch And Go)
*24 May 1992 (BFBS): Dancing Naked Ladies (7" - Wheelchair Epidemic) Touch And Go
*05 June 1992: 'Dancing Naked Ladies (7 inch-Wheelchair Epidemic)' (Touch And Go)
;1993
*14 August 1993 (BFBS): Monkey Trick (7" EP WMBR Presents: Clear The Room! [Recorded Live ]) No Life
*03 September 1993: 'Glamorous (3x7"-Lash)' (Touch And Go)
*10 September 1993 (BFBS): Glamorous (EP - Lash) Touch And Go
;1994
*19 August 1994: Mistletoe (album - Down) Touch And Go
*20 August 1994: 'Countless Backs Of Sore Losers (LP-Down)' (Touch & Go)
*27 August 1994 (BFBS): Mistletoe (album - Down) Touch And Go
*03 September 1994 (BFBS): Countless Backs Of Sore Losers (album - Down) Touch And Go
== External Links ==
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