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Rating: The debut of Jesus Lizard, released by Touch And Go in 1989, in this delirious debut, Jesus Lizard clearly showcase the defining characteristics of their sound, a vibrant, angular guitar, new, an unmistakable bass with its hypnotic and heavy grooves, which lay the foundations of a certain noise rock, and a singer like David Yow who simply set the pace for those who wanted to follow the path toward post-indie-noise-callitwhatyouwant rock.
In this album, there is no drum replaced by electronics (Big Black docet), full of ideas and innovations both in terms of sound and style and execution, the singer and bassist David Wm were together in the very noisy Scratch Acid (recommended!!!), hence explained the amount of "punk" present in their sound, it starts with "Blockbuster" with a malevolent voice that you will hardly forget, then continues with "Bloody Mary", "Rabid Pigs","Starlet", excellent tracks that, however, remain average, without revealing the immense talent of Jesus Lizard (as in their "Goat" for example), and the final proto-psychedelic journey of "Happy Bunny Goes Fluff Fluff Along".
Interestingly, every album by Jesus Lizard has been named with a four-letter word ("Pure", "Head", "Goat", "Liar", "Show", "Down", "Shot"), four letters also in the song with which Jesus Lizard in 1992 gave birth to a split vinyl 45 rpm with Nirvana respectively "Puss" for the lizards, and "Oh, The Guilty" for Cobain & Co.'s band, unfortunately, the record was released in a limited edition despite succeeding in introducing Jesus Lizard to the "general public" thanks in part to the "wake" of Nirvana's success. Enjoy listening.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Blockbuster ()
Your first mistake was to think you could fuck with the ranch
Here I come, here I come, with my dick in my hand
Do you think you'd like to have a blockbuster up your ass
Do you think you'd like that, well do ya motherfucker
Do ya, motherfucker
Do ya
We'll smash your eggs and then your head and we'll nab your kids
Take 'em outback on the deck and barbeque their ribs
Throw their heads into your ivy, water them with piss
Do you think you'd like that, well do ya motherfucker
Do ya, motherfucker
Do ya
Your first mistake was to think you could fuck with the ranch
Here I come, here I come, with my dick in my hand
Do you think you'd like to have a blockbuster up your ass
Do you think you'd like that, well do ya motherfucker
Do ya, motherfucker
Do ya, motherfucker
Do ya, motherfucker
Do ya
02 Bloody Mary ()
She sits in a tub and relives, stories she never lived
And it makes me feel blank, it makes me feel blank like I missed
Lies in a bath with no water, and a bath full of blood
How happy are ya, to be alive
MARY, MARY, MARY, MARY
GET OUT
It makes me feel blank, it makes me feel blank like I missed
Read the words she wrote, she never lived
Lies in a tub with no water and a bath full of blood
How happy are ya, to be alive
MARY, MARY, MARY, MARY
03 Rabid Pigs ()
Two sweaty sows, quick means to bad ends
I think they think they're smart, I think they think they think
Big pig and little pig, they're dumb as fuck
You can't expect too much from two braindead brickheads
They got no reaction time, they can't seem to duck
So we kick their ugly snouts in, kick their ugly snouts in, kick their ugly
The rotten pigs, wallow in the scum
The time has come to shut them down
But they've chewed off, more than they could chew
They're makin' babies, why do they reproduce
She's got her pack, a piglet papoose
They thrown grenaades, I pull the pins and throw them back and
Blow their fuckin' heads off, blow their fuckin' heads off, blow their ugly
(some incoherent talking)
04 Starlet ()
The wood was ?? (engraved), oh when I get home
He's stealing my shit, oh
There was that house, why is there blood in my hand (incoherent talking afterwards)
Where, where, where did he go, oh where are you goin'
Where did you go, why is there blood on my clothes, without her clothes
I'd like, I'd like your home, there's blood on my sock
Oh, why do I thank the heaven (think they have him) why do I, why do I
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