The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard was an American alternative rock and noise rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas. 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, the three founding members relocated to Chicago, Illinois in 1989, finding kindred spirits in recording engineer Steve Albini and the Touch & Go Records imprint. They soon expanded into a four-piece and began operating as a live band, expanding their audience beyond Chicago's alternative and noise rock scenes into an international audience.

Despite releasing a split record with leading alt-rockers Nirvana and signing to Capitol Records, they failed to find commercial success amid the alternative rock explosion of the mid-1990s, and disbanded in 1999. Their reunion tour ten years later enjoyed positive responses from audiences and critics.

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