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."
Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous noise rock by the likes of Big Black, the Butthole Surfers, and The Jesus Lizard. Touch & Go helped to spearhead the nationwide network of underground bands that formed the pre-Nirvana indie rock scene, and helped preside over the shift from the hardcore punk that then dominated the American underground scene to the more diverse styles of alternative rock emerging at the time.
Duane Denison is an American guitarist best known for work with the avant-garde, influential rock band The Jesus Lizard. He is also a founding member of super-group Tomahawk.
Tomahawk is an American rock supergroup. They formed in 1999 when singer/keyboardist Mike Patton met guitar player Duane Denison and the pair started swapping tapes with the intention of collaborating. Denison then recruited drummer John Stanier (Helmet), while Patton invited bass player Kevin Rutmanis (Melvins/ex-Cows). The group recorded three albums and toured extensively from 2000–2007 then went on extended hiatus, and reformed in 2013 with Trevor Dunn replacing Rutmanis.
David Yow is an American musician and actor born in Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard. Yow's debut solo album, Tonight You Look Like a Spider, was released in June 2013 on Joyful Noise Records.
Preston Wright Long III is an American musician, journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Laughing Hyenas was an American garage rock band that existed from 1985 to 1995. According to AllMusic, "At first, the band specialized in dirges overlaid with the tortuous, throat-shredding vocals of frontman John Brannon. As time passed, their blues connections became more and more explicit".
Dave Edwardson is the bassist and backing vocalist for the Californian post-metal band Neurosis. He is also a member of experimental/noise group Tribes of Neurot, Neurosis' alter ego.
Punk jazz describes the amalgamation of elements of the jazz tradition with the instrumentation or conceptual heritage of punk rock. John Zorn's band Naked City, James Chance and the Contortions, Lounge Lizards, Universal Congress Of, Laughing Clowns, Midori are notable examples of punk jazz artists.
Mule was an American punk blues band from Michigan, active in the early 1990s. Formed from the ashes of Wig and Laughing Hyenas, their music incorporated elements of hardcore punk, blues-rock, and alternative country.
You Can't Pray a Lie is the debut studio album of American garage rock band Laughing Hyenas. It was released in 1989 by Touch and Go Records. It was reissued in 1992 accompanied with Life of Crime.
Crawl is an EP by American garage rock band Laughing Hyenas, released on October 19, 1992 by Touch and Go Records.
John Brannon is the lead vocalist for the American hardcore punk band Negative Approach. He also served as the frontman for Laughing Hyenas and Easy Action.
The Denison/Kimball Trio were a musical duo consisting of guitarist Duane Denison and drummer Jim Kimball. Their music was completely instrumental and heavily influenced by jazz, the avant-garde and movie scores. The group's debut album was the soundtrack to Walls in the City, a short film directed by independent filmmaker Jim Sikora and featuring Jesus Lizard front-man David Yow in a bit role. The band's name was changed to DK3 with the release of their third album Neutrons, which included Ken Vandermark on reeds. The members parted ways in 1999 to pursue other interests, with Denison touring for Hank Williams III and forming Tomahawk in 2000.
Walls in the City is a soundtrack album by The Denison/Kimball Trio, released on October 3, 1994 by Skin Graft Records. It contains music from the short film of the same name, directed by independent filmmaker Jim Sikora. Most of the score was made up of pre-recorded material that Denison would match to a particular scene. The rest was recorded while the duo played while watching the film.
Soul Machine is the debut studio album of The Denison/Kimball Trio, released on April 17, 1995 by Skin Graft Records.
Neutrons is the second studio album by the jazz band DK3. It was released in 1997 through Quarterstick Records.
This article details the complete oeuvre of American guitarist Duane Denison. He is recognized for his work with the bands The Jesus Lizard and Tomahawk as well as his collaborations with drummer Jim Kimball in The Denison/Kimball Trio. He has also recorded with Firewater, Revolting Cocks and Pigface.
"Mouth Breather" is a 1990 song by the band The Jesus Lizard, from the album Goat.
Jim Sikora is a Chicago based American film director, writer, and producer and is considered a pioneer in DV filmmaking. Sikora is best known for his independent micro-budgeted feature films "Walls in the City", starring Paula Killen, Bill Cusack, Tony Fitzpatrick, and David Yow of the rock band The Jesus Lizard, with a soundtrack by The Denison/Kimball Trio; "Bullet on a Wire" starring Jeff Strong, Paula Killen, Lara Phillips, David Yow, and Cinema of Transgression legend Richard Kern; "Rock & Roll Punk" which features members of Hüsker Dü, The Descendents, Big Black, Tortoise, and Slint; "My Charbroiled Burger with Brewer" starring Mike Watt of Minutemen and The Stooges and Jack Brewer of Saccharine Trust.
