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Post by Lamestain on Aug 28, 2005 9:15:29 GMT -5
First of all I'd like to say "Welcome to the board!" Don't be shy, sign up & join our happy family. It's been far too long since the Jesus Lizard fans of the world have had an active online community to call their own so I've taken it upon myself to fill the void. So with further ado: here it is, you're looking at it.
New members, please feel free to use this thread to tell us a little about yourselves as you as the very first members of this revived community are crucial building blocks in reorganizing our community.
As for me, my name is Seth (aka Lamestain), I live in the USA (Illinois), I'm 22 yrs old, other than The Jesus Lizard some of my favorite bands are Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Melvins, Sonic Youth, Cows, Mudhoney, Scratch Acid, King Snake Roost, Steel Pole Bath Tub, Meat Puppets, Tad, Seaweed, Shellac, Flipper, Fang, Lubricated Goat, Fitz of Depression, etc... I'm a graphic designer by day and a guitarist/bassist by night.
Okay...rant over, thanks for coming, sign up, spread the word & tell us a little about yrself.
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Post by Lamestain on Aug 28, 2005 21:14:13 GMT -5
have you heard of DeKalb before? What part of Illinois do you live in?  Yes, I've heard of DeKalb, but I've never been there. I live in the Peoria area (I justed moved to a smaller town outside of the city). Skin Yard, Mudhoney, Seaweed, Coffin Break, Love Battery, Beat Happening, Flop, the Fastbacks ... Steel Pole Bath Tub Great taste in music! Also I think it is kind of cool how the Jesus Lizard are from Chicago, because I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago ... But then there is also ... a couple of others that are from Illinois too. Don't forget Shellac! One more thing, I have never got a chance to hear Scratch Acid and that makes me sad.  But oh well. Hopefully I can learn more about them on the board! Scratch Acid was a band that David Yow & David Wm. Sims were in down in Austin, TX in the early & mid 80s. After Scratch Acid broke up Sims & drummer Rey Washam formed Rapeman with Steve Albini. After Rapeman broke up Sims got back together with Yow in Chicago & formed The Jesus Lizard. Go find Scratch Acid's album "The Greatest Gift" - it contains all of their releases in one nice, neat little package. Also, if you like Shellac you should check out Rapeman. |
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Post by thurstonwhore on Aug 29, 2005 10:02:24 GMT -5
Hello there you guys..i think you already know this kinda stuff about me and all so yeah its me whore from mudhoney forum.  |
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Post by thurstonwhore on Aug 29, 2005 13:40:13 GMT -5
Ok yeah...im Mike or Michael whatever...from the Uk-Wales,like music,drugs,art,poetry,music,messing around with instruments,DIY,and gig's/shows.
Music wise im varried i guess....Sonic Youth,Mudhoney,Dinosaur,Nirvana,Scratch Acid,Jesus Lizard,Jesus And Mary Chain ect..ect..
;D
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Post by Lamestain on Aug 29, 2005 23:48:00 GMT -5
Welcome old friend! Great to have you here! Thanks for joining.
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Post by armofinfant on Aug 30, 2005 7:20:40 GMT -5
Man you mentioned every seattle grunge band that didnt make it! I used to really love Skin Yard and I own a Flop cd. Flop had some crunchy guitars, live atleast. But back to SKin Yard. I wrote the po box one time for lyrics(before the internet) and Jack Endino wrote me back telling me Ben never printed his lyrics or some shit, but atleast he wrote me, that was cool.
I know what you mean about the TJL song titles references. I was on the train going back to the airport and saw the stops like Rodeo and Joliet and Cicero and it clicked in my head.
If anyof you are TJL fans and havent heard Shellac or Rapeman , theyre both in the same vein as the jesus lizard. Like someone mentioned, Simsy plays bass for Rapeman, and Ray Washams drumming is fantastic on that record. And with Shellac, the thing that comparable is the recordings(albini was the one who recorded most of TJL and records his band Shellac), Shellac has good rock drumming and nice bass(similar to Simsy's tone) .
i could go on and on and on when talking about My fovorite band of all time. so I'll stop now.
enjoy TJL,
Dan M
Detroit
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Post by Lamestain on Aug 30, 2005 9:58:13 GMT -5
Skin Yard's "Fist-Sized Chunks" is an amazing album.
That's really cool that Endino wrote you back armofinfant!
And cordolio, check out Shellac. You won't be dissapointed.
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Post by Lamestain on Aug 30, 2005 16:56:23 GMT -5
I'll have to track down a copy of 1,000 Smiling Knuckles, I've never heard it. But I do have an original pressing of their Hallowed Ground LP on Toxic Shock records. |
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Post by thurstonwhore on Aug 31, 2005 6:47:55 GMT -5
Lamestain...get me on soulseek man im sharing 4 skin yard records for SK fans on the lookout  And yes shellac!!! some mean ass music..saw them live last year at ATP and they were amazing i was a little druged up though and tried to climb over this fence to get onstage only to be dragged back down to earth by a bouncer who i then talked to for 3 hours and must have bought him at least 10 pints.Was a great night though. ;D |
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Post by crawer on Sept 1, 2005 12:28:52 GMT -5
hey guys! firstly, thanks for creating this board! it has indeed been long overdue and thank you all for banding together.
i'm mardt (german/irish heritage) from london, england (the working class part). i'm not retarded but i'm a little skatty and fried, so i hope i don't bug anyone. i once had a ticket for tJL but was refused entry due to being underage at the time. i never got to see them live. i don't wanna talk about it!! other band favourites include: the albini three (big black/rapeman/shellac), craw, nirvana, babes in toyland, melvins, dial, the wipers, tar, silkworm, scratch acid, pil, cows, bastro, and earth. i'm currently bandless but i play bass. influences: david wm sims and kevin rutmanis. i don't have much to show for my years on this earth but i've been told i'm pretty so... i work as an electrician (whenever work is available), i'm learning the basics of sound engineering, and i help roadie/promote gigs.
every girl i've met who loves tJL has a drug problem.
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Post by thurstonwhore on Sept 1, 2005 17:01:48 GMT -5
I wanna marry a girl who wears a scratch acid t-shirt and sells drugs for a living lol (dont let my now girl-friend let me say that lol) but yeah i never met in person a female lizard fan though i would like to.
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Post by Lamestain on Sept 1, 2005 22:54:22 GMT -5
Sadly, I never experienced tJL live either. I was too young while they were active to get into 21+ shows as well. It's a damn shame it is.
Welcome to the board crawer!
By the way, how many bassists do we have here??? armofinfant, crawer, myself...
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Post by thurstonwhore on Sept 2, 2005 8:47:12 GMT -5
I play guitar,but i can play bass also but that is confusing i play guitar lol  |
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Post by armofinfant on Sept 2, 2005 11:47:43 GMT -5
i consider myself a drummer as well.
I uploaded some songs i played on onto my myspace page. Let me know what you think.
I played bass on the Hyatt track
and drums on the others.
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Post by Lamestain on Sept 4, 2005 11:43:26 GMT -5
I uploaded some songs i played on onto my myspace page. Let me know what you think. Pretty awesome stuff man! I really liked that Hyatt track. Knarly bass work & I liked the singer's spoken word style. The other two songs were pretty good too! Thanks for sharing! Maybe someday, if I get motivated enough, I'll do the myspace thing or something & upload some of my music. |
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But oh well. Hopefully I can learn more about them on the board! 
