The Jesus Lizard are back – and they’re dragging their chaos all the way to Australia for the first time since 1994.
Formed in the scuzzy underbelly of Austin’s noise-rock scene back in 1987, The Jesus Lizard built a reputation on pure, unfiltered menace. Now, 30 years after their last Aussie detonation, they’re finally returning to rip the roof off with a string of shows that promise as much sweat, screaming, and sonic violence as ever.
David Yow still sounds like a man being tasered mid-exorcism, while Duane Denison’s guitar work remains surgical and sadistic in equal measure. That trademark rhythm section – the unstoppable David Wm. Sims on bass and machine-precise Mac McNeilly on drums – hasn’t lost a step either. If anything, they’ve gotten meaner.
Their 2024 comeback album Rack – the band’s first in 26 years – is a feral, foaming rebuke to the sanitised sludge of modern rock radio. Eleven tracks of bloodletting precision and nihilistic glee, it’s a reminder that The Jesus Lizard were never here to make friends – they were here to leave marks.
JESUS LIZARD AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Wed Oct 15 The Croxton Melbourne VIC
With special guests The Nation Blue Tix from Oztix
Fri Oct 17 Liberty Hall Sydney NSW
With special guests The Nation Blue Tix from Moshtix
Sun Oct 19 Crow Bar Brisbane QLD
With special guests The Nation Blue Tix from Oztix
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