Forget aesthetics, production values, or even intelligible lyrics. You won't find them in this October 1994 concert featuring ‘90s Chicago punkers The Jesus Lizard at Boston's Venus de Milo club. What you do get is the spectacle of frontman David Yow sucking down oodles of beer, seemingly spitting on every downbeat, and repeatedly hurling his increasingly disheveled self into the audience (Yow, perspiring up a storm as he belches out the lyrics and between-songs patter, generally looks like one of those drunks you see in the concourse during a pro wrestling event, trying to pick a fight). Unimaginative videography and muddy audio (Dolby Digital 5.1 sound notwithstanding) don't help matters either during the 15-song set, or the five bonus tracks from an August 1992 show at CBGB (which includes the ditty "My Own Urine"). Not recommended. Aud: P. (M. Moore)
The Jesus Lizard
(1994) 65 min. DVD: $16.95. Music Video Distributors (avail. from most distributors). Volume 22, Issue 5
The Jesus Lizard
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