Fugazi's sound changed over the years and if you ask a wide spread of folks who listen to them which of their LPs is their favourite you'd get a wide spread of answers. Their development as a band was good.

TJL seemed more to perfect their sound and then as they changed in the last couple of records it didn't get better as such, so if you asked people which JL album they liked best the vast majority will plump for one of the middle 3 on T&G.

So, Fugazi.

Fugazi's rhythm section started about half a lap ahead of the guitars, but the band managed to maintain quality/identity as the guitars caught, passed and finally lapped it (the rhythm section).

TJL seem like a band pacing itself for 400 metres, and then, having got 75% of the way round the track suddenly deciding to run a marathon.

Still, TJL's best records are better than Fugazi's best records...

I dunno, Slint?

Fugazi are all right, I can even understand how they could be very important to some people. I could even see going with Fugazi based on the recorded output of each band. I was fortunate enough to catch the Jesus Lizard live a few times, probably not as often as many on this board, but enough to get it.

Jesus Lizard, WF never saw Fugazi live.

holmes wrote:its the lizard hands down. incredible bands both of them but fugazi border on annoying and vagualy fascist ironically.

Are you referring to the "no slam dancing assholes" stance of the band, or what?

I refuse to vote

Seemingly imossible, let´s see:

Two of my top five favourite bands.

But Fugazi never released anything shitty, TJL has at least two albums and an EP of mediocre music that I just can´t to listen to, and I still try every now and then.

Gun to my head, The Jesus Lizard would lose. There's no gun to my head, can't bring myself to vote against them, I abstain.

This isn't very difficult for me. Jesus Lizard.

The Jesus Lizard.

In a walk.

Not even close to close.

The Jesus Lizard song could make you laugh at the plight of a homeless man and still feel a heightened sympathy for him; mixed feelings would be held in balance and reconciled.

Fugazi's song on the subject would decry the heartless capitalism which creates the problem of "homelessness"; it would be rousing because of the generalized conviction and outrage behind and not because of any reconciliation of pity and scorn in the treatment of its subject.

HOUSTON_M wrote:The Jesus Lizard song could make you laugh at the plight of a homeless man and still feel a heightened sympathy for him; mixed feelings would be held in balance and reconciled.

Fugazi's song on the subject would decry the heartless capitalism which creates the problem of "homelessness"; it would be rousing because of the generalized conviction and outrage behind and not because of any reconciliation of pity and scorn in the treatment of its subject.

What makes both bands great is that like you said, they both succeed in what they set out to do.

How I wish I'd seen the Fugazi/TJL/Leatherface show at Brixton