The Jesus Lizard sounded better under the influence of certian controlled substances, and they were the better live band.

Fugazi, important and ground breaking, yes. Got better with successive records? Yes.

Still, just not the great Rock N' Roll experience Jesus Lizard was.

Ace wrote:

Mazec wrote:The Ex.

ZING!

the ex could certainly blow fugazi off the stage. i saw it happen. seeing them will never be the kind of fun that seeing the jesus lizard could be.

though really, the ex beat both bands. duh.

also, neither fugazi nor the ex will ever have an album that has such a mood as "goat" but that is what made the jesus lizard the jesus lizard.

in fact, i would go so far as to say that jesus lizard would win again by the ability of every album having it's own mood. every one of them. fugazi's albums have no moods. none that i've ever felt anyway.

that damned fly wrote:

The Code is Almighty wrote:Live, the songs on Blue weren't bad at all.

they were in fact awesome. "gong" is worth tracking down ....

I'm uploading JL's last show Gong, now if anyone wants it? Thanks that damned fly for recommending we check in out. May take a while on my slow connection tho.

that damned fly wrote:

Ace wrote:

Mazec wrote:The Ex.

ZING!

though really, the ex beat both bands. duh.

I can't even decide if this is true. I'm so use to thinking of the ex as its own entity, outside the realm of a real band somehow. How can I even judge?

Also, I voted for the JL, as I wrote before. Although Fugazi's "Argument" is a great album, I don't know what you're talking about.

Ace wrote:

that damned fly wrote:

Ace wrote:

Mazec wrote:The Ex.

ZING!

though really, the ex beat both bands. duh.

I can't even decide if this is true. I'm so use to thinking of the ex as its own entity, outside the realm of a real band somehow. How can I even judge?

it's true, the ex is more like a musical cult.

Also, I voted for the JL, as I wrote before. Although Fugazi's "Argument" is a great album, I don't know what you're talking about.

"the argument" is fugazi's "blue:" over produced and under written. it's got nothing on the albums preceeding it.

that damned fly wrote:fugazi's albums have no moods. none that i've ever felt anyway.

For me In On The Killtaker, End Hits and The Argument have all very strong (and different) moods to them. As much as I love early TJL, the general difference between their first three records is what? Liar is a bit more agressive, Head swings more? That´s as far as I´d go.

Still, if I was the kind of person who tattoos the name of a band on them (well, the kind of persong who has tattoos at all) it´d be the Lizard.

Get dog costumes wrote:

Bernardo wrote:This is missing the whole point of what a rock band is about, to me. The interplay and arrangements in both bands were perfect, you couldn´t replace Lally´s or Brendan´s parts in Fugazi with anything played by someone of "greater musicianship" without sinking the songs completely.

Yeah. In ten pages I don't think anyone has argued, or will argue, that TJL needed a funkier rhythm section or that what Fugazi really needed was David Yow out front.

This was in response to a comparison between both bands members´ musicianship, FWIW.

Okay so I uploaded Gong, wrote down the address because I was in a hurry to get to my GF's and then went and forgot it! *hangs head in shame* Anyway, in case anyone's waiting, it'll be on the sendspace thread tomorrow afternoon.

Having read all the posts about Goat, I sat down and listened to both Goat and Liar today. Both Great, but Liar hands down.

What am I missing?

Perfect tie. Incredible.

Where will it end?

I thought you only listened to chamber music these days?