Album: Goat
Song: Mouth Breather
Perhaps the greatest band of the American underground noise rock scene in the early 90s, and led by the inimitable Dave Yow, The Jesus Lizard spent a hell of a lot of time on my turntable back in the day. Goat, produced by Steve Albini of Big Black* fame, is considered their best record and it features on many "Best Of" lists from the decade.
And how many hard rock tunes do you know of that spin in 6/8 time?
* Thanks, GC.
What did Albini do with Ministry?
ReplyDeleteHah! Good catch. Mixed up Jourgensen = Ministry with Albini = Big Black.
ReplyDeleteI think 6/8 works for the genre. Why not more?
ReplyDeleteActually, upon second listening the time signature is definitely 12/8. Which also works for the genre. I think some of the best hard rock and metal bands write in asymmetrical time signatures, but you're absolutely right than compound meters like 6/8 or 12/8 are rarely featured. Perhaps because the "lilting" or "skpping" nature of the meter doesn't easily lend itself to harder music...
ReplyDeleteHoly crap! How did I not know about this group? Time for daddy to go acquire himself a discography...
ReplyDeleteGoat is their best album. I also really like Liar.
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