The Lizards and Elmer
The Lizards are one of many of my favorite local bands. Before I lived in Sacramento, I used to drive up and see them whenever they played. So when I moved, they were an added bonus to be around. After I had been living in town, I went down to Stockton to see them at the CSM with The Oozzies............ I think....... The crowd down there pretty much ignored them. Nobody came up close to watch them exept for me and and my friend Redge and one big pissed off guy with a moustache. He kept yelling at them, shouting out stuff like "faggot" and "fuckin' queers". At one point, He grabbed the mic and yelled out something like " go back to Sacramento and suck your own dicks you fuckin' fags". What a freakin' party pooper, but he was pretty funny to watch. The Lizards played a rockin' set and then the singer Dave jumped into the drum set when they were done and knocked them all over the place, followed by some chaotic feedback for a few minutes. Now that's a show. They've had a few different members through their existence. This recording has Donny Jupiter from The Twinkeyz on guitars and Chris Woodhouse from The FM Knives on bass. Later members would include Jay Onyskin from The Sea Pigs and The Horny Mormons on bass and Matt K. Shrugg from The Losin Streaks on drums. The main stays in the band were Dave Downey on guitar/vocs and Hal MacLean on the drums. This is my favorite song by them. It's from the Lizards/ Elmer split 7 inch. It came out on Turgid Records in 1994.
The Lizards - Can't Cope
Elmer had Hal's brother Jim in it, who were both in Sewer Trout. Elmer were similar in sound to Sewer Trout, but more on the country side of punk.( I almost said cowpunk, but that makes me think of all of those LA bands from the 80's) They were pretty great as well. I only had the chance to see them once, but I'm glad I did. Their version of Kenny Roger's " The Gambler" made my night. I figured that since I put up a song from the Lizards side, it wouldn't be complete without a song from the Elmer side.
Elmer - Creature Of Habit
On a side note, Dave Downey has a comic book store that's worth checking out if that's your thing.
The Lizards - Can't Cope
Elmer had Hal's brother Jim in it, who were both in Sewer Trout. Elmer were similar in sound to Sewer Trout, but more on the country side of punk.( I almost said cowpunk, but that makes me think of all of those LA bands from the 80's) They were pretty great as well. I only had the chance to see them once, but I'm glad I did. Their version of Kenny Roger's " The Gambler" made my night. I figured that since I put up a song from the Lizards side, it wouldn't be complete without a song from the Elmer side.
Elmer - Creature Of Habit
On a side note, Dave Downey has a comic book store that's worth checking out if that's your thing.
posted by jb at 10:47 AM
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Stockton was always rockin` for the Sea Pigs.Once after playing there--Dave pissed in a cup and threw the piss out the window.It hit mike`s/or the wife`s(bad memory) car with my ol`ex-wife in it.She was pissed cause dave was/is insane.The Lizards that was fun yet scary!!!Dave jumpin` in the drum set after shows always added more fun!!Yet Stockton wasn`t for us and Redding always was(what`s up with that).Some dude in Knoxville told Dave to head back to the Gay Bay.Dave driving with pink hair thru arkansas was also frowned upon by the local law.But Dave was and still is a lady killer especially when he wears high heels.When we toured japan the lizards in japanese is Tokage which i remebered by saying "tottally gay"..Were someway still together and we talked about doin` japan again since i live here.I`m working on my ledzepvietcong mini oprea called "kumamoto cracker"...take it easy--jay
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