Brutal, pounding, post-punk genius. Post apocalyptic tribal beats that many fans consider their best. I prefer the two follow ups a bit more because these tunes just go on too long for my tastes.

First Killing Joke record is not their best, but has a few classics on it: “Wardance” and “Change.” They hadn’t quite settled in on their sound yet.

A live CD. Was noteworthy when it came out because of the unreleased songs, but those songs have since been released with better studio versions.

I like the cover of this one. This CD continues along the lines of Liar. The songs aren’t as memorable, but there are still a lot of great tracks here.

A short EP with a couple of good new tracks and 4 live tracks.

Goat laid the ground rules for the Jesus Lizard’s sound and Liar solidified it into a formula. It’s a swell formula indeed, but after Liar, the JLs records start to blend into one and other. This is still a great CD.

Jesus Lizard’s finest record. Crazy bluesy licks on top of a pounding rhythm section and off-the-wall vocals. This could possibly be the best record of the 90s. Seriously.

I’d have to say it’s a toss up between Goat and Head as my favorite Jesus Lizard album. Pure/Head shows a lot more variety than the later records which is both good and bad. It’s good because the songs are never boring, bad because the experimentation doesn’t always work (Happy Bunny Goes Fluff Fluff Along). Because of the drum machine and distorted vocals, this early JL is much more industrial sounding than later efforts too, which I sorta like.

More of Jawbox being Jawbox. The only thing that signing to a major may have changed about the band is that this CD seems to have been mastered louder than previous releases.