Big Lizard in my Backyard
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Big Lizard in My Backyard is the debut album
by The Dead Milkmen, released by Restless Records in 1985.
Although the album yielded no singles, it achieved enough notoriety to create a fan base for the band. Five tracks from the 1997 compilation
Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection
are from the album, as well as four tracks from the 1998 compilation Cream of the Crop.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by The Dead Milkmen, released by Restless Records in 1985.
Although the album yielded no singles, it achieved enough notoriety to create a fan base for the band. Five tracks from the 1997 compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection
Death Rides a Pale Cow (A Collection)
Death Rides a Pale Cow is a greatest hits release by Philadelphia based punk rock band The Dead Milkmen in 1997. It contains the two previously unreleased songs "Milkmen Stomp," and "Labor Day," along with 21 others songs including the band's close brush with the mainstream "Punk Rock Girl." The...
are from the album, as well as four tracks from the 1998 compilation Cream of the Crop.
Track list
All tracks written by The Dead Milkmen- "Tiny Town" - 1:45
- "Beach Song" - 2:00
- "Plum Dumb" - 1:56
- "Swordfish" - 1:31
- "V.F.W. (Veterans of a Fucked up World)" - 1:48
- "Rastabilly" - 1:07
- "Serrated Edge" - 1:59
- "Lucky" - 2:10
- "Big Lizard in my Backyard" - 1:59
- "Gorilla Girl" - 1:33
- "Bitchin’ Camaro" - 3:01
- "Filet of Sole" - 1:57
- "Spit Sink" - 2:01 (Produced By Mike Ace & Jonny Earthshore)
- "Violent School" - 1:58
- "Takin’ Retards to the Zoo" - 0:48 (Produced By Mike Ace & Jonny Earthshore)
- "Junkie" - 0:52
- "Right Wing Pigeons" - 2:21
- "Dean’s Dream" - 1:49
- "Laundromat Song" - 1:47
- "Nutrition" - 2:17
- "Tugena" - 5:27 (instrumentalInstrumentalAn instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
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Personnel
- Dave BloodDave BloodDavid Schulthise , otherwise known as Dave Blood, was the bass guitarist for the punk band Dead Milkmen. He helped form the band in 1983 along with fellow pseudonymous musicians Joe Jack Talcum, Dean Clean, and Rodney Anonymous. Prior to this he was a Ph.D...
- Bass guitar - Joe Jack TalcumJoe Jack TalcumAnthony Joseph "Joe" Genaro is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the punk rock group The Dead Milkmen. Currently residing in Philadelphia, Genaro has performed with a number of punk and indie rock groups, most recently including The Low...
- Guitar, Vocals - Rodney AnonymousRodney AnonymousRodney Linderman, also known by his stage name Rodney Anonymous , is an American musician, journalist and humorist currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
- Vocals, Keyboard - Dean Clean - Drums