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The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic No Wave musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978. Initially known for their ironic, tongue-in-cheek take on jazz , The Lounge Lizards eventually became a showcase for John Lurie's sophisticated compositions straddling jazz and many other genres.
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Voice of Chunk is the third studio album by jazz band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1988.. The album was produced independently by bandleader John Lurie, following two releases with Island Records.
[11] The Windsor Star wrote that the Lounge Lizards "sound as if their music is written by a contemporary Kurt Weill for a Fellini movie without them ever taking their tongues out of their cheeks." [ 10 ] The Christian Science Monitor deemed No Pain for Cakes "zany weirdness and outrageous eclecticism—avant pop/jazz/rock."
Queen of All Ears is the fourth and final studio album [2] by the American band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1998. [3] [4] "The First and Royal Queen" was used at the end of episodes of Painting with John. [5] The band supported the album with an international tour. [6]
A lounge lizard is a man who frequents social establishments with the intention of seducing a woman with his flattery and deceptive charm. [1] The term is reported to have arisen around 1915 in New York.
Another track, "Lounge Lizard", was recorded as a planned B-side, but was not used. The Mott the Hoople recording eventually turned up on the extended CD re-issue of The Hoople in 2006. This song was played live during the 1974 European tour as the set's ending but also at the Mott the Hoople Reunion concerts in 2009 with it being the closing ...
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