San Antonio s The Grasshopper Lies Heavy and Capra s singer drop noisy AF Jesus Lizard cover Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:23 PM click to enlarge Oscar Moreno James Woodard of the Grasshopper Lies Heavy coaxes gentle and soothing sounds from his Marshall stacks. Nineties noise rockers The Jesus Lizard left an indelible mark on creators of angular, ear-piercing rock across numerous subgenres. As evidence of the Chicago-based band s lasting influence, San Antonio avant-metal act The Grasshopper Lies Heavy last week dropped an absolutely scorching cover of the Lizard s Mouth Breather. For the recording, Grasshopper got an able assist from Crow Lotus, singer for Louisiana-based metallic hardcore a
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 11:25 AM click to enlarge https://www.facebook.com/grasshopperliesheavy/ If you re excited that San Antonio s the Grasshopper Lies Heavy just released new material, thank guitarist James Woodard s recent computer crash. Woodard managed to salvage recordings from the fried PC s drives, but the incident scared him into releasing the rescued songs via a series of limited edition cassettes, the first of which dropped for preorder Friday. The new release, available via Bandcamp, features a pair of 20-plus-minute tracks that veer into Tangerine Dream soundscape territory, steering clear of the skull-crushing heroics of the band s live shows. While the ride includes some heavier moments, it s largely introspective, melancholy and in line with