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SPLITTING ATOMS WITH LIZARD PROFESSOR

 Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 9:28am by

lizard professorWhat exactly would a Lizard Professor be? A lizard who happens to be a professor, or a professor specializing in the study of lizards?

One day I’d like to know, but for now I’m just content to be listening to the Texas-based band Lizard Professor‘s new single “Offthewallogy.” Though the bio on their MySpace page has the usual tripe about sticking out in a scene where conformity is the norm and blah blah don’t they know every fucking band says this? — it just so happens that this band is actually quite interesting and original. They’re proggy in a way that’s neither too heady nor too masturbatory. I’d liken them most to Between the Buried and Me, but where BTBAM always seem to defeault into Dream Theater-inspired jam outs, Lizard Professor veer towards dissonance-filled jazz segues. The older material posted on their MySpace page is less interesting than the new track, but I feel like they’re really onto something with “Offthewallogy” and look forward to hearing more in the [hopefully] near future.

-VN

Thanks: LP guitarist Gannon Mccoy

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  • Alex_P

    This sounds actually really cool. They’ve played with some really shit bands, though.

  • Dwarfskeet

    I think they may have got their name from that old Spiderman villain from back in the diz-ay. I had to look it up, but the villain’s name is “Lizard,” here’s what it says:

    “When he lost his arm during a war, Dr. Curt Connors felt like he lost a half of himself. Obsessed with regaining his lost limb, Connors creates a serum from reptilian DNA, in hopes of gaining reptile-like regeneration abilities. He regains his arm, but at a price: he becomes a humanoid lizard, with a savage personality.” (Wikipedia)

    Of course, I could be completely wrong.

  • Double D

    HAHA! No doubt.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tito-Lopez/44400409 Tito Lopez

    love these guys! cool dudes, glad to see the DFW scene getting some attention that isnt about pantera

  • Randyjames16

    Dwarfskeet, I was thinking the exact same thing!

  • Bizzle B

    They actually got their name when they were high one day and one of the members drew a lizard in a white coat. They elaborated on the idea, and when the time came to choose a band name, they thought, “What the hell! Lizard Professor!”