In 1985, guitarist Joe Genaro and the rest of the Dead Milkmen – bassist Dave Schulthise, drummer Dean Sabatino, and vocalist Rodney Linderman – were young and, let’s just say, not always incredibly serious.
After all, the artwork for their debut album, 1985’s Big Lizard in My Backyard, gloriously depicts a giant reptile on the verge of crushing a lawn chair. Comedy rock, indeed – but that doesn’t mean the Milkmen were rudderless.
