“You can get lost in the kitten vortex for hours.” A wide-ranging interview with The Jesus Lizard's David Yow, taking in new album Rack, a try out for Nirvana, acting, a sadistic witch, and a cat riding a goat

The Jesus Lizard.

In 1999, having released six studio albums, The Jesus Lizard called time on their tenure as one of the world's leading noise rock bands, and one of the most fearsome live acts in any genre, ever.

The original line-up – frontman David Yow, guitarist Duane Denison, bassist David. Wm. Sims, and drummer Mac McNeilly – regrouped almost a decade later for a series of sporadic ‘reenactment’ shows, with no sign or obvious inclinations to record new material.