Lizard Boy EP reviews

Lizard Boy EP

12-00 Blank Generation

The boys are at it again. I like that sentence; it sounds like the beginning of a Disney movie! Who let the dogs out? Who? Who Who? Who? What’s this, like the Clone Defects 3rd 7" or something? Being some of their best work yet, the Clone Defects’ sound is really maturing to something I REALLY like. Part Stooges, part Iggy Pop (you know, the lead singer of The Stooges who had a lustrous solo career that many actually prefer over his work with the Stooges), part Germs, ripping guitars... my only complaint is that the songs tend to be a lil' bit longer than the stuff I’m accustomed to and trust me, I really had to reach to see that problem. In reality, Clone Defects’ song length is definitely something I can learn to live with and hell, maybe even come to prefer. The first song on "side a" I remember from the only time I’ve seen the Clone Defects live (in the dank hole known as The Legendary Mantis Gallery in Kent, Ohio). It’s called "Rouge River Rebel" and it is the scorcher of the whole EP if you ask me. Not a weak track on this one though. This EP is a turning point for this band. They are soon to be legends as I see it. LEGENDS! So, does that mean that its time for the Clone Defects to breakup and branch out that 90's Michigan Punk root even more? I hope not. I want the Clone Defects to be around for a LONG while. Please! I’m fucking begging here!! I’m fucking pathetic. So fucking pathetic... Walt-Disney presents The Clone Defects LIZARD BOY! Stay dirty boys. Stay dirty. (SAB)
(Italy Records 4530 Avery Detroit, MI. 45208/ Superior Sounds 512 S. Washington PMB 279 Royal Oak, MI 48067)

Thrasher - "Notes From The Underground" March 2001 Issue # 242 - A review of the Lizard Boy E.P. From some reason they spelled the bands name wrong, I have no idea where they got "seekers" from...

6-01 Smashin Transistor
"Lizard Boy" Italy 7in EP

The lead off song "Rouge River Rebel" pretty sums these sick ones up. The Rouge River area of Detroit is best known for having the oldest, nastiest & dirtiest Ford Motor Company plant in the world. "Rust in the water/it's bad for you brain" Tim Vulgar slurs in a cheap vodka chased with Milwaukee's Best moan starting up and hittin' streets littered with burned up cars and boarded windows. The grime, the dirt and the blood. Those smokestacks filled the air for a hundred years before they were born. It's the mutations through the generations that leads to setting bread crumbs out by dumpsters wating for rats to come out and shooting them with a pellet gun for entertaiment. The product of cheeto's, backroom acid, getting backhanded and backseat blowjobs. All the retrospazz can go off about the '77 thang all day. Remember...These are defects!!! There's something seriously wrong in their heads. What a great record!!! (Italy Records/4530 Avery/Detroit Mi/48208 or Superior Sounds/512 S. Washington/PMB 279/Royal Oak Mi/48067)

splendid - 13 songs to clone your cat to
The Clone Defects' "Not as Good as Gold":
Of course, no one's guaranteeing that it will be viable life. Your new kitty might be a little unconventional. So are the Clone Defects, though, and they rock like bulldozers.