Song · Dead Milkmen
“Big Lizard” by Dead Milkmen
From the album Big Lizard in My Backyard (1985)
“Big Lizard” by Dead Milkmen appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1985 on the album Big Lizard in My Backyard. Its best result is #1516 on the CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,365 alternative song of all time.
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"Big Lizard" shares its name with the Dead Milkmen's 1985 album Big Lizard in My Backyard, and it's every bit as gleefully daft as that title promises. Rodney Anonymous and Joe Jack Talcum split the vocals and the whole band piles onto the backing shouts, with Talcum on guitar, Dave Blood on bass and Dean Clean on drums.
The band produced it with John Wicks, who recorded and mixed it alongside Bob Dickie, and it sounds gloriously cheap: scrappy, snotty and far too pleased with its own joke to care whether anybody else is laughing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1516 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1516 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1520 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1518 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1522 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1522 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1521 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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