Some 15+ odd years ago, after the first Pounded Clown practice, Dave approached Hal with an offer to be in a second band together, The Lizards. Being the semi-spontanous guy Hal is, he said "uh, sure". After a few months of practice and a show, The Lizards parted ways with their original singer and continued as a 3-piece with the original bassist and Sacramento legend, Donnie Jupiter. After a few years and compilation tracks on Very Small and Lookout Records, the Lizards released a split 12" record on Very Small Records with Nar. Donnie got sick of playing bass a few years after that, so Sacramento virtuoso Chris Woodhouse grabbed a bass and Donnie moved to rhythm guitar. Under this line-up, the Lizards released a highly successful split EP with Elmer and dropped the "the" from the Lizards leaving us with the stream-lined version Lizards. Donnie got weary of performing and phased himself out around the time Chris left to pursue his own projects. The mighty Jay Onyskin stepped in on bass and wrote "Uh Oh Chongo", Lizards' biggest hit to date. Later, 13 year old Matt K Shrugg started hanging at practices, then at shows and eventually performing a few songs locally to enhance Lizards' live set. Then, in 1997, Lizards broke loose and joined forces with Portland's Automatics for a full US tour and filled out the year with a Japanese tour and a new EP.
