{"id":2221889,"date":"2026-01-04T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2221889"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:13:30","slug":"new-orleans-band-pig-lizzard-releases-album-buflo-music-gambit-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-orleans-band-pig-lizzard-releases-album-buflo-music-gambit-weekly\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans band Pig Lizzard releases album ‘Buf’lo’ | Music | Gambit Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About a decade ago, Pig Lizzard landed in a battle of the bands in Baton Rouge. It was already kind of a surprise the psychedelic grunge band had made it into the competition at The Varsity Theatre. Pig Lizzard wasn\u2019t known at all outside of the circles who kept an eye on the indie rock and punk bands playing around small bars in the Capital City \u2014 and even then, you probably had to stumble upon the strange, chaotic group.<\/p>\n

A vote on social media put Pig Lizzard<\/a> as the battle of the bands\u2019 dark horse \u2014 but the band blew apart the Varsity during the first round. It was an explosive set of experimental rock, punk and grunge that blissfully ran on the edge of falling apart at any second. Pig Lizzard led the pack and sailed into round two.<\/p>\n

A few nights later, though, things actually did fall apart. The group had been so shocked at how well they\u2019d done the first night that they got nervous and started drinking ahead of the second round. The show imploded on stage \u2014 and not even spectacularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called my mom the next day,\u201d says Will Glass, the band\u2019s guitarist and vocalist. \u201cI was like, \u2018Mom, I think Ashley (Glass\u2019 then-girlfriend) is gonna break up with me.\u2019 The show was so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two didn\u2019t break up. They in fact got married and are now living in New Orleans, Glass\u2019 hometown.<\/p>\n

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Pig Lizzard also has continued, and last year released a new album<\/a>, \u201cBuf\u2019lo.\u201d And the band \u2014 now a five-piece with Glass; drummer Tom Periou; bassist Andrew Silvera; guitarist Cody Young; and Patrick Madore on a custom-built guitar-like instrument \u2014 next performs live at 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8<\/a>, at Saturn Bar with Donny\u2019s Demeanor and Shidded.<\/p>\n

Pig Lizzard is full of contradictions. The band can unexpectedly play its best show but then fall apart on stage a few nights later. There\u2019s a constant air of detached irony<\/a> but a deep sincerity in wanting to make meaningful art. What starts as a silly, plucked riff morphs into a raging barnburner. It makes for a band that can be unpredictable but always interesting.<\/p>\n