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’t 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 — and even then, you probably had to stumble upon the strange, chaotic group.
A vote on social media put Pig Lizzard as the battle of the bands’ dark horse — 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.
A few nights later, though, things actually did fall apart. The group had been so shocked at how well they’d done the first night that they got nervous and started drinking ahead of the second round. The show imploded on stage — and not even spectacularly…