Crude, lewd, and defiantly immature, The Dead Milkmen were the punk equivalents of the characters in the movie ANIMAL HOUSE. If the members of The Dead Milkmen had been born 20 years earlier, they too might have been the kind of guys who sang dirty lyrics to Ray Charles "What I'd Say" at frat parties. Instead, they found amusement by pretending to be a punk band and by writing funny, tasteless songs that poke fun at just about everything.
BIG LIZARD IN MY BACKYARD features the Milkmen college radio hit "Bitchin' Camaro" and the hysterically offensive "Takin' Retards to the Zoo." It's probably their most consistently entertaining package. LIZARD has been described, with some justification, as The Dead Milkmen album for people who hate The Dead Milkmen.