CHRIS DESJARDINS
Chris Desjardins, also known as Chris D. (born January 15, 1953) is a punk poet, rock critic, singer, writer, actor, and filmmaker. He is best known as the lead singer and founder of the early Los Angeles punk/deathrock band the Flesh Eaters. (More from Wikipedia)
Hailing from Vincennes, Indiana, Pat Todd (vocalist), D. D. Weekday (guitar), and Keith Telligman (bass) headed for California to put a band together. They found another Indiana expat there, Allen Clark (drums) and began hitting the L.A. clubs as the Lazy Cowgirls. Of this early period, Todd says that they were playing countless shows for “no one, and people from work”. Chris Desjardins (former frontman of an art-punk band called the Flesh Eaters) lined them up a record deal with Restless Records, resulting in their self-titled 1984 debut Lazy Cowgirls. Fred Beldin gives the album a tepid review for Allmusic but closes with: “Despite an inauspicious start, the Lazy Cowgirls never made a bad record again, and those with a taste for intelligent but visceral rock & roll are urged to examine their catalog.”
(March 2017)
