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The Jazz Butcher

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Years active
  
1982–2000, 2012

Genres
  
Indie pop, Jangle pop

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Also known as
  
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell

Labels
  
Glass, Creation, Vinyl Japan

Website
  
http://www.jazzbutcher.com/

Past members
  
Pat Fish Max Eider Felix Ray Mr. O.P. Jones Kizzy O'Callaghan Laurence O'Keefe Paul Mulreany Alex Green Alex Lee Richard Formby Joe Allen Dooj Wilkinson Nick Burson Peter Crouch Pascal Legras Mark Bown Gabriel Turner Dave Henderson Owen Jones Pat Bierne Curtis E. Johnson

Origin
  
Oxford, United Kingdom (1982)

Members
  
Pat Fish, Max Eider, David J, Richard Formby

Albums
  
Distressed Gentlefolk, Cult of the Basement, A Scandal in Bohemia, Last of the Gentleman Adventurers, Fishcotheque

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The Jazz Butcher, also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell, are a British musical group founded by Pat Fish.

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History

The band was formed in Oxford in 1982 by Pat Fish, who had previously been a member of Wow Federation while at university in the city, with Max Eider. The début album in Bath of Bacon was released by Glass Records in 1983. A second album A Scandal in Bohemia, also on Glass, featured guest appearances from David J and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus. After 4 Albums, and 2 singles collections for Glass, Fish signed to Creation Records in 1988, releasing eight albums on the label, culminating in 1995's Illuminate.

Lyrical themes

Their oeuvre is blackly humorous with such topics as Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, an unrequited crush on Shirley MacLaine, and an ode to SF writer Harlan Ellison. The song "Sister Death" is not about the comic book character, but was inspired by the last words of Saint Francis of Assisi, "Welcome, Sister Death".

Albums

  • In Bath of Bacon (1983), Glass
  • A Scandal in Bohemia (1984), Glass
  • Sex and Travel (1985), Glass - UK Indie #25
  • Distressed Gentlefolk (1986), Glass - UK Indie #15
  • Fishcotheque (1988), Creation
  • Big Planet Scarey Planet (1989), Creation
  • Cult Of The Basement (1990), Creation
  • Black Eg (1991), Creation (under the name Black Eg)
  • Condition Blue (1991), Creation
  • Waiting for the Love Bus (1993), Creation
  • Illuminate (1995), Creation
  • Rotten Soul (2000), Vinyl Japan
  • Last of the Gentleman Adventurers (2012), (self-released)

    • Singles

  • "Southern Mark Smith" (1983), Glass
  • "Marnie" (1984), Glass
  • "Roadrunner" (1984), Glass - UK Indie #50
  • "Zombie Love" (1984)
  • "Affection" (1984)
  • "Real Men" (1985), Glass - UK Indie #34
  • "The Human Jungle" (1985), Glass - UK Indie #27
  • "Christmas with the Pygmies" (1985)
  • "Leaving It Up to You" (1985)
  • "Hard" (1986), Glass - UK Indie #24
  • "Angels" (1986), Glass
  • "Peter Lorre" (1986)
  • "Spooky" (1988), Creation - UK Indie #19
  • "New Invention" (1989), Creation
  • "We Love You" (1990), Creation
  • "She's a Yo-Yo" (1991), Skyclad
  • "Shirley MacLaine" (1991)
  • "Sweetwater" (1993)
  • "Vodka Girls" (1994)
  • "Sixteen Years" (1995), Creation
  • "All The Saints" (2016), Fire

    • EPs

  • Conspiracy (1986), Glass - UK Indie #42
  • May I (1987)
  • Girl Go (1990), Creation

    • Live

  • Hamburg (1985), Rebel
  • Western Family (1993), Creation
  • Glorious and Idiotic (2000), ROIR

    • Compilations

  • Gift of Music (1985), Glass
  • Bloody Nonsense (1986), Big Time
  • Big Questions (Gift of Music, Vol. 2) (1987), Glass
  • Edward's Closet (1991), Creation
  • Unconditional (1992)
  • Draining the Glass (1996), Nectar
  • !Excellent! The Violent Years (1997)
  • Cake City (2001), Vinyl Japan
  • The Jazz Butcher's Free Lunch (2003)

    • Songs

    Conspiracy1986
    Southern Mark SmithA Scandal in Bohemia · 1984
    PartytimeBath of Bacon · 1983

    References

    The Jazz Butcher Wikipedia
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