The Jazz Butcher

The Jazz Butcher, also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell, is a blackly humorous and (until the early nineties) prolific British musical group founded by Pat Fish, a philosophy graduate from OxfordFact|date=April 2008. Their "oeuvre" boasts 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."

Discography

Albums:
* "Bath of Bacon", 1983
* "Scandal in Bohemia", 1984
* "Sex and Travel", 1985
* "Distressed Gentlefolk", 1986
* "Fishcotheque", 1988
* "Big Planet, Scary Planet", 1989
* "Cult Of The Basement", 1990
* "Condition Blue", 1991
* "Waiting for the Love Bus", 1993
* "Illuminate", 1995
* "Rotten Soul", 2000

Singles:
* "Southern Mark Smith", 1983
* "Marnie", 1984
* "Roadrunner", 1984
* "Zombie Love", 1984
* "Affection", 1984
* "Real Men", 1985
* "The Human Jungle", 1985
* "Christmas with the Pygmies", 1985
* "Leaving It Up to You", 1985
* "Hard", 1986
* "Angels", 1986
* "Peter Lorre", 1986
* "New Invention", 1989
* "Girl Go", 1990
* "We Love You", 1990
* "She's a Yo-Yo", 1991
* "Shirley Maclaine", 1991
* "Sweetwater", 1993
* "Vodka Girls", 1994
* "Sixteen Years", 1995

EPs:
* "Conspiracy", 1986
* "May I", 1987
* "Spooky", 1988

Live:
* "Hamburg", 1985
* "Western Family, 1993
* "Glorious and Idiotic", 2000

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

External links

* [http://www.jazzbutcher.com Jazz Butcher official website]
* [http://www.arabhorses.ms11.net/jbcsongs.htm The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy Variations Page] — fan website