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Biography
Refimprove|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Jazz Butcher| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Oxford , England | genre = Indie pop | years_active = 1982& ndash;2000| label = Glass Records|Glass , Creation Records|Creation , Vinyl Japan| alias = The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell| associated_acts =| website = http://www.jazzbutcher.com/| past_members = Pat Fish Max Eider Felix Ray Mr. O.P. Jones Kizzy O'Callaghan Laurence O'Keefe (rock musician)|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| notable_instruments = The Jazz Butcher , also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell , are a Great Britain|British musical group founded by Pat Fish .
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.Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography , Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 381-2 Début album in Bath of Bacon was released by Glass Records in 1983. Second album A Scandal in Bohemia featured guest appearances from David J and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus . Fish signed to Creation Records in 1988, releasing eight albums on the label up to 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 Death (DC Comics)|comic book character , but was inspired by the last words of Saint Francis of Assisi , "Welcome, Sister Death".
Discography
Albums
In Bath of Bacon (1983), Glass
A Scandal in Bohemia (1984), Glass
Sex and Travel (1985), Glass - UK Independent Chart|UK Indie #25Lazell, Barry (1998) Indie Hits 1980-1989 , Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4, p. 122
Distressed Gentlefolk (1986), Glass - UK Indie #15
Fishcotheque (1988), Creation
Big Planet, Scary Planet (1989), Creation
Cult Of The Basement (1990), Creation
Black Eg (1991), Creation (under the name Black Eg)
