Martyn Jacques- Vocals, accordion, ukulele, piano Adrian Huge - Drums, percussion, toys Adrian Stout - Contra bass, musical saw, vocals
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GIN
by the Tiger Lillies and Ophelia Bitz
@ Culture Show, BBC2
BULLY BOYS
by the Tiger Lillies
@ Jools Holland's
"Later"
PHOTO SESSION
for our the album
"Love and War"
Influences
Musical Influences include:
Gypsy music,
Russian music,
Greek folk,
Blues ( early recordings) ,
Italian Opera (early recordings),
Kurt Weil,
30's Berlin cabaret,
French chanson,
Flamenco.
Favourite Music includes:
Jacques Brel,
The Three Penny Opera,
Edith Piaf,
Marlene Dietritch ( singing in German),
Billie Holiday,
Agnes Bernelle,
Amalia Rodriguez,
Johny Cash,
Thelonious Monk,
Tyrannosaurus Rex,
Love,
Caruso ( opera),
Ravel,
Sati,
Gorecki.
Sounds Like
Nothing on God’s earth...
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Cult London 3 piece The Tiger Lillies play a twisted fusion of pre-war Berlin cabaret and avant garde music hall in deranged anarchic gypsy style.. with such a unique sound, audiences around the world are both delighted and shocked by their darkly comedic and deranged songs covering controversial subjects such as blasphemy and bestiality, rape, murder, lowlifes and whores with unashamed theatrics and wit.
The Trio are fronted by singer Martyn Jacques who trained himself as an opera singer with a castrati style voice of heartbreaking beauty, whilst living alone above a strip joint in Soho for seven years. Accompanied by drummer Adrian Huge, whose appearance was described by David Byrne as James Joyce on drums, and who must doubtlessly be one if not the most famous drummer to frequently exchange his drumsticks in favour of rubber chickens and toy babies, and double bass / musical saw player Adrian Stout. Jacques plays accordion as he sings savage and passionate songs about the darkest side of human nature, his voice soaring and growling like a man possessed
As well as touring the world with material from their own 16 album repertoire, the band are also busy performing musical collaborations such as The Mountains of Madness, their first work with electronic sounds, featuring Alexander Hacke, the electronics alchemist of German noise terrorists Einst..rzende Neubauten, The Little MatchGirl based on the Hans Christien Andersen tale and Die Weberischen written with Felix Mitterer as part of the Mozart anniversary year. The Tiger Lillies received huge critical acclaim for their work on Shockheaded Peter which they both performed and adapted.
THE TIGER LILLIES OMNIBUS
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The Tiger Lillies instruct of the perils of sin with new songs of the danger of vice. Let these stories be a warning to those considering a life of pleasure over penance.
A controversial theatre cabaret charting man’s fall from paradise to hell, that premiered in April '08 at the atmospheric New Players Theatre. With Punch and Judy puppetry, the show puts a post-modern twist on the tale of Adam and Eve, as same-sex couple Punch and Jude represent the original sinners in the age of civil partnership. With an original new song for each deadly sin, the show bursts with The Tiger Lillies’ dark and deviant style. The three-piece band is joined by burlesque performer Ophelia Bitz and puppetry from performer Nathan Evans.
The Seven Deadly Sins is running currently and until the 30th of August in the Edinburgh Fringe (Spiegel Garden, George Square).
Info & Booking:
www.edfringe.com
www.tigerlillies.com.com
The album of the 7 Deadly Sins is also AVAILABLE NOW through our website tigerlillies.com
Check out the songs and photos of this new project and a short video from the show's previews in Blackheath
PRESS THE SIN!
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES ON THE 'SEVEN DEADLY SINS':
7DS Edinburgh Fringe review in the List: "A celebration of Sin!" READ MORE
Martyn's interview in Time Out London: "Cult cabaret trio Tiger Lillies return to the capital with their new show, ‘7 Deadly Sins’. Time Out meets them to talk puppets and burlesque – and receives an impromptu falsetto singing lesson..." READ MORE
7DS review in the Telegraph: "Seven Deadly Sins: bad taste and excess in the filthiest show in town Seven Deadly Sins: bad taste and excess in the filthiest show in town..." READ MORE
7DS reviews in the Tiger Lillies Forum: "A sense of uneasiness threads its way through the darkness of the city. Disquietened mothers usher their children inside to play, where it's safe. Babies dare not cry, and definitely don't go anywhere near the stairs. Somewhere, a drunk carefully sets down his half-full bottle of gin and stares at it, warily. And in a theatre under the arches in Charing Cross, a high operatic note breaks the hush in perfect pitch, only to be broken itself by a barrage of crudely-implied raspberry noises. Yes, the Tiger Lillies are back in London again, with a vengeance..." READ MORE
7DS review in The Stage:"The three-piece band that is The Tiger Lillies has developed a huge following over the years, by marrying the shock tactics of punk with all the ingredients of traditional cabaret. For their run at the New Players the performers have taken the theme of the seven deadly sins, offering their own unique interpretation in song and music... READ MORE
7DS review in WHEN PIGEONS WEEP: "I went to see Tiger Lillies: Seven Deadly Sins at the New Players Theatre last night. Here's what I drew... READ MORE
7DS review in THIS IS LONDON: "Devilish but Delicious..." READ MORE
7DS review in the Independent: "A high operatic note breaks the hush of the theatre in perfect pitch, only to be broken itself by a barrage of crude raspberry noises. The Tiger Lillies are back in London, with a vengeance..." READ MORE
SPREAD THE SIN!!
The Tiger Lillies Street Team (aka Street Tigers) is currently working on promoting the new show and spreading the word to all the uninitiated folk out there. We need your help with this, and there are lots of things you can do, from adding Tiger Lillies banners to your blogs and websites, writing reviews of albums and shows, incessently talking about the band to all your family, friends, work colleagues and people at the bus stop, and even getting actively involved in flyering and postering for the live shows.
Naturally our hardworking Street Tigers enjoy exquisite benefits such as invitations to previews, discounts on merchandise and loads of love from the band!
If you are interested in joining the Street Tigers, send us an email at street.tigers@gmail.com and we'll put you to work.
SINFUL BADGES!
Along with the new show and the new album, brand new merchandise is now ready to be added to your Tiger Lillies goody bag!
Our dear friend Spasm has created the very tasteful badges below that would not only smarten up your outfit but also are a very good I-cant-afford-anything-else-so-I'll-get-this-instead' kinda buy.
These sinful badges will be on sale in London's New Players Theatre during the '7 Deadly Sins' run.
The impatient ones, that want to turn up at the New Players Theatre with a sinful badge already on, can buy one directly from Spasm, who can be reached through her MySpace page myspace.com/holetempter.
The Tiger Lillies... IN PRINT
Two very special Tiger Lillies editions by the band's photographer and graphic designer b7ue. bLUE, spent 12 years travelling with the band worldwide, shooting pictures backstage, in bars, cemeteries, cars, bedrooms, with and without underpants... in dessous and dresses often with very low tech equipment and whatever light was available..
hello again! time & tide is proud to present amalgam.. in order to make this new album we've altered, changed, deformed, destroyed, manipulated and fused together all the sound samples that have been so kindly donated by some of our myspace friends. this unique combination of sounds yields an interesting audio journey unlike you've heard before. amalgam comes with an unique hand painted cover and is strictly limited to 50 copies! samples and ordering information on our profile.
thank you for a fantastic time at the spiegal tent, i loved the show and it was lovely to meet you guys to! i hope you like the cd as ive been enjoying yours! aha x
