The Tiger Lillies are a three-piece band, formed in 1989 and based in London. They have toured worldwide and won acclaim with their opera Shockheaded Peter . Their surreal style has been described as dark, darkly humorous, strangely humorous, Brechtian, and gypsy cabaret. They are also notorious for singing controversial songs involving bestiality, prostitution and blasphemy. In 1999 their work was featured in the film Plunkett & Macleane . The Tiger Lillies were nominated for a Grammy award for their 2003 album The Gorey End , which was a collaboration of sorts with the writer and illustrator Edward Gorey and the Kronos Quartet. Their newest show, 7 Deadly Sins , started on 7 April 2008 at the New Players Theatre in London. The show is based on the traditional seven deadly sins in Catholic theology, and an album was due to be released at the same time. They will appear at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, to perform their 20th anniversary show, "Dark and Deviant," which will feature songs from their classic catalog.

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Band members

• Martyn Jacques - vocals, accordion, piano, guitar, harmonica, ukelele and the banjolele.
• Adrian Huge - drums and percussion, backing vocals.
• Adrian Stout - double bass, musical saw, backing vocals.

Discography

Albums

• 1994 - Births, Marriages and Deaths
• 1995 - Spit Bucket
• 1995 - Ad Nauseam
• 1996 - The Brothel to the Cemetery
• 1996 - Goodbye great nation (with Contrastate)
• 1997 - Farmyard Filth
• 1998 - Low Life Lullabies
• 1998 - Shockheaded Peter
• 1999 - Bad Blood and Blasphemy
• 2000 - Circus Songs
• 2000 - Bouquet of Vegetables - The Early Years
• 2001 - 2 Penny Opera
• 2003 - The Sea
• 2003 - The Gorey End (with Kronos Quartet)
• 2003 - Live in Russia 2000-2001
• 2004 - Punch and Judy
• 2004 - Death and the Bible
• 2005 - Huinya (with Leningrad)
• 2006 - Die Weberischen
• 2006 - The Little Match Girl
• 2007 - Urine Palace
• 2007 - Live in Soho
• 2007 - Love and War
• 2008 - Seven Deadly Sins
• 2009 - Sinderella
• 2009 - Freakshow
• 2009 - Live at the New Players Theatre - London 2009

DVDs

• 2006 - Mountains of Madness (with Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) and drawings by Danielle de Picciotto)
• 2006 - Shockheaded Peter and Other Songs - Live in Concert in New York
• 2009 - The Tiger Lillies - The Early Years

Books

• 1998 - The Ultimate Shockheaded Peter Book - ISBN 3-932909-99-2
• 2003 - Farmyard Fantasy Book
• 2007 - "The Tiger Lillies Book" - www.tigerlilliesbook.com
• 2007 - "The Tiger Lillies - Selected illustrations of songs" - by Anne-Sophie Malmberg
• 2008 - "The inquisitorial skeleton shooting" - limited edition

Trivia

• The Romanian band Spitalul de Urgenta translated the Tiger Lillies song "Whore" into a new track, "Curva", included on their album Alcool Rafinat (2005).
• The music from "Whore" was also used in the Leningrad song "Dikij Muzhchina".
• Their music has also been integrated into dance performances by critically acclaimed Canadian contemporary dance troupe Holy Body Tattoo.
• They covered the Shel Silverstein song "25 Minutes to Go" on 2 Penny Opera .
• They covered "Send in the Clowns" on Circus Songs .
• They covered "My Funny Valentine" on Urine Palace .
• Martyn Jacques appears in the 2007 Channel 4/Artangel film Exodus , singing "Hailstones".
• The proper spelling of their name would be "Tiger Lilies", single "l".

See also

• Dark cabaret
• Punk cabaret