The Tiger Lillies (GB)
,,The trio of the castrated criminal anarchist brechtian blues” – maybe this is the shortest way to characterize the undefinable, theatrical world of the Tiger Lillies. The songs of the band reach the deepest level of England-life: they are stories of prostitutes, people addicted to drugs, thiefs, failed ones, sung beautifully, as if they talked about angels. Their music mix opera and gipsy melodies altogether surprisingly, but the quality that makes them very different from any others, is the amazing emotional introspection and rough passion of their performance.
As the band is impossible to define into straight type of music, they never became commercially successful or well-known in wide spectrum. They describe themselves as the ’band for famous people’, because the fans of them include Marilyn Manson, Mel Brooks, Barry Humphries, Terry Gilliam or Matt Groening from the Simpsons. These people have their ’craziness’ and radical self in common.
The “devilishly sacred castrated criminal-anarchistic brechtian blues trio”, The Tiger Lillies will ravish the Katlan audience in a surreal “Victorian dark cabaret” nightmare, one they will never forget! The vocalist, Martyn Jacques spent 7 years living above a brothel in the Soho, thus witnessing the daily struggles of suburbia, along with the bohemian city folk, both serving as inspiration for his music. He trained himself to be an opera singer for 7 years, developing his characteristic falsetto voice, which we are lucky enough to ear-witness at their concerts, guiding us through the deepest swamps of England: the tales of whores, drug addicts and thieves come to life.
Band members:
Martyn Jacques - vocals, accordion, harmonica
Adrian Huge - drums, percussion and backing vocals
Adrian Stout - double bass, musical saw and backing vocals
As the band is impossible to define into straight type of music, they never became commercially successful or well-known in wide spectrum. They describe themselves as the ’band for famous people’, because the fans of them include Marilyn Manson, Mel Brooks, Barry Humphries, Terry Gilliam or Matt Groening from the Simpsons. These people have their ’craziness’ and radical self in common.
The “devilishly sacred castrated criminal-anarchistic brechtian blues trio”, The Tiger Lillies will ravish the Katlan audience in a surreal “Victorian dark cabaret” nightmare, one they will never forget! The vocalist, Martyn Jacques spent 7 years living above a brothel in the Soho, thus witnessing the daily struggles of suburbia, along with the bohemian city folk, both serving as inspiration for his music. He trained himself to be an opera singer for 7 years, developing his characteristic falsetto voice, which we are lucky enough to ear-witness at their concerts, guiding us through the deepest swamps of England: the tales of whores, drug addicts and thieves come to life.
Band members:
Martyn Jacques - vocals, accordion, harmonica
Adrian Huge - drums, percussion and backing vocals
Adrian Stout - double bass, musical saw and backing vocals