From: edwardc@aifh.ed.ac.uk (Ed Carter)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Jazz Butcher  Condition Blue
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:16:31 GMT
Reply-To: edwardc@aifh.ed.ac.uk (Ed Carter)
Organization: Dept of AI, University of Edinburgh, Scotland


# In article <1id1cbINNgh2@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> diverson@phys.ksu.edu (David
Iverson) writes:
# >
# >I really like the album.  It's smooth and suave as JB's ever been.  It's a
# >whole lot better than Cult of the Basement and I realized why.  You see,
#                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# 		       What is this?  Never heard of this (album, or
# 		       whatever) !!  - please explain?
# 
# >it's becuase Max Eider (Mr. Fabulous Guitar Player Extrodanaire) left the
# >band after ? "Gotta let this hen out"  (?!?)  and on "Cult of the
Basement"
#               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# 	      Same here... when did this come out?
# 
# >JB doesn't know what to do without ME's shimmering guitar work.  But
# >"Condition Blue" has moved beyond ME's guitar and created a great sound of
# >it's own.

Come on.... Cult of the Basement. 1990 album and widely acknowledged to
be quite good. (Honest!)

Max Eider left the band [and they dropped the "conspiracy"] after the
rather disappointing "Distressed Gentlefolk" album and the "Conspiracy"
ep. Actually, what happened was that the entire band had, ermm, a
disagreement in a Swiss Bar and they did not part on the best of terms.

Of the original 4:

	Pat Fish continued as the Jazz Butcher

	Max Eider released one solo album on Bigtime [now bust] label.
		  called "The Best Kisser in the World", it has its
 		  moments, but not many IMHO.

	David J released meandering solo acousticy nonsense.

	Owen Jones returned to Germany and, scarcely credibly, took a
	           part time job as Gunter Grass's gardener.
		   He is back with Butch on "Condition Blue".

Fans of the British "Adult" "Comic", Viz, might like to speculate upon
the connection between the members of the original Jazz Butcher
Conspiracy and D.Jones, who draws the Roger Irrelevant strip amongst
others. There are LOTS of references to JBC songs floating around in
there. Not the least subtle of which is drawings of people wearing
T-shirts saying "Peter Lorre is a Brick".


There are four Jazz Butcher compilations:

	Bloody Nonsense [US-only, NOT CD... yet]
	The Gift of Music [early singles]
	Big Questions [Gift of Music volume 2.... up to losing Max]
	Edward's Closet [Fishcotheque, Spooky, Big Planet and Cult]


you might not be aware of The Jazz Butcher's meta-pseudonyms:

	JBC: back in the recent past, when dance covers of Rolling
	Stones songs were clogging up the UK charts (cf especially
	"I'm Free" by the Soup Dragons), The Jazz Butcher released
	an EP of three remixes of "We Love You". Topped the NME
	dance chart for a week and then disappeared. Actually quite
	good.

	Black EG: An album of pretend eastern european experimental
	dance music performed by "Karel vonDammerung". This sounds
	more like Dazzle Ships-period OMD than anything by Butch.


I think that's probably quite enough about the Jazz Butcher.

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MB I will pay good money for a copy of "Swinging with the Pygmies",
   any offers...?