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The Tiger Lillies are a group led by the twisted and brilliant accordionist Martyn Jacques. With Adrian Huge on drums and firecrackers, and Adrian Stout on double bass, musical saw, and backup vocals, they make a striking trio, performing a marvellous blend of gypsy circus cabaret, traditional English vaudeville, and Weill-esque operattas with a dash of Brechtian stagecraft. Their songs’ thematic content tends to focus on death, religion, circus life, seafaring creeps, pimps, prostitutes, rent boys, bestiality, drugs, and the seedier side of life. Sung in a haunting falsetto, the lyrics are often in the first person, wherein the characters confess their heinous and disturbing crimes. Despite the blasphemous and coarse subject matter of the vast majority of their catalog, their early work reveals a softer side of the man behind the grease paint.

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1	Banging in the Nails	106
2	Killer	83
3	Bully Boys	81
4	Russians	74
5	Hell	71
5	Start A Fire	71
7	Bad	70
8	Terrible	67
9	Crack Of Doom	63
10	Roll Up	56
11	Alone With the Moon	55
12	Snip Snip	52
13	Vagina	51
14	Autumn Leaves	50
15	Heroin and Cocaine	47

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Oldphan wrote:
Saturday morning

@mynameishuman - The Brothel to the Cemetary is a great album to start with!

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mynameishuman wrote:
Friday afternoon

What would be good albums to start with? (Note: I like 'Start a Fire' and 'Bully Boys', very much!)

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mynameishuman wrote:
Thursday afternoon

'Start a Fire' is great.

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factak wrote:
last month

The russian in the market square, ye the russian

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saftsack wrote:
last month

It is annoying. But that's why I like it. ;)

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freakydude91 wrote:
last month

The way he sings is hella annoying, if reverend glasseye was singing instead then this music would be very awesome

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extemporanea wrote:
last month

and I love you though you smell <3

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radaladar wrote:
September 2009

They played two nights here in Budapest. I got to play the first half a minute or so of Gin on the drums! It was awesome.

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Fruehsport wrote:
September 2009

http://www.lastfm.de/tag/mein%20quitschiger%20leiherkasten

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winter-eagle wrote:
September 2009

They were ace when I saw them in Sydney - would've been nice if they'd stayed a bit longer though; I would've gone to more shows...

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WillandRick wrote:
August 2009

XXX

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emersin wrote:
August 2009

bfienr!!!!!!!!!!!!

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_duif wrote:
August 2009

The Tiger Lillies And Kronos Quartet redirects here? whose bright idea was that...

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Jamonn wrote:
August 2009

Booo,... jajajaja Virus.. Viruliento.. y punson... cool music...

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va_G wrote:
August 2009

So come on perverts, come on down

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Kragey wrote:
July 2009

But when I do offend someone, it makes me feel so PROUD!

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barkin_ wrote:
July 2009

bearded lady amazing.

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RadioAlyona wrote:
July 2009

At Positivus their fans were better then they

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donolejos wrote:
July 2009

jesli boisz sie smierci to kochaj i tancz nad wlasna mogila

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cogsturning wrote:
June 2009

jeebus they make too many albums, im like 4 behind. i cant keep up! D:

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