Tiger Lillies

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 ^{Shockheaded Peter (musical)} .

Their surreal style has been described as dark, darkly humorous, strangely humorous, Brecht ^{Bertolt Brecht} ian, and gypsy ^{Romani people} 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. It was recently announced that the band have been chosen by Matt Groening to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties ^{All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)} festival he is curating in May 2010 in Minehead, England.

  * Martyn Jacques - vocals ^Singing , accordion, piano, guitar, harmonica, ukelele and banjolele.
* Adrian Huge (born Adrian Hughes) - drums ^{Drum kit} , percussion ^{Percussion instrument} and backing vocals ^{Backing vocalist} .
* Adrian Stout - double bass, musical saw and backing vocals.
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 ^{Leningrad (band)} )
* 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

& Tiger Lillies & Danielle de Picciotto live with "The Mountains of Madness" (2007)
*2006 - Mountains of Madness (with Alexander ***e (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