| The Tiger Lillies | |
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The Tiger Lillies during a concert |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London |
| Genres | Dark cabaret |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Misery Guts Music |
| Website | Official website Tiger Lillies Forum |
| Members | |
| Martyn Jacques, Adrian Stout, Adrian Huge | |
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, Cockatoo Prison, starts on 20 May 2010 at Cockatoo Island in Sydney. The show is based around songs about a group of prisoners, each of whom is introduced song-by-song.
The band were chosen by Matt Groening to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he curated in May 2010 in Minehead, England.
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