The Jazz Butcher
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Rememberences

2022

Monolith Cocktail
"Kalporz X Monolith Cocktail"

ink19.com
"The Jazz Butcher Society"
2021
Whisperin And Hollerin
"A Celebration Of Pat Fish"

I'll Live
"Making Me Understand"

post-punk.com
"The Jazz Butcher"

Mojo
"The Jazz Butcher"
Northants Telegraph (Northamptonshire, UK)
"Tributes paid to Northampton musician Pat Fish, The Jazz Butcher"

J. Eric Smith blog
"Only A Rumour"

NME
"Pat Fish"

Louder Than War
"Pat Fish aka The Jazz Butcher"

Magnet Magazine
"KEEPING THE CURTAINS CLOSED"
It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine
"The Jazz Butcher is Dead!"

Interviews

Published Interviews
2022
50 Years of Fun
"50 Years of Fun - JAZ001"
2021
The Funhouse #88
"Pat Fish"
2020

MELOMANIA
"AN INTERVIEW WITH PAT FISH"
Lengthy career-spanning questions answered
Pop News (France)
"Mes chansons n’ont pas toujours été bien comprise"
It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine (USA)
"Pretty Tunes With Sour, Disassociated Lyrics"
2019
2018

Big Stir Magazine (Burbank, CA, USA)
"Steve Wilson talks to PAT FISH"
2017


Bandcamp Daily
"The Jazz Butcher's Indie Pop Genesis"
Soul Kitchen (France)
"Un Samedi Soir Avec The Jazz Butcher"
2016

Distorsioni (Italy)
"The Return of the Jazz Butcher"

2015

Wine Merchants (USA)
"D2D Interview"
2014
Radio Televisión Española - Radio 3 (Madrid, Spain)
"Live on the air with Julio Ruiz" - (Gig: 2014-11-12)

Louder Than War
"The Butch is Back… the return of The Jazz Butcher!" - (Gig: 2014-09-20)
RTVE - Radio Televisión Española - Radio 3 with Julio Ruiz - November 12, 2014
- (Gig: 2014-11-12)
2011
Jim Ruiz Website
"Jim remembers Max, Max remembers Wes"
2008
Max Eider Blog
"Interview by Mick Mercer"
2007
Caught In The Carousel
"I Was A Goth Before You Were A Goth"
An incredibly long and detailed interview rescued from archive.org
Caught In The Carousel/Stereo Embers
"The Breathing of Statues: An Interview With Max Eider"
2005
Apollox Magazine (UK)
"Fish heads"
2003
Apollox Magazine (UK)
"Apollox shares a conversation with The Jazz Butcher over a Free Lunch"
2002
Apollox Magazine (UK)
"The Jazz Butcher versus Max Eider..."
A lengthy Pat & Max tag-team interview
2001
The Independent (UK)
"Who is the Jazz Butcher?"
2000
Witness Website
"Interview with Julian "Jazz" Pransky-Poole"
The Madcap Speaks (Atlanta, GA, USA)
"Pat Fish of the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy" - (Gig: 2000-05-03)

Metro Times (Detroit, MI, USA)
"Chatting up the Butch"
1995
Apollox Magazine (UK)
"Alex Green & The Sinister Ducks"
1994
Alternative Press (USA)
"British label sobers up and celebrates its tenth anniversary"
The Splatter Effect (New Brunswick, NJ, USA)
1993
French National Radio - February 15, 1993
- (Gig: 1993-02-15)
1992

The Record Store Up Front And Center Issue #5 (Waterloo, Canada)
"Treading the line between dumb and stupid"

Flagpole Magazine (Athens, GA, USA)
"Cult of the Jazz Butcher" - (Gig: 1992-04-24)

Toronto Performer (Toronto, Canada)
"Jazz Butcher's Conditioned Response" - (Gig: 1992-05-09)

The Province (Vancouver, BC)
"Jazz Butcher Feeling Moody, Blue" - (Gig: 1992-05-27)

The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
"British Popster Fights The Good Fight To Put Some Literacy Back Into Lyrics" - (Gig: 1992-05-07)

Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
"Butchered relationship fascinates Fish" - (Gig: 1992-05-27)

Monteal Gazette (Montreal, Canada)
"Jazz Butcher Slicing" - (Gig: 1992-05-06)
WRAS - April 25, 1992
Credit: David Whittemore
- (Gig: 1992-04-25)
CBC - May 06, 1992
Credit: Brent Brambury
- (Gig: 1992-05-06)
WNUR - May 16, 1992
Credit: David Whittemore
- (Gig: 1992-05-16)
WHPK - June 26, 1992
Credit: David Whittemore
- (Gig: 1992-06-26)
WXYC - April 26, 1992
Credit: David Whittemore
- (Gig: 1992-04-26)
1991

Music Express Magazine (Canada)
"The Jazz Butcher Vaulting Synapses"
1990

Alterock (Budapest, Hungary)
"Jazz Butcher" - (Gig: 1990-04-11)

Newspaper (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
"Jazz Butcher comes up from the basement" - (Gig: 1990-11-09)


KCMU Interview (Seattle, WA, USA)
"Red Dots In The Butcher's Basement"
KTBS - November 19, 1990
Credit: Robert Jacob
- (Gig: 1990-11-19)
1989

La Tribune (Montreal, QU, Canada)
"The Jazz Butcher" - (Gig: 1989-11-11)
Inconsequential short interview

Kelly & Whittemore (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
"The Milwaukee Interview" - (Gig: 1989-11-19)
Two star-struck fans corner the Butcher and he graciously provides a very informative and lengthy recorded interview, here transcribed.
1988

Melody Maker (UK)
"Conspiracy Theories"
The Newsletter Vol1 #7 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
"Jazz Butcher Vs. New Community" - (Gig: 1988-06-12)
1986

Background Medium Productions
"Background Noise Productions"

Nerve #27 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
"the joy of BUTCHERY"
Non*Stop Banter (USA)
"Life According to the Jazz Butcher"

Contrast (USA)
"The Jazz Butcher vs the USA" - (Gig: 1986-08-14)
1985


New Music Express
"THIS MEAT IS MURDER"

Abstract Magazine
"Issue #5"
1984

New Music Express (UK)
"THE FISH AND I" - (Gig: 1984-05-26)
ZigZag
"Jazz Butcher"

Bios

Albums

Published Album Reviews
2023

2022

Uncut Magazine
"The Jazz Butcher"

Highest in the Land
Pop News
"Jazz Butcher" (France)

Highest in the Land
Stereo Embers
"Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY"

Highest in the Land
Spill Magazine
"SPILL ALBUM REVIEW"

Highest in the Land

The Manc Review
"ALBUM OF THE MONTH" (Manchester, UK)

Highest in the Land
Rock and Roll Globe
"The Last Will and Testament of Pat Fish"

Highest in the Land
Pitchfork
"The Highest in the Land"

Highest in the Land
Magnet Magazine
"ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC"

Highest in the Land

Pop Matters
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER’S FINAL ALBUM IS ‘THE HIGHEST IN THE LAND’" (Queens, NY, USA)

Highest in the Land
2018
WoNo Magazine blog
"A Scandal In Bohemia" (Netherlands)

A Scandal In Bohemia
Pitchfork
"The Jazz Butcher - The Wasted Years"

The Wasted Years
Pop Matters
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER’S ‘THE VIOLENT YEARS’"

The Violent Years

2017
When You Motor Away...
"The Jazz Butcher - The Wasted Years"

The Wasted Years
Under The Radar
"The Jazz Butcher - The Wasted Years"

The Wasted Years
Sun Burns Out
"The crazy years of the Jazz Butcher or no pity for geniuses" (France)

The Wasted Years
The Vinyl District
"Graded on a Curve: The Jazz Butcher, The Wasted Years"

The Wasted Years
AllMusic
"The Wasted Years"

The Wasted Years
Pop Matters
"The Wasted Years"

The Wasted Years


Bandcamp Daily
"The Jazz Butcher's Indie Pop Genesis"

The Wasted Years
Louder Than War
"The Jazz Butcher"

The Wasted Years


Abus Dangereux #144
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER" (France)

The Wasted Years
2016


The Big Takeover (print)
"the jazz butcher" (New York, New York, USA)

Last of the Gentleman Adventurers
Distorsioni
"The Return of the Jazz Butcher" (Italy)

Last of the Gentleman Adventurers


Rolling Stone
"Beautiful comeback album by the jingling Bohemians from Oxford" (Germany)

Last of the Gentleman Adventurers


2013
A song within a song
"The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy" (Spain)

Distressed Gentlefolk

Mojo
"The UK Indie Top 100 Records"

Southern Mark Smith
2008
2003
2001
Disclaimer
"Music Review - All The Albums"
2000
1997
1996
1995
Creation Records

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"Promo - Sixteen Years"

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1994

1993
1992
The Washington Post
"Charming Chiming of Jazz Butcher" (Washington, DC, USA)

Condition Blue

The Record Store Up Front And Center Issue #5
"Treading the line between dumb and stupid" (Waterloo, Canada)

Condition Blue
1991

1990



KCMU Interview
"Red Dots In The Butcher's Basement" (Seattle, WA, USA)

Cult Of The Basement
1989

Record Mirror
"The Jazz Butcher" (UK)

Fishcotheque

Sounds
"Scarey monster!" (UK)

Big Planet, Scarey Planet

1988

Hatchet, George Washington University
"Scanning the globe for discs" (Washington DC, USA)

Fishcotheque

The Defender, Saint Michael's College
"The Jazz Butcher's latest has the right idea, wrong sound" (Winooski, Vermont, USA)

Fishcotheque
1987

1986
The McGill Daily #76
"The Jazz Butcher" (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Bloody Nonsense
The Bell Ringer, Montgomery Bell Academy
"The Jazz Butcher Bloody Nonsense" (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)

Bloody Nonsense
1985


New Music Express
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER"

Sex And Travel
1982

Mercury And Herald
"Jazz Butcher set for a debut" (Northampton, UK)

Bath Of Bacon

Gigs

Published Gig Reviews
2019
Pop News
"Visiting Jazz Butcher" (France) - (Gig: 2019-09-28)
Whisperin And Hollerin
"David J Haskins and Pat Fish" (Hackney, London, England) - (Gig: 2019-10-26)
Torched Magazine
"REGULAR, ENGLISH SPEAKING GENTLEMEN…" (Manchester, England) - (Gig: 2019-10-24)
Whisperin And Hollerin
"Pat Fish, Matthew Edwards & Dave Sutherland" (Cork, Ireland) - (Gig: 2019-10-11)
2017


Pop News
"The Jazz Butcher and The Jasmine Minks" (France) - (Gig: 2017-04-15)
2015

Dirty Rock Magazine
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER (PAT FISH)" (Valencia, Spain) - (Gig: 2015-04-17)
2014
Whisperin And Hollerin
"The Jazz Butcher Quartet" - (Gig: 2014-09-20)
Radio Televisión Española - Radio 3
"Live on the air with Julio Ruiz" (Madrid, Spain) - (Gig: 2014-11-12)

Louder Than War
"The Butch is Back… the return of The Jazz Butcher!" - (Gig: 2014-09-20)
2013
Chickfactor Magazine (Brooklyn, NY, USA) - (Gig: 2013-06-15)
2012
2011

Musoscribe Bootleg Bin
"Bootleg Bin: Jazz Butcher – Bob & Anne’s Wedding Reception" (USA) - (Gig: 1997-09-19)
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
Nightshift (Oxford, UK) - (Gig: 2005-04-14)
Oxford Bands Website
"The Black Watch + Pat Fish + Anton Barbeau + The New Moon" (Oxford, UK) - (Gig: 2005-04-14)
2004
2003

- (Gig: 2003-10-16)
2002

2001
2000
The Madcap Speaks
"Pat Fish of the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy" (Atlanta, GA, USA) - (Gig: 2000-05-03)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Top-five obscurity" (Cleveland, OH, USA) - (Gig: 2000-04-18)

Metro Times
"Chatting up the Butch" (Detroit, MI, USA) - (Gig: 2000-04-19)
1999

Village Voice (New York, New York, USA) - (Gig: 1999-09-23)

The Rocket (Seattle, Washington, USA) - (Gig: 1999-09-16)

Up & Coming (Seattle, Washington, USA) - (Gig: 1999-09-16)

Timeout (New York, New York, USA) - (Gig: 1999-09-23)
1998
1997
San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Hopelessly devoted cults around bands" (San Francisco,CA) - (Gig: 1997-09-22)
1996
The Observer
"He's in Hollywood's hottest film" (UK) - (Gig: 1996-08-20)
1995
1994

The Big Takeover Issue #34
"Excerpt from interview with the band Belly"
JBC is favourably mentioned in an interview with Belly
1993

Best of Rock n Roll Folk Magazine
"Gig clipping" (France) - (Gig: 1993-02-21)

Liberation Newspaper
"Gig clipping" (France) - (Gig: 1993-02-16)

l'Est Republicain Newspaper
"Gig clipping" (France) - (Gig: 1993-11-15)
1992
The Washington Post
"Charming Chiming of Jazz Butcher" (Washington, DC, USA) - (Gig: 1992-05-01)

Ryder Magazine
"The Distressed Gentlefolk" (Bloomington, IN, USA)

Flagpole Magazine
"Cult of the Jazz Butcher" (Athens, GA, USA) - (Gig: 1992-04-24)

Toronto Performer
"Jazz Butcher's Conditioned Response" (Toronto, Canada) - (Gig: 1992-05-09)

The Province
"Jazz Butcher Feeling Moody, Blue" (Vancouver, BC) - (Gig: 1992-05-27)

The Ottawa Citizen
"British Popster Fights The Good Fight To Put Some Literacy Back Into Lyrics" (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - (Gig: 1992-05-07)

Vancouver Sun
"Butchered relationship fascinates Fish" (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - (Gig: 1992-05-27)

Monteal Gazette
"Jazz Butcher Slicing" (Montreal, Canada) - (Gig: 1992-05-06)
1991
1990

Universal Club Postcard (Madrid, Spain) - (Gig: 1990-03-08)

Newspaper
"Jazz Butcher comes up from the basement" (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) - (Gig: 1990-11-09)

Newspaper
"Gig clipping" (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) - (Gig: 1990-11-05)

Melody Maker
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER" (UK) - (Gig: 1990-02-26)
1989

La Tribune
"The Jazz Butcher" (Montreal, QU, Canada) - (Gig: 1989-11-11)
Inconsequential short interview

Kelly & Whittemore
"The Milwaukee Interview" (Milwaukee, WI, USA) - (Gig: 1989-11-19)
Two star-struck fans corner the Butcher and he graciously provides a very informative and lengthy recorded interview, here transcribed.
1988

Melody Maker
"Day Of Creation" (UK) - (Gig: 1988-08-07)
The Newsletter Vol1 #7
"Jazz Butcher Vs. New Community" (Milwaukee, WI, USA) - (Gig: 1988-06-12)

Boston Rock #91
"THE JAZZ BUTCHER" (Boston, Massachusettes, USA) - (Gig: 1988-06-03)
1987

Best of Rock n Roll Folk Magazine
"Gig clipping" (France) - (Gig: 1987-02-10)
1986

Contrast
"The Jazz Butcher vs the USA" (USA) - (Gig: 1986-08-14)
1985

1984

New Music Express
"THE FISH AND I" (UK) - (Gig: 1984-05-26)
1983

Mercury And Herald
"The gift of music" (Northampton, UK) - (Gig: 1983-09-24)

1982

Pat

The Butcher Writes..
2019
2017
2014
2013
2012
2010
2009
2006
2005
2004

2003
2002

Star of India restaurant review
Northampton's Star of India restaurant is dearly loved by the artist
2001
2000
1999
1998

1997
1994
Letters From Pat - 1994-04-13
94 Euro Tour, Two Gigs, News, 93/94 Tours
Letters From Pat - 1994-09-13
Gig self-reviews, jbc-list rebuttals, etc
Letters From Pat - 1994-06-24
All The Gigs, Ever

1993
Letters From Pat - 1993-08-30
The Albums, The Bands, LoveBus, 93 Euro Tour
Letters From Pat - 1993-10-19
Eider, The Fall, News
1992
1991
Letters From Pat - 1991-02-01
The "Hunter S. Thompson" letter
1990
1989
1987
1985
1984
1982

Wilson
2012
2009
2005
2004

2003
BBCi
"Band Profile"

- (Gig: 2003-10-16)
2002
2001

Black Eg

Sumosonic

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  • JB In The Guardian
    steve.hyde[at]-remove-ndcls.ox.ac.uk - Steve Hyde - Oxford
    6Aug2006 6:39 PM (17 years 59 days ago)
    Dear Pat et al,

    For what it's worth I stumbled across the following ancient
    article in the Guardian. (Google: olaf palme jazz butcher it's the
    11 hit)

    http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/
    0,12102,1353957,00.html

    Enjoy...

    I'm hoping by adding to your press cuttings, you'll play Olaf
    Palme on the 16th - any chance ???

    Steve
  • In Bath Of Bacon
    gavin13[at]-remove-letterboxes.org - Napa, CA, USA
    2Feb2005 11:17 AM (18 years 245 days ago)
    Hey Everyone,
    In Bath Of Bacon (CD) is up on Ebay. Thought
    someone might be interested.
    Best,
    Gavin
  • Say Roar
    theaudiodropout[at]-remove-aol.com - Sheffield UK
    18Dec2003 2:43 PM (19 years 292 days ago)
    now then young man
    check out the Wire mag jan 04 page 13.
    now that's a review!

    Cheers
    The tall wobbly one
  • how can i send you a copy of your song i cover?
    cogan[at]-remove-socal.rr.com - los angeles, ca
    17Sep2002 7:25 PM (21 years 18 days ago)
    what is your email address? i want to send you a copy of "party time" i played live last night. i do a one man band type thing at a bar in LA and play all your tunes - do sue me - come to LA and i'll point you to where all the jazz butcher fans hang out - they love you guys - and the chicks are hot - you've been helping me get laid for about a year now! i call myself the smooth jazz butcher (just kidding)

    ed cogan
    los angeles