(Fwd) The Jazz Butcher and Independence Day

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• Forwarded mail from matthewc@cursci.co.uk (Matthew Cockerill)

Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:20:48 +0100
To: del@ecn.purdue.edu
From: matthewc@cursci.co.uk (Matthew Cockerill) Subject: The Jazz Butcher and Independence Day

What do you make of this!

Matt

The Observer 18th August 1996

SHOWBIZ
By Campbell Stevenson

He's in Hollywood's hottest film - so why is he boozing in Sheperd's Bush?

The promo schedule for Independence Day director Roland Emmerich is unrelenting. After Britain where the film took a record £6824163 in its first weekend, he moved to Barcelona, then Cannes. But on Tuesday, Emmerich will fly to La Puebla, a small town in Majorca, where there are no private screenings of the film (gross US takings $240 million), but there is a one-off show by British cult pop band The Jazz Butcher (gross US takings - substantially less).

Emmerich was introduced to their garage rock'n'roll, laced with copious references to alcohol and cats, by James Duval, who plays fighter pilot Randy Quaid's son in Independence Day. Duval's Keanu looks - and survival of the alien firestorm - should ensure his part in the sequel (Thanksgiving Day).

Duval, who's Butcher adoration crosses the border of obsession, pestered Emmerich to invite the group's singer, Pat Fish, to the film's London premiere.

And the band returned the favour by taking him drinking in Shepherd's Bush.

'It was weird', says Fish. 'Here's teh guy in the biggest movie in the
world and the highlight of his trip to London is meeting this group who no one over here could be bothered to arrest. He just kept sayiong how grateful he was'.

this unlikely adulation may force the group's record company, Creation, to dust off some back catalogue, especially if Duval persuades Emmerich to use their songs in the directors projected remake of Godzilla.

Still, this is a band used to the inner circles of celebrity. Former drummer Owen Jones emigrated and worked for 109 days as Gunter Grass's gardner.

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What do you make of this!
Matt
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The Observer 18th August 1996
SHOWBIZ
By Campbell Stevenson
He's in Hollywood's hottest film - so why is he boozing in Sheperd's Bush?
The promo schedule for Independence Day director Roland Emmerich is
unrelenting. After Britain where the film took a record £6824163 in its
first weekend, he moved to Barcelona, then Cannes. But on Tuesday, Emmerich
will fly to La Puebla, a small town in Majorca, where there are no private
screenings of the film (gross US takings $240 million), but there is a
one-off show by British cult pop band  The Jazz Butcher (gross US takings -
substantially less).
Emmerich was introduced to their garage rock'n'roll, laced with copious
references to alcohol and cats, by James Duval, who plays fighter pilot
Randy Quaid's son in Independence Day. Duval's Keanu looks - and survival
of the alien firestorm - should ensure his part in the sequel (Thanksgiving
Day).
Duval, who's Butcher adoration crosses the border of obsession, pestered
Emmerich to invite the group's singer, Pat Fish, to the film's London
premiere.
And the band returned the favour by taking him drinking in Shepherd's Bush.


'It was weird', says Fish. 'Here's teh guy in the biggest movie in the

world and the highlight of his trip to London is meeting this group who no
one over here could be bothered to arrest. He just kept sayiong how
grateful he was'.
this unlikely adulation may force the group's record company, Creation, to
dust off some back catalogue, especially if Duval persuades Emmerich to use
their songs in the directors projected remake of Godzilla.
Still, this is a band used to the inner circles of celebrity. Former
drummer Owen Jones emigrated and worked for 109 days as Gunter Grass's
gardner.