wishing to put some distance between the new outfit and some of the sillier material of his Glass Records days. However, McGee insisted "...that's the one they all know, you've got to keep it." Longtime Jazz Butcher photographer, Mitch Jenkins, took the cover photo, which shows Fish and O’Callahan in front of London fish & chip shop Fishcotheque, which would provide the name of the new LP. Having felt that Distressed Gentlefolk suffered from over-production, Fish set out to make a record that had a more rough and straightforward sound. Reviewers (particularly in the US) perceived it as a continuation of the smooth, jazz-influenced approach of his earlier efforts. Still, reviews for Fishcotheque were generally positive. 1988 also saw the release of the single and video for "Spooky", a cover of the Classics IV song. In 1987, Fish married Barbara J Taylor in a small ceremony in Northamptonshire. Paul Mulreany was added to the live lineup, and with Fish fronting a new band on a new label, the JBC spent most of 1988 touring Europe, the US and Canada. For the next album, Big Planet Scarey Planet, Fish returned to producer John A. Rivers. After a year of touring, Fish reasoned "We'd hardened up a lot and figured we could now withstand the Rivers' treatment". The band wanted to make a rock record that reflected some of their influences of the time, such as hip-hop and proto-acid. "Consequently, there are some weird hybrids on the 'Big Planet' record," Fish recalled. The song "Line of Death", for example, incorporated middle eastern influence, disco, heavy metal and a nod to Ennio Morricone's ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". The artwork for Big Planet Scarey Planet and its single, "New Invention" was created by Pascal Legras. who would be responsible for much of the Jazz Butcher's cover art throughout the 90's. Just prior to a nine-week tour of the US, Kizzy O'Callahan was admitted to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was replaced by Richard Formby. While in Los Angeles, the band was interviewed on Deirdre O'Donoghue's popular alternative rock show SNAP! on KCRW. While the band agreed they would perform only one or two songs, "...we get down there to KCRW and meet Deirdre O'Donoghue and she's a real fan and she kept winding us up," recounted Fish, "we ended up doing 12 or 13". Those