Platter (album)

Platter is a solo album released in 2003 by TISM bassist Jock Cheese.[1] All the songs were written by Cheese and fellow TISM members Ron Hitler-Barassi[2] and Humphrey B. Flaubert. Cheese plays all of the instruments on the album, excluding drums and (for one track) classical guitar.

Platter
Studio album by Jock Cheese
Released	6 January 2003
Recorded	1999–2001
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	69:31
Label	Shock Records
TISM chronology
De Rigueurmortis (2001) Platter (2003) The White Albun (2004)

Platter features the social commentary and satire that is also prominent in TISM's works, with satirical references to Christopher Skase, Josh Abrahams and Robert Palmer.[3]

The songs "I Done It with the Drama Teacher" and "Piss in My Pocket" were released as singles, with other tracks from the album as B-sides, to promote the album.[4] Tracks 13-19 are instrumental versions of selected tracks from the album.

Holt would tour with a band called "Jock Cheese and the Crackers" in 2003 to promote the album.

Part of the lyrics to "Unfair" were used as an unlisted spoken-word intro to TISM's 2001 album De Rigueurmortis, which preceded Platter. "Totally Addicted to Skase" was written in 1999 and was performed at TISM concerts in 2000.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Holt, Peter Minack and Damian Cowell.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Up There Calisi"	4:03
2.	"Don't Burn 'Em All J.D."	4:51
3.	"La Traviata"	3:27
4.	"Totally Addicted to Skase"	3:37
5.	"I Done It with the Drama Teacher"	3:30
6.	"Dave Graney's Country Idyll"	3:41
7.	""Why Don't You Get A Bigger Set Of Tits?"[nb 1]"	4:32
8.	"Friday Night Shakespeare"	4:49
9.	"Unfair"	3:10
10.	"O Great Rabbit in the Sky"	3:32
11.	"Piss in My Pocket"	2:43
12.	"You Guarantee Fame with Two First Names" (The song is 4:04, followed by 1:31 of silence.)	5:35
13.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (Don't Burn 'Em All J.D.)	3:43
14.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (Dave Graney's Country Idyll)	3:23
15.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (Piss in My Pocket)	2:38
16.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (Totally Addicted to Skase)	3:00
17.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (La Traviata)	3:12
18.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (Unfair)	2:54
19.	"Just The Straight Dope" (Instrumental) (You Guarantee Fame with Two First Names)	3:10

Personnel

• All songs written by John Holt, Peter Minack and Damian Cowell
• John Holt – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
• Stephen "Venom" Brown – drums
• James Paull – classical guitar on "I Done It With the Drama Teacher"
• Programmed by Robert Bell
• Additional keyboards by Laurence Maddy

Notes

1. Ron mentions in the In Press interview that he wishes to do a solo album: "Yeah, I think so. It would be Wayne Carey reading Helen Garner's The First Stone – Ron Hitler Barassi Presents Wayne Carey Reading Helen Garner's The First Stone. And I'd just be mumbling in the background, 'Grow a bigger set of tits'... I don't think it will sell."

References

1. "Solo Album For TISM's Jock Cheese". Archived from the original on 15 January 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2008.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) (article) (2003). Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
2. "Balaclava Road Warriors". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) (Interview) Originally from In Press Magazine Published on: 1998-07-08. Retrieved on 2008-07-28.
3. "Jock Cheese: The Cheese Platter: The Undercover Review". Archived from the original on 26 February 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2008.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) (article) (2003). Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
4. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 13 September 2006. Archived from the original on 13 September 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2012.