Which was "lensed" by legendary music video auteur Spike Jonze.
Alex Winter from Bill & Ted directed the video for "Verklemmt" and took the "hidden" photo on the "Gash" CD art
Thirlwell once toured as a guest vocalist for Soft Cell (a.k.a. the guys who did "Tainted Love").
Thirlwell played saxophone for Orange Juice when they performed "Rip It Up" on "Top of the Pops"
When Einstuerzende Neubauten's drummer injured himself mid-gig, Thirlwell jumped on the stage and filled in his parts before the rest of the band had even noticed
Thirlwell appears in the video for "Slow Emotion Replay" by The The
The Bad Seeds once touted Thirlwell amongst their own as well.
Keep Circulating the Tapes: Much of Thirlwell's work may never see the light of day again, due to being out-of-print and not very well distributed in the first place. Illegal downloading and the rare re-release can stanch the losses, but for most of us, we get what we can find.
He's re-released a lot of it, and most of the rest is on compilations, with rumours of another "Sink"-style compilation coming soon.
And as anyone who's looked him up YouTube can attest, this is in full swing for records of his live performances.