Laura Bates - violin
Sean Berry - Drums
Linda Noelle Bush - Drums
Melanie Draisey - Violin, glock
Abi Fry - Viola
Steve Head - Hammond, piano, bass, guitar
Tom Hodges - Flute, sax, saw
Owen James - Trumpet, trombone
Greg Jarvis - Guitar, piano
Jeremiah Knight - Guitar, harmonica
Jennifer Moersch - Cello
Ronnie Morris - Bass
Barry Newman - Bass, guitar, harmonica
Ami Spears - Drums
Hollie Stevenett - Double Bass
Brian Taylor - Flute, organ, saw
Ian Thorn - Trumpet
Ira Zingraff - Trumpet
Current/Past Collaborators & Guests:
Sonic Boom, Tim Holmes, Ivan Kral, Will Carruthers, John Mark Lapham, Tom Knott, Julie Penner, Jan Muchow, Ray Dickaty, Hypnotique, Annelise Angus, Amy Laing, Sean Brodie, Guri Hummelsund, Ruth Barlow, Vicki Churchill, Anna Nicole-Ziesche, Owen Pallett.
Influences
Abstract expressionism Musicology/Music Psychology Overcast skies on windy days Mood enhancers
Bio
With half of us based in London and the rest of us in Toronto, the Flowers Of Hell are a trans-Atlantic rock orchestra made up of 16 or so experimental independent musicians. We mix orchestral and rock instrumentation while mainly creating wordless pieces that explore the meeting points of classical and blues-based music. Our name comes from the old blues ideal that the pleasure of the listener is born from the misery & toil of the musician.
Our second album, Come Hell Or High Water came out in the spring of 2009 in the UK and Canada. It took a full year of work and involved recording 30 musicians in over 40 sessions that we pulled together in London, Toronto, Prague, Detroit, & Abilene, Texas. A lot of the people on it have been members or sideplayers in acts vastly larger than us, including the Patti Smith Group, John Cale’s band, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, British Sea Power, Bat For Lashes, Broken Social Scene, The Earlies, Guided By Voices, The Clientele, Primal Scream, Do Make Say Think, The Hidden Cameras, The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa, Tindersticks, The Early Years, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra amongst others. But we’re certainly no supergroup - we’re more of an amalgamation of sideplayers with a few mainmen brought in as guests.
The Flowers Of Hell was started by Greg Jarvis as a studio project in 2002, expanded into a live band in London in 2005, and extended across the ocean to Toronto in 2008. Released in the UK and Japan, our 2006 self titled debut received critical praise for creating classical tangents from The Velvet Underground & Nico and the late Spacemen 3/early Spiritualized sound. It was produced by Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas at the Contino Rooms with guestwork from Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom. In 2008 the full four parts of our track Opus 66 were released by the Awkward Silence label on a split EP with former Spacemen & Spiritualized bassist Will Carruthers.
Contact: info@flowersofhell.com
Here's a video of the recent Discovery launch synched to the Flowers Of Hell by Chris from the Nasa Space Center!!! To view it full size click here. Check his blog
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That was a great set at Sneaky Dee's and The Music Gallery. An all-instrumental collective that’s ambitious and celestial, ethereal beauty that juxtaposes philharmonic grandiosity, sonic crescendos of Godspeed You Black Emperor, with the droning spacerock of Spiritualized or Spacemen 3. A collage of sound that ascends with strings and wind-instruments, cresting with a shifting array of orchestral and rock tones, building like the swell of the ocean bursting with a triumphant, spine-tingling finale. Haunting, majestic soundscapes that seamlessly blends the apocalyptic with heart-and-soul.
Excellent features in both Now and Eye Magazine. From Now, 'Jarvis’s expansive compositions have won him a cult following in post-rock and shoegazer circles. My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields and Spaceman 3’s Peter Kember (aka Sonic Boom) are fans'
THE GORIES THE OBLIVIANS THE GHASTLY ONES CHERRY OVERDRIVE COYOTE MEN ARMITAGE SHANKS DR. COMBOVER THE COSMIC VAMPIRES CAVESTOMPERS THE BRUTES LOS CHICOS THE EVILTONES TORPEDO MONKEYS LES BOF THE OTHERS LOS IMBASILS
+++ Insane International DJ's Frenzied Go-Go Dancers Rockin' Record Fair and Market Far Out Films and Art Eye-Popping Decor All Night Shakin'!
hey gregory pegory , thanks 4 the ace waffen ss & assasinate hitler comix.they were pretty amusing.I'm close to 'achieving' that coiffure too...c u soon. SPECTRUM FULL BAND SHOWS THIS W/END-TICKETS Hey folks , We're pleased to announce that ALL UK SHOWS WILL FEATURE THE FULL BAND on the forthcoming UK tour – performing an extended version of the set featured at the 4 M.B.V. shows we played last year. Expect the full breadth of SPECTRUM & SPACEMEN 3’s catalogue including Suicide, Revolution, How you satisfy Me , Mary ,Transparent Radiation etc . If you want to guarantee please buy tickets in advance as most shows are in fairly intimate venues & sell out on the night is possible . It’s been a long time since I played many of these cities – please let your circle of friends know & pass this info on where you see fit . The current shows & online ticket addresses are : Fri 13th Feb - The Static Gallery, LIVERPOOL http://www. seetickets. com and http://www. ticketline. co. uk
Sat 14th Feb, The Library, LEEDS http://www. seetickets. com and http://www. ticketline. co. uk
Tuesday 17th Feb – The Social, NOTTINGHAM – http://www. alt-tickets. co. uk
Friday 20th – Hare & Hounds, BIRMINGHAM – http://www. mosleyfolk. co. uk
Tuesday 24th Feb – The Wheatsheaf, OXFORD http://www. myspace. com/wheatsheaf_music
Wed 25th – The Croft, BRISTOL – http://www. the-croft. com
Fri 27th Feb, - The Dome, LONDON – http://www. wegottickets. com
Sat 28th Feb, The Freebutt, BRIGHTON – http://www. wegottickets. com and Rounder Records
We’ll be selling Spectrum & Spacemen 3 back catalogue at the shows including some vinyl as well as c.d. releases . shows in Europe are being finalised for late March , and US shows in April/May. littlemissmanagement@hotmail.co.uk
