The Wild Flowers
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The Wild Flowers were a British
post-punk
band, formed in 1983. They released six albums in total between 1984 and 1997.
label in 1984. Two singles were released from that album, 1983's "Melt Like Ice" and "Things Have Changed" from 1984. Newton left soon afterwards to form The Mighty Lemon Drops
, and new member Dave Atherton was then brought in as guitarist. The band released two more singles, "It Ain't So Easy" in 1985 and "A Kind of Kingdom" in 1986, taken from their second album Dust, released in 1987. Choosing to concentrate on breaking in America, the Wild Flowers became the first British band signed to the punk rock label Slash Records
and in 1988 released the album Sometime Soon, followed by Tales Like These in 1990. Two further albums followed, Total Vocal in 1993, and Backwoods, from 1997.
United Kingdom
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post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
band, formed in 1983. They released six albums in total between 1984 and 1997.
History
The band was formed in 1983 in Wolverhampton, England, consisting of members Neal Cook (guitarist/vocalist), Dave Newton (guitarist), Mark Alexander (bassist), and Dave Fisher (drummer). They released their debut album entitled The Joy of It All for the small ReflexReflex Records
Reflex Records was an American independent record label formed by the members of hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü and Terry Katzman. It was formed to help promote independent bands, after Twin Tone Records rejected Hüsker Dü's first single in 1979....
label in 1984. Two singles were released from that album, 1983's "Melt Like Ice" and "Things Have Changed" from 1984. Newton left soon afterwards to form The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mighty Lemon Drops were an English rock group active from 1985 to 1992.-Biography:Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in The Black Country...
, and new member Dave Atherton was then brought in as guitarist. The band released two more singles, "It Ain't So Easy" in 1985 and "A Kind of Kingdom" in 1986, taken from their second album Dust, released in 1987. Choosing to concentrate on breaking in America, the Wild Flowers became the first British band signed to the punk rock label Slash Records
Slash Records
Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album...
and in 1988 released the album Sometime Soon, followed by Tales Like These in 1990. Two further albums followed, Total Vocal in 1993, and Backwoods, from 1997.
Albums
- 1984: The Joy of It All
- 1987: Dust
- 1988: Sometime Soon
- 1990: Tales Like These
- 1993: Total Vocal
- 1997: Backwoods
Singles
- 1983: Melt Like Ice
- 1984: Things Have Changed
- 1985: It Ain't So Easy
- 1986: A Kind Of Kingdom
- 1988: Broken Chains
- 1988: Take Me For A Ride