The Flowers of Romance (band) 183733 214892597 2008-05-25T19:51:42Z Derek R Bullamore 698799 Wikilinking clean-up {{Refimprove|date=June 2007}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | Name = The Flowers of Romance | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | Born = | Died = | Origin = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] | Instrument = | Voice_type = | Genre = [[Punk rock]] | Occupation = | Years_active = [[1976]]-[[1977]] | Label = | Associated_acts = [[The Clash]]<br>[[Sex Pistols]]<br>[[The Slits]]<br>[[Public Image Ltd.]] | URL = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Sid Vicious]]<br />[[Keith Levene]]<br/> [[Viv Albertine]] <br /> [[Palmolive (musician)|Palmolive]] <br /> [[Sarah Hall]]<br />[[Jo Faull]] | Notable_instruments = }} '''The Flowers of Romance''' were an early [[Punk rock|punk]] [[band (music)|band]], formed in the summer of [[1976 in music|1976]] by Jo Faull and Sarah Hall. The band never played live or released any [[sound recording and reproduction|recordings]], and, like [[London SS]] and [[Masters of the Backside]], are more famed for the number of band members that later became well known, including: [[Sid Vicious]] of the [[Sex Pistols]], [[Keith Levene]] (an early member of [[The Clash]] and later of [[Public Image Ltd.]]) and [[Palmolive (musician)|Palmolive]] and [[Viv Albertine]], who went on to play in [[The Slits]]. Despite never playing live, they were interviewed by a [[fanzine]] named ''SCUM'', in which Sid Vicious proclaimed "I'll always be the thug I am now". The song "[[Belsen Was a Gas]]" originates from this band, and was later performed live by the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. The band's name subsequently became the title of an early Sex Pistols [[song]], "[[The Flowers of Romance (song)|The Flowers of Romance]]", as well as a 1981 Public Image Ltd [[album]] and song, ''[[Flowers of Romance (album)|Flowers of Romance]]''. ==Personnel== *Sid Vicious - Vocals and Saxophone *Keith Levene - Guitar *Viv Albertine - Guitar *Jo Faull - Guitar *Sarah Hall - Bass *Palmolive - Drums ==External links== <div style="float:right; margin:1em 1em 0 0; padding:0.5em; background:#fffff4; border:1px solid #ddddbb; width:250px;"> '''[[Johnny Rotten]]:''' <small> ''The Flowers of Romance is about ponces, people who pretend to be friends but all they really want is to leech on a good thing and spend your money. The original Flowers of Romance had about 40 fucking members, Keith was one of them and I gave them that name.'' :''March [[1981]]'' </small>[http://www.fodderstompf.com/CHRONOLOGY/1981.html Public Image Ltd. Chronology]</div> * [http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/clashkeithlevineinterview.htm Keith Levene interview at Punk77] * [http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/flowersofromance.htm "The Flowers of Romance" at Punk77] {{DEFAULTSORT:Flowers of Romance, The}} [[Category:1970s music groups]] [[Category:English musical groups]] [[Category:Early punk groups]] [[Category:Music from London]] [[Category:Sex Pistols]] [[als:The Flowers Of Romance]] [[ast:The Flowers of Romance]] [[bs:The Flowers of Romance]] [[br:The Flowers of Romance]] [[cs:The Flowers of Romance]] [[da:The Flowers of Romance]] [[de:The Flowers of Romance]] [[el:The Flowers Of Romance (punk)]] [[es:The Flowers of Romance]] [[eo:The Flowers of Romance]] [[fr:The Flowers of Romance]] [[fy:The Flowers Of Romance]] [[ga:The Flowers of Romance]] [[gd:The Flowers of Romance]] [[hr:The Flowers Of Romance]] [[io:The Flowers Of Romance]] [[id:The Flowers of Romance]] [[it:The Flowers of Romance]] [[lb:The Flowers Of Romance]] [[nl:The Flowers of Romance]] [[ja:フラワーズ・オブ・ロマンス]] [[nn:The Flowers of Romance]] [[pl:The Flowers of Romance]] [[pt:The Flowers of Romance]] [[ro:The Flowers of Romance]] [[ru:The Flowers of Romance]] [[sk:The Flowers Of Romance]] [[sr:Флауерс оф романс]] [[sh:The Flowers of Romance]] [[fi:The Flowers of Romance]] [[sv:The Flowers of Romance]] [[uk:The Flowers of Romance]]