The Flowers of Romance (band)
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| Origin = [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
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| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
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| Years_active = [[1976]]-[[1977]]
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| Associated_acts = [[The Clash]]<br>[[Sex Pistols]]<br>[[The Slits]]<br>[[Public Image Ltd.]]
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| Past_members = [[Sid Vicious]]<br />[[Keith Levene]]<br/> [[Viv Albertine]] <br /> [[Palmolive (musician)|Palmolive]] <br /> [[Sarah Hall]]<br />[[Jo Faull]]
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'''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==
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'''[[Johnny Rotten]]:'''
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''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]
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