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Flowers In The Dustbin
12+ albums
anarcho-punkpost-punkpunkpeace punkgoth
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From a line from the Sex Pistols’ most famous moment to the celebration of freaks and misfits, Flowers In The Dustbin were a band constantly tempted by the possibility of success and “cool” stature in the anarcho punk scene but were acutely aware of what sacrifices would have to be made to their identity and their own vision. The band that wrote about people that didn’t fit in and those alienated by being just on the outside of so-called normality couldn’t compromise their vision for the paltry reward of “success” as a popular band in the anarchist punk scene of the early ‘80s. This inability to turn away from their idea of celebrating odd balls and those who don’t fit in (whether those people were paying attention or not) became the band’s instinct, fighting the good fight against the formulaic and, therefore, convenient. Hailing from South London, singer Gerard and bassist Chas had known each other through Gerard’s previous band; a straight ahead punk band called the Anabollic Steroids.(note) Recalls Gerard, “We all met through living near each other ‘round South London - a lot of people in what you could broadly call the punk scene knew each other because there weren’t that many of us. Me and Simon were in a band called the Anabollic Steroids (deliberate misspelling), Chas had been in a semi-band called the Nightmare. Also, Simon and Bill were in a band called Fear.” Says Chas, “I saw Gerard’s band Anabollic Steroids and thought he was a great performer and also seemed
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