The Flowers of Romance (band)

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The Flowers of Romance
Years active	1976–1977
Genres	punk
Labels	None
Members	Sid Vicious Keith Levene Viv Albertine Palmolive Sarah Hall Jo Faull

The Flowers of Romance were an early punk band, formed in the summer of 1976 (see 1976 in music) by Jo Faull and Sarah Hall. The band never played live or released any 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, as well as Keith Levene, (an early member of The Clash and later of Public Image Ltd.), 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 (see "The Flowers of Romance") as well as a 1981 Public Image Ltd album and song (see Flowers of Romance).

[edit] Personnel

Sid Vicious - Vocals and Saxophone
Keith Levene - Guitar
Viv Albertine - Guitar
Jo Faull - Guitar
Sarah Hall - Bass
Palmolive - Drums

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Johnny Rotten:

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