Before their single Weekender became an anthem for hedonists, Flowered Up inspired me to put on my first ever gigThinking about it now, I owe my career to Liam Maher, the frontman of Flowered Up who died yesterday. Back in 1990 I was just another a teenager in thrall of the music press itching to leave my hometown of Newport. There were no clubs in South Wales playing acid house or its low-slung rock'n'roll counterpart, "baggy" (not yet a term of derision). Flowered Up were part of that new bre...
Guardian Music — Before their single Weekender became an anthem for hedonists, Flowered Up inspired me to put on my first ever gigThinking about it now, I owe my career to Liam Maher, the... more info