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Who'd have thunk it - Gateley and Maher in the same week. :(
Anyways, Liam's dead. Dunno how old he was? Late thirties maybe? Either way, he was no age. Far too young to go.
http://www.nme.com/news/flowered-up/47944
Doris Is A Little Bit Partial will always be in my all-time top 10. How can anyone not be touched by those whimsical lyrics - "You're just a silly facking Doris who ain't got no cloooo"
The only lead singer who could actually sing in Cockernee too. Marvellous.
RIP Liam.
awwww, flowered up were truly terrible, but this is very sad. i'm not at all keen on the number of people in their thirties dropping dead. "it's later than you think" etc.
Thought this was an in-joke in the emails this morning mate.
:(
Gutted. Sad, sad news, Fucking loved Flowered Up, Life With Brian is one of my favourite albums.
RIP Liam
I dismissed Flowered Up as Southern Copycats at the time; me being a young Manc who was angrily dismissive of everything from outside of the M60 (which, it should be pointed out, had yet to be built and, when completed, would exclude my house by a mile). Some nice tunes though, in hindsight.
Sounds like he had a nasty fight with drugs, which is always sad to hear.
I saw them once, but I was completely hammered and can't remember a thing about it. I doubt this makes me at all special.
The Guardian OB was obviously written by a Welshman who'd just read the biography page on the Heavenly website, but ends with the touchingly personal "I just wish I could have bought him one last beer to thank him."
Even this was miles better than anything written about Gately. We have that to be thankful for.
Somewhere in my garage,I've got the 12" of IT'S ON,yeah SARF-CHESTER,but used to like it a lot.
"It's ON,SONIA !!Take a look in my POCKET!!!"
Rather upset & annoyed at this, still gutted they never managed to convince Republica bloke (Tim) to regroup in late 07'. I do hope Liam never sucuumed to brown as he had visited that shit early 90's.
As with you lot, i loved these cockney cunts, even had the demos for the failed 2nd album, Doris, Wkender, Take, Phobia etc...classics
Had some fantastic nights in the smoke watching these (nigh on ten gigs) New Cross, Camden, Covent Gdn, Shoredich. Still crystal clear memories one night they played The Venue and brought a load of spurs over the water. The Millwall locals took exception & quality fisticuffs ensued, even Bazzer moonchild/cult was hit - gig cancelled.
Anna Haigh guesting as well. Phoar.
RIP The old skool bootleg cd selling cockernee genius..Ciao Liam...
41 is no age for a creative soul
Andrew Sayer wrote: they played The Venue and brought a load of spurs over the water.
That sounds about twenty times cooler than it probably was.
I was working at Poptones in 2000/2001 at the time Liam Maher used to show up occasionally. The end of the 2000 Xmas party was soundtracked by his new demos whilst we were all drinking and chatting. One day I got a call from Ed to come downstairs. Liam immediately gave me a bearhug that lifted me off the floor! I had to tell him I was feeling decidedly squitty!
He was a great laugh and this is terrible.
I'm getting quite melancholy about this now.
Emailed a couple of mates who I don't see much of anymore about this earlier, and all been swapping our stories about old Flaaared Up gigs, obviously thinking we'd all forgotten about them, but quite shocked to see the memories we've all retained. Particular one was the Fridge in 91 when Pixies played the Academy same night ... so we were all drinking in the Prince of Wales, and half of us did Pixies, the other half did Flaaared Up. A mate of mine who know lives in Munich attempted his one and only stage dive of his life during said gig, and the audience parted as he jumped from the stage so he smacked himself hard on the floor. I don't remember it, but it's stuck with him forever, which was nice. I was one of the cunts who parted, natch.
Also Glastonbury 92 when they came on at 2pm and did a 20-min Weekender and no one appeared to know who they were.
And Liam also tried to pull my ex outside Tufnell Park Dome about four years ago, despite her being a foot taller than him. And me being with her.
"Weekender fuck off! Fuck off and die." They don't make lyrics like that anymore!
RIP.
Am gutted. Gigged last night and got shit faced. Shared a herb outside Shoreditch Town Hall one 5am Sunday morning '90. Right band. Right time
God Bless you Son. Jon x
Lovely tribute from Wiz earlier in the week. Am still gutted
Jon-Big Pocket x
