Fatal Flowers
Biography
The Fatal Flowers are a Dutch rock band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They enjoyed considerable success in their native Netherlands, as well as minor success abroad, in the latter half of the 1980s.
Established in 1984 by Richard Janssen (born in Manchester, United Kingdom, but raised in Utrecht, The Netherlands) the band produced an alternative and romantic, yet ballsy brand of rock. Their talent was soon recognizes and they were signed up by Warner's WEA label. Produced by Craig Leon, their eponymous EP Fatal Flowers came out in 1985.
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1986 saw the release of their debut full-length Younger Days. Critically acclaimed, the title track of the album even became a minor Dutch Top 40 hit at #36. The band opened the 1987 Pinkpop festival.
Produced by Mick Ronson, sophomore album Johnny D. Is Back! (1988) was released to rave reviews. The Fatal Flowers won the Dutch 'Silver Harp' for the album, which was also voted 'Album of the Year' in OOR magazine.
The band joined a new label, Mercury Records, and released their third album. Pleasure Ground in early 1990. Reviews and album sales were quite good once again. Richard Janssen's announcement that he didn't enjoy it anymore and was quitting the group came as a complete surprise and marked the end of the Fatal Flowers' existence.
Since their unfortunate and somewhat bitter split, the Fatal Flowers have reunited three times.
The first time was a one-off: on 3 July 2002 they played a few songs at the Blauwe Theehuis in Amsterdam's Vondelpark, a promotional gig for the compilation album Younger Days: The Definitive Fatal Flowers.
Hell finally froze over in 2019, as the band reunited for a tour of the Dutch club circuit. A festival tour was planned for 2020, but it had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A second reunion tour was announced for October 2026. As the first dates came closer the band announced the release of an new EP of original material.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.