1991. As well as the thousands upon thousands of live gigs over the years, the BG music scene has probably produced hundreds of recordings, ranging from cassettes to vinyl to CDs. Most of these languish today in boxes and basements and are rarely heard anymore, although if we here at AOBGN can help it, that will likely change. Here's a cassette cover for the band Flower Noise's 1991 release, Alien Cholesterol From The Planet Venuts. I know nothing about this early-'90s two-piece, so over to Bob Sadowy, who sent these in:
Flower Noise was formed by Brian Worthing and myself in 1991. I sang and played acoustic guitar with Brian playing electric guitar. We met in the record library at West Hall and we were both DJs for AM 680 WFAL, and Flower Noise eventually became the regular opening act (along with Derek Wolfgram) for Iain Ellis's Merry Can Men at Easy St Cafe's Open Mic night.
Our sound was influenced by Velvet Underground and early Pixies and we recorded this on 4 track and distributed the cassette at Madhatter Music Co. Jon Stavole, a mutual friend of the band, designed the cover art for the album; later, Jon and I formed The Sweaty Whiskers along with Joe Kelso (Shanty Digs) and Jeff Dewitte (Pogey Bait, Tin Ponies).
"The final Flower Noise show [August 13, 1992--ed.] ended with Brian smashing his Ibanez on the Good Tymes stage . . . Stavole also designed the flyer for this gig."
Thanks for posting this Phil. This is one of Jon's darker flyer designs...creepy, yet cool.
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