Hothouse Flowers
One of Ireland's great rock hopefuls of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hothouse
Flowers' earnest pop melodies and glossy indie anthems brought comparisons with
The Waterboys, Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison. Formed by schoolfriends Liam
Ó Maonlaí (vocals) and Fiachna Ó Braonáin (guitar) as a street performance group
named the Incomparable Benzini Brothers, their early gigs in Dublin led to
Rolling Stone magazine declaring them the "best unsigned band in the world".
After being spotted by Bono, they released the single Love Don't Work This Way
through U2's label Mother Records...
