Dead Flowers “You Drink The Water, I’ll Drink The Wine”
Dead Flowers get all “November Rain” with this epic-ish metal ballad. Shot in high-contrast black and white, the video takes place in rural New Zealand, where a tragedy has occured. Someone has died, which causes mothers and children to cry in close up. The young male suspect stands trial and appears to be found guilty,...
Missing videos from October 1995
After Bailter Space‘s triumphant video for “Splat” and with the band’s fanboy following, it is surprising that the “Retro” video isn’t online. Perhaps it’s the song’s title, voted down by people searching for the Love Shack video. “So Low” was a track off Dead Flowers‘ third album, and by this stage they were ruling the...
Dead Flowers “Same Same”
Worst gig ever. In a dive bar near a demolition derby track, Dead Flowers play to an audience who seem to actually hate them. The lead singer finds himself in an argument with two men, and children laugh at the band. The rest of the crowd at the gig seem equally munted. They either sit...
Missing songs from February 1995
Greg Johnson threatens to make a video comeback with “You Stay Out of Your Life”, but the internet cannot provide the twin scooter adventures of Greg and Boh Runga. More Pacific pop from Igelese with “Groovalation”. A slight hint of New Jack Swing, some boy-band harmonies and Pacific drumming make for a sound that can...
Dead Flowers “Home”
In their previous music videos, Dead Flowers have disguised their long-haired metal origins with visual trickery (grape-eating gothesses, sinister science labs!). But “Home” is taken from genuine live performance and there’s hair galore. But that’s good. The band are enjoying themselves, the crowd is too, with the video ending on a slow-motion stage diver. It’s...
Missing videos from February 1994
The mysterious Ted Brown returns with a new band (the Italians) and a cover of “How is the Air Up There”, a song best known in New Zealand for the La De Dahs version, but which originated as a Brill Building composition that did the rounds of pop bands in the mid-’60s. The Greg Johnson...
Missing videos from December 1993
Andrew Fagan returns with “Exciting”, a cruchy, slightly psychedelic pop tune with great hooks. My memory of the video is that it was also slightly psychedelic, in that unique Andrew Fagan way. Christchurch band Cinematic is here with “Already Gone”, a lovely song, with folky guitar, a bit of keyboard and some awesome vocal harmonies....
Dead Flowers “Plastic”
I wished for a video with crazy stuff in it and my wish was granted. “I’m in love with myself,” Bryan Bell sings, dressed as a vampire. While the video seems to be going for a sexy vampire theme, it comes across more like a flat of goths having a party. They are seen eating...
Dead Flowers “Be Someone”
The last time we saw Dead Flowers, they were flailing their hair about in the last days of hair metal. By now grunge had taken hold, so they had to up their game if they wanted to survive in the ruthless world of popular music. The “Be Someone” video – the only video available online...
Dead Flowers “Lisa”
Like Push Push, Dead Flowers emerged just at the point when hair metal was being nudged out of the way by grunge. So the hair-flailing video for debut single “Lisa” was their once chance to just get their Salon Selectives all up in the air. It was as if they knew their moment to be...
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