100 Flowers is the second incarnation of late 70s Los Angeles
gutter punk minimalists the
Urinals. Composed of
John Talley-Jones (vocals/bass guitar),
Kjehl Johansen (guitar), and
Kevin Barrett (drums), the trio decided that "the Urinals" wasn't going over too well with the California proletariat, and reorganized in 1981 as 100 Flowers, after
Mao Zedong's 1956 socialist edict, "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend." 100 Flowers feature a more angular, melodic approach and more competent musicianship than the Urinals, bu…
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