Skullflower

British noise rock band

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Noise rock
experimental
free improvisation
drone

Years active1987 (1987)–presentLabels

Broken Flag
Shock
hEADdirt
RRRecords
Noiseville
VHF Records
Sympathy for the Record Industry
Freek Records
tUMULT
Crucial Blast
Heavy Blossom
Turgid Animal
Utech
Not Not Fun, Matching Head
Second Layer
Posh Isolation
Neurot
Cold Spring
Stiff Opposition
WKN Records
Nashazphone

Members

Matthew Bower

Past members

Stuart Dennison
Stefan Jaworzyn
Gary Mundy
Alex Binnie
Stephen Thrower
Anthony DiFranco

Skullflower is a British noise rock band, formed in 1987 in London, England. Led by guitarist Matthew Bower, the band attained a cult following with a sound based on "sludgy, Black Sabbath-style riffs overlaid with feedback, fuzzed-out guitar noise, and throttling rhythms, all played at a high volume." Always an improvisational outfit, the band's music grew increasingly free-form over the course of their career, moving farther away from the rock music form.^[1]

The band's lineup has been fluid; the early core members were Bower, drummer and vocalist Stuart Dennison and bassist and guitarist Stefan Jaworzyn. Other contributors included guitarist Gary Mundy of Ramleh, bassist Alex Binnie, bassist and drummer Stephen Thrower of Coil, and auxiliary bassist, guitarist, and drummer Anthony DiFranco.^[1]

Legacy

In an interview with The Guardian in 2016, the band was cited as being an influence to the American avant-garde metal group Neurosis.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Huey, Steve. "Skullflower". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ Deller, Alex (3 November 2016). "Neurosis: 'Crass were the mother of all bands'". The Guardian. Kings Place, London: Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.