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Studio Stories - Dead Flowers - Skin Of A Stone w/Riqi Harawira and Bryan Bell

Dead Flowers - Skin Of A Stone w/Riqi Harawira and Bryan Bell

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11/22/22 • 39 min

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In this season finale of Studio Stories - Auckland’s Dead Flowers formed at a 21st over a bag of magic mushrooms and shot to prominence in 1992 with the release of their first single, “Lisa” which reached number 27 on the national charts. In October of that year, the band set about recording their debut album.


In this episode, you’ll hear how the band found working with AC/DC’s legendary drummer Phil Rudd, and how they had no idea what they were doing.


These are the Studio Stories from the sessions for Dead Flowers “Skin of a Stone”.


Buy or Stream Skin of a Stone:

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Our Guests.


Riqi Harawira

Riqi is the former lead guitarist for Dead Flowers and now a successful Singer/Songwriter.


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https://www.instagram.com/riqi_harawira_creativ_native/


Bryan Bell

Bryan is the former vocalist/Songwriter for Dead Flowers, now a founding member of The Jordan Luck Band.

http://www.jordanluckband.com


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In this season finale of Studio Stories - Auckland’s Dead Flowers formed at a 21st over a bag of magic mushrooms and shot to prominence in 1992 with the release of their first single, “Lisa” which reached number 27 on the national charts. In October of that year, the band set about recording their debut album.


In this episode, you’ll hear how the band found working with AC/DC’s legendary drummer Phil Rudd, and how they had no idea what they were doing.


These are the Studio Stories from the sessions for Dead Flowers “Skin of a Stone”.


Buy or Stream Skin of a Stone:

Apple Music

Spotify


Our Guests.


Riqi Harawira

Riqi is the former lead guitarist for Dead Flowers and now a successful Singer/Songwriter.


Buy/Stream Riqi’s Music:

Apple

Spotify


Follow Riqi on Social Media and online:

https://www.facebook.com/riqiharawiracreativenative

https://www.instagram.com/riqi_harawira_creativ_native/


Bryan Bell

Bryan is the former vocalist/Songwriter for Dead Flowers, now a founding member of The Jordan Luck Band.

http://www.jordanluckband.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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