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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...