Then he went to work transcribing the latest popular songs onto sheet music. Davies felt alienated from most people. He was obsessed with a girl. It was almost Gothic the way he toiled in this place that became known as the Icehouse. He had no idea that this dark flat would make him an international star and sell more than 20 million albums. The first Flowers album, Icehouse , was a cornerstone of Australian music, pivoting away from the beery hard blues rock of Billy Thorpe and Cold Chisel, into a more sophisticated, European style.
That debut LP went seven times platinum in Australia and launched Davies on an international career. But none of that was on his mind at the time. He did it all for a girl — the girl he was obsessed with, the girl he had broken up with. The masterplan became, I'm going to have an incredibly successful rock and roll band and she will come back. The Davies family took their Welsh roots seriously. The young Davies was a musical prodigy, specialising in the oboe and finishing his education at the Conservatorium.
Davies was in the orchestra for the first opera to be performed at the Sydney Opera House. He was on track for a lifetime career in a tuxedo. Then he met that girl. An early dalliance with folk-rock led to two unspectacular singles, but by he was hungry for something edgier. He drafted an acquaintance, Keith Welsh, on bass guitar and formed Flowers. They played an eclectic set of glam-rock cover versions and Sex Pistols-style punk with a rare intensity.
Each musician was tall, emaciated and aloof. Welsh wrestled his bass guitar like it was an oversexed taipan while Davies projected paranoia. Flowers quickly became one of the hottest bands in Sydney. Flowers developed an intense fan base. Then there was the girl who sent a note threatening to assassinate Iva on stage at Festival Hall. Flowers found a manager, Ray Hearn, who was looking for an act he could take internationally.
Flowers was his second choice. Share this page:. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Create a list ». Living People who I adore. Singers I really Like or Love. People I want to meet. AM Member of the Order of Australia. See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Iva Davies's work have you seen? See more polls ». See more awards ». Photos 1 video ». Known For. Davies was brought into the world on 22 May in Wauchope, New South Wales and was first pulled in to bagpipes at six years old.
He proceeded to be an oboe and sythesis understudy at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, however exited at age 21 to seek after an expert career. Davies initially performed expertly as a year-old artist with the Lucy Fields Jug Band,[4] drove by Lindsay Campbell around
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