It was first used by the group’s founder Greg Jarvis on tracks included on various UK newspaper and magazine covermount CDs in 2002 and 2003, of which just under two million units were distributed.

[11] In early 2008, following a move back to his native Toronto after a decade spent abroad in London and Eastern Europe,[12] Jarvis debuted a North American branch of the group as an opening act for Spectrum[13] (one of the post-Spacemen 3 projects of Pete ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember).

[14] In 2020, their decade-old Come Hell Or High Water LP was put on display in the Tate Britain's exhibition of works by the 19th century Art Nouveau illustrator Aubrey Beardsley.

[19] Notable events in the group's history include a 2020 performance at the Tate Britain where their Come Hell Or High Water LP was on display,[18] a 2019 performance for an audience of synesthetes at the Moscow Conservatory,[20] NASA's mission control staff declaring their fandom and synchronizing The Flowers of Hell song Sympathy For Vengeance with fresh Discovery shuttle footage,[21] Lou Reed highly praising the group and starting his final radio show with three of their recordings,[22] My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields inviting the group to open for one of the eight dates on their 2008 reunion tour,[23] and closing the Intersection Festival of experimental classical music on Toronto's main square in 2011 and 2015.

[1] Performers who have guested on Flowers Of Hell recordings and/or live shows include Peter ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember (Spacemen 3), Will Carruthers (Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Brian Jonestown Massacre), Ray Dickaty (Spiritualized), Ivan Kral (Patti Smith Group, Iggy Pop's band), Ivo Pospíšil (DG 307, Garáž),[29] Owen Pallett (Arcade Fire), Tim Holmes (Death in Vegas), Julie Penner (Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think), Abi Fry (British Sea Power, Bat for Lashes),[29] Neil 'Hamilton' Wilkinson (British Sea Power)[29] Mel Draisey (The Clientele, Le Volume Courbe, Primal Scream), Jon McCann (Guided by Voices), Julia Morson (Toronto Mendelssohn Choir), John Mark Lapham (The Earlies), Tom Knott (The Earlies), Jan Muchow (Ecstasy of Saint Theresa).