Signed to Heavenly Recordings, Flowered Up became notorious as the "Cockney Happy Mondays" during the baggy era when their 13-minute track Weekender hit the Top 20 and became a post-acid house anthem.

"This is very sad news, a real shame," says Heavenly founder Jeff Barrett. "Liam and Flowered Up burned beautifully and brightly at exactly the right time. They had their moment and seized it by the bollocks."

Maher formed Flowered Up with friends including Tim Dorney, who went on ...