Sharif Dumani

Sharif Dumani is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Los Angeles, Ca.

Starting in punk bands during the 1990’s, to currently fronting the guitar-pop group Exploding Flowers, and playing guitar for Alice Bag, he has also played and recorded with Sex Stains, Jowe Head (Swell Maps, Television Personalities), Nikki Sudden (Swell Maps, Jacobites), Silver Apples, Nick Garrie, Classics of Love, Chris D. (Flesh Easters, Divine Horsemen), and many more.
His first solo release "In Search Of Memory," released on Broken Clover Record in 2024, included contributions from guests Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks, Weirdos, Joe Strummer), Imaad Wasif (Lowercase, Folk Implosion, Yeah Yeah Yeah's), Stephen McBean (Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops), Nick Murray (Thee Oh Sees, White Fence), Sophia Knapp (Lights), and artwork from Jill Emery (Hole, Mazzy Star, Super Heroines).

Buford 1994 - 1998. Vocals/guitar/songwriter.
[a=The LA TImes] 1996 - 1999. Guitar/songwriter. Posthumous release in 2011 on Smash It Up! Records.
The Dining Room Set 1997 - 2000. Vocals/guitar/songwriter.
The Moon Upstairs 2001 - 2010. Vocals/guitar/piano/organ/songwriter.
Cody ChesnuTT 2001 - 2003. Guitarist.
Exploding Flowers 2011 - Present. Vocals/guitar/bass/piano/organ/synthesizer/songwriter.
Sex Stains 2014 - 2016. Guitar/songwriter.
Alice Bag 2016 - Present. Guitar/vocals.
Classics Of Love 2020. Guitar/bass/backing vocals/recording engineer/producer.