When Mark and I were in, I think it was Junior Year in High School, there was a rumor about this girl who got herpes from this guy at a party. However, according to an article in the Septemissue of Rolling Stone, Mark and Wayne came up with the name as a reference to a rumor about a classmate who contracted genital herpes after receiving cunnilingus from a partner with active cold sores. Another possible source is from the 1964 Shirley MacLaine film What a Way to Go! in which Gene Kelly's character stars in a film titled Flaming Lips. One possibility is that it was inspired by the 1953 feature film Geraldine, in which comedian Stan Freberg sings several songs, including one named "Flaming Lips". There are several theories as to how the band chose their name. That same year they recorded The Flaming Lips EP, their only release with Mark singing lead vocals. After they hired Dave Kotska as the drummer, Richard English joined the band in 1984. The band debuted at Oklahoma City's Blue Note Lounge. The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City in 1983 with Wayne Coyne on guitar, his brother Mark singing lead vocals, Michael Ivins on bass and Dave Kotska on drums. History Early history and releases (1983–1990)
They were placed on Q magazine 's list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die" in 2002. The group has won three Grammy Awards, including two for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. In February 2007, they were nominated for a BRIT Award for "Best International Act".
They later released The Soft Bulletin (1999), which was NME magazine's Album of the Year, followed by the critically acclaimed Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002). Their 1993 album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart included the hit single " She Don't Use Jelly" which broke the band into the mainstream. After signing to Warner Brothers, they released their first record with Warner, Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992). The group recorded several albums and EPs on an indie label, Restless, in the 1980s and early 1990s. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, vocals), Derek Brown (keyboards, guitars, percussion), Matt Duckworth Kirksey (drums, percussion, keyboards) and Nicholas Ley (percussion, drums). #579 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Uncl.The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.#585 Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake Rattle and Roll.#587 Little Richard - Here's Little Richard.#588 Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential.#589 Chuck Berry - After School Session.#590 John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues.#591 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Gene Vincent.#592 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - At Home with Screamin.#593 Roy Acuff - The Essential Roy Acuff (1936-1949).#595 Hank Williams - Beyond the Sunset (as Luke th.#599 Roky Erickson and The Aliens - The Evil One.#600 Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings.
#601 Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (1995 Remaster).#606 The Flaming Lips - With Prefuse 73.#607 The Flaming Lips - With Lightning Bolt.#608 The Hollies - In the Hollies Style.Then again, Prefuse reads the Books was disappointing too, maybe he's just not a really assertive collaborator, but rather a behind-the-curtain producer? Anyway, judged for what it is, this is a fairly interesting, mostly tuneful set of songs, but nothing that will blow you away as much as either artist's best stuff 3/5 Which isn't such a bad thing, and is a testament to how wild the Lips have gotten, but I can't help but be disappointed. The only exception is the Convinced of the Hex buzzy-bass of *ahem* Supermoon Makes Me Want to Pee, but even that does little to evoke the microcut master that theoretically guests here.įrankly, these sound like they could just be Flaming Lips b-sides, packed in some kind of Aphex Twin remix bait-and-switch. Instead what we get is Only She Chapters-era prefuse, applying ambient layering and smearing to wishy washy guitar washes and Conye croons. Those approaching this EP expecting to hear Prefuse's signature manic chopped beats underneath Flaming Lips will be disappointed.