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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (1983 – present)

The Flaming Lips are an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Michael Ivins (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), along with members Steven Drozd (drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Kliph Scurlock (drums) and Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Former members include Mark Coyne (lead vocals), Richard English (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), Nathan Roberts (drums), Jonathan Donahue (guitar, backing vocals), who went on to form Mercury Rev, and Ronald Jones (guitar, backing vocals).

The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.

In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the “50 Bands to See Before You Die”. In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.

The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with “She Don’t Use Jelly”.
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  • AK-09

    psychedelic

    Yesterday 2:38pm Reply

  • mannextdoor85

    Check our clip for Flaming Lips! http://genero.tv/watch-video/36074

    16 May 8:05pm Reply

  • Walruslust

    the word 'hipster' is so ubiquitous these days that my mum, cat and toaster have all been called it at various points.

    16 May 6:59pm Reply

  • badname1986

    see look there's a flaming lips hipster concerned about what his scrobbles look like

    15 May 6:29am Reply

  • Oniren

    Not sure how I feel about the new album. It's good overall, but only as a whole piece. Something up tempo might have been nice. As it is, it's mellow background music as opposed to something I want to actively listen to.

    15 May 12:19am Reply

  • SaftUndKraft

    Am I the only one who won't listen to the Terror on Spotify just because I don't want the "Shuffle-Ready Version" bullshit on my scrobbles?

    14 May 3:14pm Reply

  • ShlebsIstRad

    I love The Terror, but man does it put me in a downer mood whenever I listen to it. I peek into the light a lil bit during Try to Explain but the rest just buries me. There's a disconnected bass line in Butterfly that drives me insane in a good way.

    13 May 1:01am Reply

  • ryitva

    laserhands

    12 May 10:56am Reply

  • Blvd_Nights

    Back to the band now, I can't wait to see the new live show sometime soon. The Terror so far from what I've seen and heard online sounds amazing live.

    12 May 8:47am Reply

  • badname1986

    also you've been arguing with me for like two weeks how is that going

    12 May 6:14am Reply

  • badname1986

    I know what label they're on. I would bet most of their listeners, and by extension most people pretending to like them for Indie Cred don't.

    12 May 6:14am Reply

  • naotas_forehead

    or soemthing [2]

    11 May 6:05pm Reply

  • naotas_forehead

    "Indie Cred" in general doesn't make any sense.

    11 May 6:05pm Reply

  • ShlebsIstRad

    Again, "Indie Cred" for pretending to like a band signed to Warner Bros. That doesn't make any sense.

    11 May 4:40am Reply

  • badname1986

    oh shit i forgot i said you're a hipster in the comment before that ummm you're still a hipster or soemthing

    11 May 4:00am Reply

  • badname1986

    Maybe you are Extremely Passionate about the Flaming Lips but I think/know that a majority of their listeners are pretending for Indie Cred

    11 May 3:59am Reply

  • naotas_forehead

    So, you like the music on your charts. That is a JUSTIFICATION to why you listen to that music! (A good justification!) But saying that everyone else is listening to music they don't like, just to seem "cool" or whatever, crosses the line into dipshitville. You can listen to what you want, I really don't care. But I genuinely think the Flaming Lips are amazing. I genuinely think Linkin Park are complete shit, and Taylor Swift is boring and mediocre. Apparently you think Linkin Park and Taylor Swift are amazing. That's fine. I believe you. I have no problem with that. I don't even have a problem with you thinking the Flaming Lips are boring. (It's your goddamn loss.) But don't call me a "hipster", implying that I'm a fake, a fraud, a poser, and a liar, for listening to the music I am extremely passionate about.

    11 May 2:27am Reply

  • naotas_forehead

    ???

    11 May 2:27am Reply

  • badname1986

    It's not defending them because I am not justifying why it is okay for me to listen to Not Cool Music. I listen to what I listen to and you can shit on it if you want but it doesn't bother me because you're a hipster

    10 May 9:04pm Reply

  • naotas_forehead

    "Yes my charts reflect the music I actually like and listen to which is to say I don't turn off scrobbling when I listen to something that isn't Pitchfork Approved" <------ How can you say this statement is not a defense of your charts? Because it's the truth? Can only lies be proper defenses? Are you completely blind to logic right now? Or are you just saying this stuff to keep your trolling momentum going?

    10 May 6:30pm Reply
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