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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, guitars and piano) and Michael Ivins (backing vocals, bass guitar and piano), along with longtime member Steven Drozd (backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards/synthesizers and drums), Kliph Scurlock (drums), and, most recently, Derek Brown (backing vocals, guitar, keyboards). Notable former members include Jonathan Donahue (guitar), who went on to form Mercury Rev, and Ronald Jones (guitar).

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. Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995’s Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999’s The Soft Bulletin and 2002’s Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots.
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  • Trehearne

    What a fantastic band. "The Soft Bulletin" is truly a masterpiece.

    6 hours ago
  • MusicxxAddicted

    Children of the Moon blew my mind in psychedelia.. can't wait for new albums of both planets <3

    Monday evening
  • optimistic_tour

    I love the Roberta Flack cover, it's like from a David Lynch dream sequence

    Thursday evening
  • Najlaa_23

    Ashes in the Air (feat. Bon Iver) is mind blowingly gooooooood <3 and 'Helping the Retarded to Find God' is brilliant its really a good album

    Thursday afternoon
  • Sosen

    You can go your own waaaaaaay go your own way

    Thursday morning
  • kuki_kambara

    2012 feat Ke$ha is RAD!

    Thursday morning
  • Enokii

    how is the song with Kesha meant to be a joke? it's some good stuff

    Wednesday evening
  • Etneo85

    Can't wait anymore.. see you in Italy

    Wednesday evening
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28 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/flaminglips

  The "Show Yer Love" Contest: Starting February 1st, we'll be celebrating the month of Love with the "Show Yer Love" Contest.Show us your creative original works inspired by Love …

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