In a Priest Driven Ambulance, their first album with producer Dave Fridmann, was recorded at the State University of New York in Fredonia for $5 an hour on a $10,000 budget. This line-up recorded two more albums: 1987's Oh My Gawd!!! and 1989's Telepathic Surgery, the latter originally planned to be a 30-minute sound collage.ĭrummer Nathan Roberts replaced English and guitarist Jonathan Donahue (also a member of the alternative rock band Mercury Rev) joined in 1989. But when we were thinking of band names one night over a pack of Schlitz and some left-handed cigarettes and remembered how we joked that they both had 'Flaming Lips' and it just stuck.Īfter his brother's departure, Wayne assumed the vocal duties and the band released their first full-length album, Hear It Is, on Pink Dust Records (the psychedelic-rock imprint of Enigma Records) in 1986.

I don't think we knew the girl, and I'm not sure if she even existed, you know how kids just spread bullshit. 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)

1.13 Oczy Mlody, King's Mouth, and American Head (2016–present).

1.12 Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015).

1.10 Heady Fwends, Guinness World Record and other collaborations (2012).

1.8 Embryonic and Dark Side of the Moon (2009).

1.7 Official rock song of Oklahoma (2009).

1.5 Continued success ( At War with the Mystics) (2002–2006).

1.4 Mainstream breakthrough ( The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots) (1999–2002).

( Hit to Death in the Future Head to Clouds Taste Metallic) (1991–1996) 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).

The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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