The Flaming Lips

Formed: 1983 in Oklahoma City, OK
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, American Underground, Experimental Rock
Group Members: Jonathan Donahue, Ronald Jones, Richard English, Michael Ivins, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Nathan Roberts
Biography: Even within the eclectic world of alternative rock, few bands were so brave, so frequently brilliant, and so deliciously weird as the Flaming Lips. From their beginnings as Oklahoma weirdos to their pop culture breakthrough in the mid-'90s to their status as one of the most respected groups of the 2000s, ...Read full biography
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Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Released: 1993
Label: Warner Bros.
Critics' Rating:
The addition of guitarist Ronald Jones and drummer Steven Drozd recharges the Flaming Lips' batteries for the superb Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, another prismatic delicacy that continues the ...Read full review
Clouds Taste Metallic
Released: 1995
Label: Warner Bros.
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The same extraordinary madness that infected the best work of Brian Wilson rears its head on the shimmering and melodic Clouds Taste Metallic, a masterful collection which completes the Flaming Lips' odyssey ...Read full review
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Now this makes perfect sense. That's Cee-Lo Green there in the middle. His collaboration with Danger...
He seems to have pleased whatever deity it was ... This image brings the word "party" to mind. Also,...
"High five, dude!" (That's bassist Michael Ivins in the hands) (Image: Jay Blakesberg/Retna Ltd.)...
Strange things can be beautiful, too. You'll often see projections behind the band -- this one is of...
Folks, this image pretty much sums up what it's like at a Flaming Lips concert. The smoke, the...
Another ball (this one bright yellow, but still), an alien of some kind, and a hairy drummer (Steven...
Do you notice Wayne Coyne? In the ball? We see what looks like an impish grin. Hmm. What could he be...
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