The Flaming Lips

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The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips on March 16, 2006
The Flaming Lips on March 16, 2006
General information
origin Oklahoma City , United States
Genre (s) Art rock , neo psychedelia , indie rock , noise pop , alternative rock , experimental
founding 1983
Website flaminglips.com
Current occupation
Wayne Coyne
Bass , keyboard, piano
 Michael Ivins
Guitar, keyboard , piano, bass, drums , vocals
 Steven Drozd (since 1991)
Guitar, keyboard, piano, percussion
Derek Brown (since 2009)
Keyboard, piano, guitar
 Jake Ingalls (since 2013)
Drums, percussion, keyboard, piano
 Matt Duckworth (since 2014)
Percussion, drums, sampler
Nick Ley (since 2014)
former members
Drums
 Dave Kostka (1983-1984)
Drums, keyboard, piano
 Richard English (1984-1988)
guitar
 Jonathan Donahue (1988-1991)
Drums
 Nathan Roberts (1988-1991)
Drums, percussion
 Kliph Scurlock (2002-2014)
guitar
 John Mooneyham (1991)
guitar
 Ronald Jones (1991-1996)
singing
 Mark Coyne (1983–1985)
Percussion, violin , harp , piano, keyboard
 Ray Suen (2009-2012)

The Flaming Lips are an American rock band formed in Oklahoma City in 1983 . The band's music is characterized by a willingness to experiment and a variety of styles.

Band history

After the band was founded, Wayne Coyne's brother Mark was the singer, but was only involved in the recording of the first EP The Flaming Lips from 1984. After Mark Coyne's exit, Wayne Coyne took his place. It followed in 1986 the first album Hear It Is , which was released on the independent label Restless Records. In their early phase, the Flaming Lips had a musical relationship with Mercury Rev , as their guitarist Jonathan Donahue played with the Flaming Lips from 1989 onwards.

After the still guitar-heavy album Clouds Taste Metallic from 1995, the Flaming Lips opened up audible electronic sounds and effects, especially on the album Zaireeka from 1997 - a polyphonic work consisting of four CDs, all of which can be heard simultaneously on different players. As part of this project, a number of happenings such as the parking lot experiment or the ghetto blaster experiment took place: In the parking lot experiment, up to 40 volunteers were given cassettes that had been recorded by the band , which they had to play simultaneously on their car radios in a parking lot . In the ghetto blaster experiment, Wayne Coyne instructed an ensemble of another 40 volunteers to play music recorded by the band in converted ghetto blasters, whereby the participants had to vary volume, speed or key.

Years of touring stress led guitarist Ronald Jones to leave the band in late 1996. In addition, Ronald Jones became mentally ill.

The band achieved their artistic breakthrough in 1999 with the album The Soft Bulletin , which is characterized by an orchestrated sound and philosophical to eccentric texts. From 2001, the Flaming Lips were working on a science fiction film called Christmas on Mars on low-budget -level, which was completed in October of 2005. The film has an experimental character with a cryptic plot and, after having been seen at various film festivals, was released on DVD on November 7, 2008, together with the film music on CD.

In 2002, the band presented their album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots , which received a Grammy award from both critics and buyers . In 2005 the documentary The Fearless Freaks by director Bradley Beesley was released. In addition to the band members and their family members, actors such as Adam Goldberg , Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci also have their say. The band's artistic work and drug problems are discussed. For Yes, I'm a Witch , a remix album by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono released in spring 2007 , the Flaming Lips contributed a reinterpretation of the piece Cambridge in 1969 .

Stage performance

In addition to experimenting with fake blood (especially frontman Wayne Coyne), the band brought in huge, inflatable balls in their stage shows , in which the band members let themselves be rolled over the audience, as well as scantily clad or animal costumed dancers and large amounts of confetti . Until the end of the 1980s, the Flaming Lips set the stage on fire at some performances, threw fireworks into the audience or used fog machines to cover the entire hall in such thick clouds that hardly anyone could see anything. The spectacular stage show of the Flaming Lips was one reason why the group was signed by the major label Warner Bros. Records in 1990 after an employee of that record company witnessed one of the concerts.

Discography

Wayne Coyne on March 16, 2006

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US
1995 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart - - - US108 (11 weeks)
US
1999 The Soft Bulletin - - UK39
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK 		-
2002 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots DE93 (1 week)
DE 		- UK13
platinum
platinum

(24 weeks)UK 		US50
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
2006 At War with the Mystics - - UK6th
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK 		US11 (8 weeks)
US
2009 Embryonic - - UK43 (2 weeks)
UK 		US8 (6 weeks)
US
2007 UFOs at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City - - - US185 (1 week)
US
2010 Dark Side of the Moon - - - US157 (1 week)
US
2011 Due to High Expectations ... - - - US182 (1 week)
US
2012 The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends - - UK99 (1 week)
UK 		US139 (1 week)
US
2013 The terror - - UK42 (1 week)
UK 		US21 (3 weeks)
US
2014 With a Little Help from My Fwends - - UK84 (1 week)
UK 		US58 (1 week)
US
2017 Oczy Mlody DE88 (1 week)
DE 		CH52 (1 week)
CH 		UK38 (1 week)
UK 		US62 (1 week)
US
2019 King's Mouth - - UK78 (1 week)
UK 		-

More studio albums

  • 1986: Hear It Is
  • 1987: Oh My Gawd !!! … The Flaming Lips
  • 1989: Telepathic Surgery
  • 1990: In a Priest Driven Ambulance
  • 1992: Hit to Death in the Future Head
  • 1995: Clouds Taste Metallic
  • 1997: Zai reeka
  • 2002: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  • 2014: 7 Skies H3

Compilations

  • 1998: A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording… By Amateurs
  • 2002: Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
  • 2002: The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
  • 2002: Shambolic Birth and Early Life of
  • 2005: Late Night Tales: Flaming Lips
  • 2006: 20 Years of Weird 1986-2006
  • 2009: Covered, a Revolution in Sound

EPs

  • 2003: Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell EP

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1994 She Don't Use Jelly
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart 		UK94 (2 weeks)
UK 		US55 (20 weeks)
US
1996 Bad Days
Clouds Taste Metallic 		UK78 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
This Here Giraffe
Clouds Taste Metallic 		UK72 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1999 Race for the Prize
The Soft Bulletin 		UK39 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Waitin 'for a Superman
The Soft Bulletin 		UK73 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
2002 Do You Realize
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 		UK32 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
2003 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 		UK18 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Fight Test
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 		UK28 (2 weeks)
UK 		US93 (2 weeks)
US
The Golden Path
Singles 93-03 		UK17 (8 weeks)
UK 		-
2006 The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
At War with the Mystics 		UK16 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
The WAND (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
At War with the Mystics 		UK41 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

More singles

  • 1984: The Flaming Lips
  • 1988: Drug Machine
  • 1991: Unconsciously Screamin '
  • 1991: Yeah, I Know It's a Drag ... But Wastin 'Pigs Is Still Radical
  • 1994: Due to High Expectations… The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons…
  • 1995: Turn It On
  • 1996: Brainville
  • 2005: Mr. Ambulance Driver
  • 2006: It Overtakes Me
  • 2011: Two Blobs Fucking
  • 2011: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
  • 2011: Gummy Song Skull
  • 2011: The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73
  • 2011: Gummy Song Fetus
  • 2011: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt
  • 2011: Strobo Trip
  • 2011: 7 Skies H3 (24 Hour Song Skull)
  • 2011: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band
  • 2013: Peace Sword

Soundtrack contributions

Filmography

  • Fearless Freaks (Documentary, 2005)
  • VOID (2005)
  • Christmas on Mars (sci-fi movie, 2008)
  • Guest appearances on Charmed and Beverly Hills, 90210 .

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

Web links

Commons : The Flaming Lips  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files