Dave Matthews, Tool, Flaming Lips Play Inaugural River’s Edge Music Festival : April 06, 2012

The Dave Matthews Band and Tool will headline Saint Paul’s River’s Edge Music Festival. The appearance will be Tool’s only U.S. appearance this year. The festiva [...]

Allman Brothers, Phil Lesh, Flaming Lips Headline All Good Festival : February 24, 2012

The first acts that will appear at this year’s All Good Festival have been announced, and the list of artists includes headliners the Allman Brothers Band, the Flaming [...]

What No Encore? Flaming Lips Make Six Hour Song : August 31, 2011

Just when you thought the Flaming Lips couldn’t get any weirder, well just think again. Not too long ago the band released music inside of a fetus and gummy skull as w [...]

Flaming Lips Book 2-Night Cemetary Gig in Hollywood : May 04, 2011

The Flaming Lips shows in the cemetery, which have been dubbed “Everyone You Know Some Day Will Die” are scheduled to run in Los Angeles on June 14 and 15. The name o [...]

Flaming Lips Pucker Up for Spring Concert Dates : March 03, 2010

Quirky rockers Flaming Lips will be hitting the road this month in support of last year’s release ‘Embryonic.’ The band will launch the tour on March 12 in Austin, [...]

flaming lips Biography

The American rock band The Flaming Lips was formed in 1983 in Norman, Oklahoma. Current band members include Wayne Coyne (lead vocalist, bass guitar, guitar, theremin, keyboards), Michael Ivins (backing vocalist, keyboards, bass), Steven Drozd (backing vocalist, lead vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar, drums), Derek Brown (percussion, keyboards, guitar) and Kliph Scurlock (percussion, drums).

Their sound melodically contains multi-layered, lush psychedelic rock arrangements. However their compositions lyrically show space rock elements, including unusual album and song titles like “Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical” and “Psychiatric Exploration of the Fetus with Needles.” The band is well known for putting on elaborate live shows, featuring complex stage lighting, video projections, puppets, balloons, costumes, confetti, giant hands and the signature human-sized plastic bubble that frontman Wayne Coyne travels the audience in.

During the 1980s through early 1990s, the band record several EPs and albums with Restless, an indie record label, before signing with Warner Brothers. In 1993, they released their only US hit single “She Don't Use Jelly.” The Flaming Lips have been able to maintain critical respect as well as some commercial viability via their albums like “The Soft Bulletin” (1999) and “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (2002). The band has had addition hit singles in Europe and the UK. In 2007, they received a BRIT Award nomination as Best International Act. The band has also won three Grammy Awards, with two coming in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The Flaming Lips released “Embryonic,” their latest album, in 2009.