Flipper - Love & Fight

Seminal. Original. Icon. Those three words are commonly used to help describe San Francisco band Flipper. The band's been in existence in several forms for 30 years and are marking the occasion with the release of two new albums.

Marred by death and injury for much of their early years, Flipper has pushed on with a small camp of rotating members, most of which not recognizable by the music know-it-alls nevermind the casual listeners. The lineup for both the band's new studio recording, Love, and live recording, Fight, feature a prominent bassist who was a household name in the mid 1990s, Krist Novoselic.

Flipper is everything they are labeled, a seminal punk and original grunge band. Love, the studio recording, bears a strong resemblance to Rollins Band material, with a more smokey, raspy vocal set from singer Bruce Loose.

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