The Flaming Lips bio

The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are a Grammy-award winning American alternative rock band. Although the Flaming Lips take an indie rock/post-punk approach to rock music, the band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles (for example, "Pilot Can at the Queer of God", "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with A Suicide Bomber)" or "Yeah, I Know It's A Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical"). They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows featuring fursuits, balloons, puppets, video projections, complex stage light configurations, and large amounts of confetti. In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". The group recorded several albums and EPs on an indie label in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a hit in 1993 with "She Don’t Use Jelly". Although it has been their only hit single in the U.S., the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability through albums such as 1999’s The Soft Bulletin, 2002’s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and 2006’s At War with the Mystics. They have also had more hit singles in the UK and Europe than in the U.S. Despite press coverage for the band being quiet in comparison to recent years, they were nominated for a Brit Award in February 2007 for the "Best International Act" category.

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