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Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles", "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" and "Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical". They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which feature costumes, balloons, puppets, video projections, complex stage light configurations, giant hands, large amounts of confetti, and frontman Wayne Coyne's signature man-sized plastic bubble, in which he traverses the audience. 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, Restless, 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 (which was NME magazine's Album of the Year) and 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. They have had more hit singles in the UK and Europe than in the U.S. In February 2007, they were nominated for a 2007 BRIT Award in the "Best International Act" category. By 2007, the group garnered three Grammy Awards, including two for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
On October 13, 2009 the group released their latest studio album, titled Embryonic. On December 22, 2009, the Flaming Lips released a remake of the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side Of The Moon. In 2011, the band announced plans to release new songs in every month of the year, with the entire process filmed.
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Flaming Lips and Taj Mahal Added to Tibet House US Benefit

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MARCH 3, 2011 AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK; TICKETS ON SALE NOW Tibet House US is thrilled to announce that The Flaming Lips and Taj Mahal have joined the bill of their 21st Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on March 3, 2011. The Flaming Lips and Taj Mahal will join an esteemed line-up of artists curated by artistic director Philip Glass. The bill to date includes Michael Stipe, The Roots, Patti Smith with Jesse Smith and Michael Campbell, ...
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Flaming Lips Play Pink Floyd's "Breathe" on Jimmy Fallon

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BREATHE, BREATHE IN THE AIR, DON'T BE AFRAID TO CARE
This is a pretty heavy reinterpretation of Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon rumination, and it makes one excited to see The Flaming Lips (with some help from Stardeath and White Dwarfs) perform the entire album performed live at Bonnaroo and other hot spots this year.
The Lips' version of Dark Side was released digitally last December, and last weekend as part of Record Store Day, Warner Bros. released 5000 ...
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The Flaming Lips and Pink Floyd Dark Side for NYE and Album Too

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The Flaming Lips Cover Pink Floyd's Dark Side for NYE & Album To Follow
The Flaming Lips will be covering Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety on New Year's Eve. The psychedelic celebration will go down on December 31 at the Cox Center in Oklahoma City, OK. The show will also feature Wayne's nephew Dennis Coyne's band Stardeath and White Dwarfs. According to the poster for the show (featured below), Starting at midnight: A special performance ...
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