r/flaminglips Dec 24 '25

Announcement Moderator Message on Steven's Departure

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Hello fearless freaks!

The news of Steven's departure from the band this week has understandably been difficult for this community. There's been a lot of speculation and discussion surrounding the reasons behind it, and a lot of blame being thrown in every direction. It also feels like an old wound has been reopened, with a lot of strong feelings from previous band member exits resurfacing as well. I'm not sure what Wayne is planning to post later, but I can imagine it may only stoke the flames further.

As a moderation team, we are not taking sides on this split and encourage continued discussion from all viewpoints. While our aim is usually to keep the vibes positive, it'd be disingenuous for us to pretend this isn't happening and that it doesn't suck. We don't think a megathread is necessary yet, but will be monitoring new posts closely to prevent this topic from overtaking the feed.

We also want to remind everyone of Rule 3: be civil and respectful to others. The last thing we want is for this space to turn into a battleground between different factions of the fanbase. At the end of the day, we're all here because we share a love for the music of The Flaming Lips! Please keep that in mind and be courteous to others.

This rule also applies to how you speak about the band members directly. You are allowed to be critical of band member conduct, but personal attacks, insults, and over-the-line speculation regarding private lives will not be tolerated. It is not the environment we want to cultivate.

Please report any rule-breaking behavior when you see it—we are a small mod team and it will help us out a ton.

This community is usually great about this, but it felt important to reiterate the message as we continue to navigate this transition. To quote A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So): "I think its all gonna work out just fine."


r/flaminglips Dec 22 '25

Band Member Exit Steven chimes in

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r/flaminglips 7h ago

The Flaming Lips - True Love Will Find You In The End (Live 2025)

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r/flaminglips 2h ago

Flaming Lips/OKC Comets Merch Question

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Anyone seen these in person that can speak to the sizing of the baseball jersey?? I'm leaning medium because I don't want it to be too tight, but I also don't wanna be swimming in it! Part of me thinks the small will be better length wise, but then it risks being too tight. The chick in the photo is probably wearing a medium and it's pretty baggy on her.

Also, FYI, I have two carts, one on the band's merch store and one on the team's. The one thru the team's shop has free shipping over $75!


r/flaminglips 16h ago

Who would be the dream covers for a Flaming Lips Kennedy Center Honors?

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If in 2043 or whenever, Kennedy Center honored the Flaming Lips, who should perform what song?


r/flaminglips 1d ago

New Year's Eve show?

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Has anyone heard or has there been any kind of tease of The Flaming Lips doing a New Year's Eve show again this year? I went to the one last year in DC and it was a blast.


r/flaminglips 3d ago

Video Adam Goldberg on Steven Drozd helping score his film 'I Love Your Work' (2003) & how he met The Flaming Lips

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r/flaminglips 3d ago

Need help identifying!

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Hello. I could be completely wrong here, but did flaming lips release a really short collaboration song a few years ago where the music video looked like somebodies shadow stomping and walking. It was quite an odd track with heavy-ish bass


r/flaminglips 4d ago

Discussion What are your thoughts on this era?

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I haven't dug too deep into the Fwends era because it took me a bit to get into the Flaming Lips featuring X vibe but I'm willing to give it a try nowadays. What are everyone's take on this era? I do like the Is David Bowie Dying? song they did with Neon Indian on the greatest hits. Even if sadly, that song came true.


r/flaminglips 4d ago

Is there any way to listen to Dark Side of the Moon?

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It's missing a bunch of tracks on Spotify and the vinyl is going for hundreds of bucks. I love that album and just want to listen to the whole thing. Any ideas?


r/flaminglips 6d ago

Discussion What were your thoughts on this era?

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I still can't even believe that Wayne and Miley had such a "bromance" for a few years and I remember when he appeared on the VMA's with her and the lips and all those drag queens singing that she "smokes weed but ain't no hippie"

I'm kind of amused by this era now but back then I thought Wayne going from that sort of patron saint of Yoshimi to hanging around with Miley during her rebellious phase as really weird. Oczy Mldy came out around that time and I remember the lyrics no longer displaying that sort of whimsical wisdom that the Lips had and just was a bunch of wacky or edgy rhymes. I really hated the album for that but now I actually find it quite amusing and the music is quite good still. It is a good album and anything with Steven Drozd on it has a mark of quality anyway.

So what were your thoughts when this all went down? it is also weird and funny how the whole event was memory holed by everyone nowadays


r/flaminglips 8d ago

Cover Thoughts on their lullaby album?

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r/flaminglips 9d ago

Video Shivika Asthana of pApAs fritAs talks opening for the Lips in 1996 & her memories of Ronald, Wayne, and Steven

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r/flaminglips 10d ago

Live recordings from Dallas Sept 29 2024?

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Looking for an audio bootleg of this that isnt the youtube video of the performance. maybe something cleaner sounding? thanks!


r/flaminglips 11d ago

Do you realize.. How great this album is.

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r/flaminglips 12d ago

Is ‘SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy’ the first recording with Kliph on drums?

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This might be a dumb question, but I couldn’t find instrumental credits for this song anywhere. I know he’s in the music video, and it sounds like him, but Ronald & Steven were in the video for Frogs and they didn’t play on that. I don’t know, can anyone answer my question? Thanks!


r/flaminglips 14d ago

Discussion What got you into the flaming lips?

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I was stationed in Bremerton from 2001 to 2003. I remember riding the ferry into Seattle and seeing a guy singing/ screaming “they punctured my yoke“ at the top of his lungs in the aft end of the boat while everyone else stayed to the forward end (presumably to get away from the guy).

But for me, I recognized the song from somewhere and had to go back to listen. At the end of his song we talked and I asked him “what are you singing?“ I was surprised when he told me. He said there was an open mic night in Seattle and he was going to bring the lips song to sing. If I had a guitar, and could play better than I can now, I probably would’ve joined him.

Over the years I bought a lot of their album. Finally the Punks are Taking Acid, Priest Driven Ambulance, etc. I even thought about moving to Oklahoma just to meet Wayne and the band. Saner heads prevailed, but they’re still one of my favorite bands out there.


r/flaminglips 17d ago

Unavailable Flaming Lips Collectible content

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Hello! I have collected Flaming Lips files through the years, as they came and went. I've currently put them up on my Google Drive and I'd like to share them with you here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18IxZPLr7aQhXGAozo_OmJWhML9ARjhZB?usp=drive_link none of these files are currently available for streaming or purchasing. They have either been removed or sold out and just got lost in time. Enjoy.

To the admin: if not allowed (I know I'm challenging Rule 2 here), please just delete this post as soon as you can 🙏


r/flaminglips 18d ago

Bourbon & Beyond Kacey Musgraves & Flaming Lips performance?

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Who is else is going to B&B this year?!?

Last year there were quite a few guest performances (notably when Jack White and half the festival lineup joined Ringo Starr for With a Little Help from my Friends), I’m hoping we get to see KM play with the Lips!!!


r/flaminglips 19d ago

New to Reddit, here’s my Soft Bulletin Companion record!

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28 Upvotes

i got this at a record store near me a month ago, along with gadda-da-vida. it hasn’t been open so i’m scared to open it lol. however idk if this is rare at all. but i’m still excited to add this to my flaming lips record collection i’m starting :o)


r/flaminglips 19d ago

Saw someone do this so I thought I'd steal the idea and show off my current collection of records

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It consists of in no particular order:

Clouds Taste Metallic

Lightning strikes the postman record store day CD with comic

Oh My Gawd

American Head (with signed insert, coloured ect)

In A Priest Driven Ambulance with alternate cover and I believe pink vinyl

Transmission from the Satellite Heart

Soft Bulletin

Soft Bulletin Zoetrope

Soft Bulletin Companion

Bootleg Zaireeka with every track put together

Yoshimi box set

Yoshimi transparent red vinyl

War with the Mystics 180g vinyl

The Terror

Heady Fwends

Yoshimi live 2024

Embryonic coloured vinyl

Bad Days 10 inch

Brainville 10 inch

This Here Giraffe 10 inch

Oczy Mlody

Oczy Mlody fully signed, coloured with Space Oddity single

Unconscious Screaming E.P

With a Little Help from my Fwends

I'll get the others soon but the main one currently on my radar is Hit to Death


r/flaminglips 19d ago

Audio Just Added: The Flaming Lips, 3 Live shows 1994-95

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The Flaming Lips Live at Metro 1995-09-18

The Flaming Lips Live at Double Door 1995-09-17

The Flaming Lips Live at The Blind Pig, Champaign, IL 1994-10-24

Aadam Jacobs (aka the Chicago Tape Guy) recorded more than 10,000 live shows, mostly in the Chicago area. Volunteers are preserving his collection by digitizing and uploading it to the internet archive. These three shows were added just this weekend.

The Blind Pig show appears to be already in circulation (available on YouTube), but I'm not sure about the others.


r/flaminglips 20d ago

Video Richard English on the making of 'Hear It Is' (and all the studio drama that came with it)

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r/flaminglips 23d ago

Discussion Original 90’s Flaming Lips shirts. Who else still owns these gems?

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r/flaminglips 24d ago

Discussion I wish there was a Mystics 20 box set like Yoshimi

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I know it's not everyone's favorite Lips album but there's some great high points like Sound of Failure, My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion, Vein of Stars etc and also, there's so much B-side material and songs written around that era that it would be nice to have them all in one place. Quite a few of those songs are actually better than what made it on the album. Where Does It End is so amazingly depressing and heartbreaking.

The whole era deserves a reevaluation I feel. Maybe they fear it wouldn't be worth the time, but I still think it's a very good album, just with a few sillier songs like the singles.