Flipper (band)

thumb|right|Flipper at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., 1984 Flipper (band) Flipper is an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1979, continuing in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005. The band influenced a number of grunge, punk rock and noise rock bands. Their slowed-down, bass-driven and heavily distorted style of punk is considered to have inspired bands such as the Melvins and Nirvana, whose bass player Krist Novoselic played with the band in the 2000s. Song lyrics Album – Generic Flipper (1982) She’s my sex bomb baby! Yeah! "Sex Bomb," as quoted by Jeff Terich of Stereogum (November 28, 2018) Quotes about Flipper San Francisco’s Flipper made music that sounded like the opposite of what most would consider sexy. And for that matter, it didn’t even sound like what most of us would associate with punk — where loud and fast once ruled, Flipper played slow and sludgy. Black Flag would do likewise in just a couple years, but in 1982 there was little that sounded like Flipper, and even less that sounded like “Sex Bomb,” a drunken mess of a punk song that took the template of early garage rock from the ’60s and stretched it out over seven minutes, simplified the lyrics and blasted lots of gnarly sax all over it. It feels nihilistic — the same thing over and over again, gradually becoming messier and messier, with no narrative or point to speak of. Jeff Terich of Stereogum (November 28, 2018) External links Category:American bands Category:Punk rock bands Category:Hardcore punk Category:Noise rock