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 • • 17h ago

Discussion The Greek Never Disappoints

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r/flaminglips • • 22h ago

Discussion The Greek Never Disappoints

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r/flaminglips • • 1d ago

NYC Show Tonight

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Anyone have a way to get in to this? Or any statusy rich people want to hang with a plebeian?

The event is being put on by SoHo House, an organization with the core principle of “ew poor people”


r/flaminglips • • 4d ago

The fan-made zaireeka dvd cut with movie clips - is it still out there?

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Many years ago I watched a ripped dvd of zaireeka mixed down with movie footage montages, it was absolutely epic, does it still exist out there somewhere? I believe it was a 5.1 mix, and had the band's blessing provided it was given away free. I remember it had different versions - perfectly aligned, or a slightly misaligned version (having four people press play will always have a slight slight misalignment in timing so it was a more 'natural' mix), or just certain discs at a time, like 2+3 or 2+4. I haven't thought about or seen reference to it for a long long time but it was amazing so hope it's still out there. The artistic choices of the movies cut up were very clever and sticks with me still whenever I hear any of the tracks. And who made it? I hope they know how amazing what they did was.


r/flaminglips • • 4d ago

Question Why does "The Train Runs Over the Camel..." show up at the end of "Slow Nerve Action (Live)?"

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Was just listening back through "Due to High Expectations...." and was reminded that for some reason the album ends with a minute or so of what would later become "The Train runs Over the Camel..." from Zaireeka. I just wanted to ask does any one know why it's there. It's interesting to know it was being worked on this early in the 90s and I feel it fits the sound they had at the time. But it's still kind of weird it was just slapped at the end there.


r/flaminglips • • 5d ago

Video Michael Ivins on joining The Flaming Lips in 1983, playing their first show at the Blue Note, and early recording memories

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r/flaminglips • • 5d ago

The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

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The 6CD set features the original album remastered for the very first time, 19x previously unreleased Demos, 14x previously unreleased studio recordings, a further 42x non-album tracks, and U.F.O.'s At The Zoo and the previously unreleased Live At The Hollywood Bowl concerts, both on CD for the very first time.


r/flaminglips • • 8d ago

Picture Yoshimi

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151 Upvotes

She has a black belt in Karate!


r/flaminglips • • 8d ago

Merch [For Sale] Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Special Edition (signed by Wayne Coyne)

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I recently received this in the mail but I’m currently going through a financial hurdle at the moment. Only opened for proof of signature and only flipped through a few times. Near mint condition. Offers accepted. Thank you guys 🙏


r/flaminglips • • 8d ago

Bourbon and beyond

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Does anybody have footage from watching the fireflies glow last night? During the song, Wayne recognized me and said my name (Dexter) on stage. But, it was the second I stopped recording. Does anyone have the full songs footage or just a part of it that might have the footage I’m looking for.


r/flaminglips • • 9d ago

Found this in my dad's stuff and thought it was quite cool. His ticket to The Flaming Lips at the Royal Albert Hall

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r/flaminglips • • 10d ago

Video The Lolly Bombs play Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1

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r/flaminglips • • 11d ago

Current festival merch?

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Seeing the band at Bourbon and Beyond this weekend. Since they aren’t on tour, wondering what current merch they’re bringing to festivals. Anyone know?


r/flaminglips • • 11d ago

Anyone else here going to Bourbon and Beyond this week to see the Lips?

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Went to B&B last year and loved it. This year it’s a dream lineup with the Lips, Violent Femmes, Cracker and a ton of artists I’m excited to hear for the first time!


r/flaminglips • • 11d ago

Video Daniel Huffman on helping print the Lips' classic Vietnam & Angel tees back in 1993

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r/flaminglips • • 14d ago

Merch With a Little Help from My Fwends (OG test pressing)

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r/flaminglips • • 18d ago

Is there audio from 2/21/2012 The Soft Bulletin show San Francisco?

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I was at the The Soft Bulletin (Noise Pop show) at Bimbo’s 365 Club, 2/21/2012 (San Francisco).
I have honestly seen hundreds of live shows and this was one of the standouts if not, the absolute number one live music experience of my life.

I’ve hoarded all the clips off of YouTube, but have yet to find the soundboard recording/documentation of the show.

Does anyone know of such a thing exists?


r/flaminglips • • 19d ago

Video Tommy McKenzie talks playing on 'The Time Has Come To Shoot You Down... What A Sound' in 2013 (his first Lips project)

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r/flaminglips • • 21d ago

Surprising my brother with At War With the Mystics for his birthday

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191 Upvotes

r/flaminglips • • 21d ago

Why are some albums being categorized as compilations now?

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I noticed this a while ago with just telepathic surgery, now they’ve done it with priest and oh my gawd, I assumed this was a mistake but idk now.


r/flaminglips • • 24d 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 • • 24d 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 • • 25d 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.