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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. [2] The band influenced a number of grunge, [3] punk rock and noise rock bands.
Flipper 1979. 4,248 likes · 1 talking about this. Flipper began as an Art Noise Punk Band in San Francisco in 1979 and influenced punk and grunge bands around the world with their unique musical style.
A livewire 23-year-old called Ricky Williams was their first frontman and came up with the band’s name (“All of his pets were named Flipper,” Falconi once told KPBS, “so we thought it was the perfect name because he wouldn’t forget it”), but he was fired within six months.
They took their name after seeing pictures of thalidomide babies and remarking how their arms looked like "flippers." The rest, as they say, is history. With rock critics singing their praises, Flipper went on to near-famous status as the reigning kings of American underground rock.
Flipper is a punk 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,[1] punk rock and noise rock bands.
27 cze 2024 · Flipper — co-led by two bassist-singers Will Shatter and Bruce Loose with Ted Falconi on guitar and Steve DePace on drums — bashed out a minimalistic, heavy low-end mess that could coalesce into...
13 paź 2024 · 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.
