The Flaming Lips the American neo-psychodelic rock group generated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the United States in 1983. Now the group consists of four participants: Wayne Kojn (a vocal, a guitar, keyboard) and Michael Ivins (a bass, keyboard), Stephen Drozd (keyboard, a guitar, shock, a vocal) and Klif Skarlok (shock).

A traditional media image of Oklahoma which The Flaming Lips considerably overturn at feasible participation of town council of Oklahoma City which have named in 2006 lane in honor of the well-known compatriots.

Despite that the group can be carried to indi-fate, at The Flaming LIps magnificent and multilayered music, the mad lyrics and amusing names of songs. They also are known for the unusual performances with participation of animals, the doll representations, accompanied by difficult light shows.

The group is obliged by the bizarrnym name to a dream of first vocalist Mark Kojna (Mark Coyne): Maiden Maria has flown up to it sitting on a back seat of a car, and has covered with fiery kisses the person (it is necessary to notice that to even-then-not-sir Paul McCartney at the very beginning of The Beatles someone arrived on a flaring pie). Probably, kisses weren't blessing because, on hearings, Mark has borrowed the first tools of group at local church, and with bass player Michael Ivins in far 1983 brothers of Wayne Coyne have got acquainted on a party with fight and wreck of glasses.
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