MUSIC FOR THE ULTRA HIP
This was made for the kids who couldn't wait for the songs to be officially released into the commercial CD release. I used to hear about Flipper spoken about in hush hush fashion and with a lot of speculation. The truth was nobody really knew too much about them. Major rock magazines only hinted at their existence.
Then before anything could really be released the lead singer OD's. The band becomes infamous.
"John Lydon's Public Image Ltd was widely accused in the US of stealing the cover art and concept of Flipper's album, Album. Consequently, Flipper entitled their 1986 double live album, Public Flipper Ltd. The album unfolded into a board game complete with a cutout spinner and game cards with Subterranean once again providing extra covers through mail order.
The original lineup began splintering after a long debauched period of touring, and singer and core member Will Shatter eventually died in 1987 of a drug overdose after forming A3I (Any Three Initials, a punk outfit whose title mocked the prevalence of acronymic band names). Subterranean packaged the band's most popular recordings in a greatest hits collection titled "Sex Bomb Baby" released in 1987. The initial release featured several different hand drawn covers and the cassette edition and later CD rerelease featured three bonus tracks."
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By 87 there were a ton of bands getting much attention thanks to independant labels getting college airplay. Still, even though new music was getting lots of praise, Flipper fell between the cracks and is only remembered by those who really followed Indy Music.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.
This was made for the kids who couldn't wait for the songs to be officially released into the commercial CD release. I used to hear about Flipper spoken about in hush hush fashion and with a lot of speculation. The truth was nobody really knew too much about them. Major rock magazines only hinted at their existence.
Then before anything could really be released the lead singer OD's. The band becomes infamous.
"John Lydon's Public Image Ltd was widely accused in the US of stealing the cover art and concept of Flipper's album, Album. Consequently, Flipper entitled their 1986 double live album, Public Flipper Ltd. The album unfolded into a board game complete with a cutout spinner and game cards with Subterranean once again providing extra covers through mail order.
The original lineup began splintering after a long debauched period of touring, and singer and core member Will Shatter eventually died in 1987 of a drug overdose after forming A3I (Any Three Initials, a punk outfit whose title mocked the prevalence of acronymic band names). Subterranean packaged the band's most popular recordings in a greatest hits collection titled "Sex Bomb Baby" released in 1987. The initial release featured several different hand drawn covers and the cassette edition and later CD rerelease featured three bonus tracks."
Source Wikipedia
By 87 there were a ton of bands getting much attention thanks to independant labels getting college airplay. Still, even though new music was getting lots of praise, Flipper fell between the cracks and is only remembered by those who really followed Indy Music.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.
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