The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips are an American rock band, formed in Norman, Oklahoma in 1983. Career highlights include:

• Winner of 3 Grammy Awards & Nominated for 3 additional ones
• Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) certified Gold in the US
• Countless appearances on late night TV over a span of 25 years: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien
• Released and produced an album with Miley Cyrus and appeared with as her band on the MTV VMAs and Saturday Night Live
• Contribution to The SpongeBob Musical was nominated in 2018 for a Tony Award ‘Best Original Score’ and won ‘Outstanding New Score’ at the Outer Critics Circle Award
• Appeared in Hyundai Super Bowl XLVII commercial in 2013
• In 2012, won the Guinness World Record for Most Live Concerts Performed in 24 Hours, breaking Jay-Z’s record
• “Do You Realize??” is Oklahoma’s Official State Rock Song
• The Soft Bulletin won Best Album and Album Of The Year at the NME Awards in 2000
• Flaming Lips Alley is a street in downtown Oklahoma City, OK, dedicated to the band in 2007
• In 2011, released the first-ever 24-hour song, “7 Skies H” Has performed with Philip Glass, Yoko Ono, and Sean Lennon, Beck, The White Stripes, Phantogram, Grace Potter, Jackson Browne
• Has recorded with Chris Martin, Tame Impala, Kacey Musgraves, Kesha, Bon Iver, Mick Jones (The Clash), Nick Cave, Erykah Badu
• Appeared on soundtracks Batman Forever, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Wedding Crashers, Ender’s Game, Good Luck Chuck, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, The Hearbreak Kid, and most recently, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
• Fearless Freaks, a 2005 documentary on the band, features appearances from Christina Ricci, Beck, Adam Goldberg, The White Stripes, Liz Phair, and more