The Soft Bulletin was a reinvention of Oklahoma’s “Fearless Freaks”, and was the dawn of a brand new era and career for Coyne and Co. Out of raw, uninhibited experimentation came one of the most revered psych pop albums of, at the very least, my generation. It wasn’t what you’d call a success, but it opened the door to the Lips next album, the monumental The Soft Bulletin. Zaireeka was a sound experiment where four albums were required to be played simultaneously to get the full psychedelic effect. With no expectations of hits or standard album form the three, along with producer Dave Fridmann, created the experimental Zaireeka. This led to a certain amount of artistic freedom. After guitarist Ronald Jones left the band the remaining members, Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, and Steve Drozd, seriously wondered if the band was done. The Flaming Lips were in serious flux in 1997.
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