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The Flaming Lips
American Head
Warner Records
No other band I can think of, save for maybe a mid-90s Sonic Youth, has enjoyed the freedom of wilful experimentation to levels of near self-sabotage as all the while they were supported (and sometimes encouraged) by a major label. Then again The Flaming Lips has only really come down to earth – they’ve been fl…
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