See, at first I thought it was just a very good, sludgy punk record. But then I caved and shelled out 25$ for an unused copy of the out-of-print, HQ CD reissue from Water Records. I couldn't stop listening to it. Three years later my opinion hasn't changed. I could write for 50 pages about how important this band was for music and how behind the coarse facade, this album is extremely well crafted and rewards close listening immensely. They bent the rules of songwriting and instrumentation like a paper clip before throwing them in the trash and still made an artistic masterpiece illustrating a range of emotions.
Listen to Shine or Sex Bomb as loud as you are physically able to take on a speaker system with good bass; it's been a transcendent experience for me every time (Shine is less accessible but just as rewarding.) The band meticulously executes crescendos that concurrently sound like they could fall apart at any second, lending several forms of tension to the music which complement the mood of the album perfectly. Lots of other aggressive and non-aggressive music is still enjoyable to me but this record generates an utterly unique feeling provided I'm in the right mood. I accept that the vast majority of people will find this unlistenable (necessary to prevent society from deteriorating into Mad Max) but I figure some people besides Mark Prindle and Kurt Cobain vaguely share my sentiment.
I also believe the entire 'alternative' breakthrough in the 90's happened entirely because this album inspired a legion of mildly good bands which watered it down and mixed it with varying qualities of metal or pop songwriting. Up there with the first VU record and maybe Rites of Spring in terms of Influence. Not that that much adds or detracts from the records appeal. Just an interesting aside.
Based autism Flipper poster. I love this album, and am glad other people feel the same way. They were punks. The fact that they can't play just makes it better.
Ethan Hill
Punk is Pop Music with high autism.
Camden Ward
Steve DePace was extremely skilled.
Isaiah Evans
Flipper is punk music with high autism
Hunter Lewis
True autism is believing everything that isn't pretentious academic shit is pop music.
Wyatt Gutierrez
Also Falconi got a master's degree in noise music, they were extremely focused at what they did on this record. Their entire career until Shatter died was a piece of performance art. The reunion was just to score money for heroin at first, now for coke.
Gavin Hill
>Album invented sludge metal, post hardcore, and noise rock, while also incorporating musique concrete and saxophones. Pretty based
Ryan Smith
>noise rock TVU invented that in the 60's, bub
Dylan Brooks
Fair enough, but it pretty much went untouched besides Chrome until this was released.
Chase Hall
The space rock scene in Japan had noise jam bands in the early 70s. By '77, The No Wave scene was in full force in New York. The Boys Next Door and SPK had formed in Australia, and Industrial music, and Post Punk were sweeping through Britain. '82 is a bit late to the curve, actually.
Leo Hernandez
Those bands, as well as PiL were more avant-garde than rock. They rarely adhered to rock structures.
Jordan Russell
I agree, but Punk is still autism.
Benjamin Peterson
YOUTH OF A AMERICA!
Justin Davis
I think the record is ok, I think PiL did this type of music much better, but I still appreciate seeing a post with actual thought and effort behind it. Good job OP, I think I might give it another listen when I get around to it after reading your post.
David Myers
The fact that you typed all the dumb flowery gay-ass shit about it shows that you don’t get it at all lol
Luis Williams
>They were punks. The fact that they can't play just makes it better. Also this is cringe shut the absolute fuck up lmao
Metal Box is a great album but I think Flipper expanded on its sound here. Falconi’s vietnam-napalm guitar and the rickety rhythm section take several things that album did well a step further. I also think they wrote more hard-hitting words than Johnny Rotten, though he was obviously a more talented vocalist.
Zachary Peterson
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEA!!!
Gabriel Morgan
Also throbbing gristle played a famous show with flipper which was video-recorded in its entirely. Gen was a big fan
Camden Butler
LIFE IS THE ONLY THING WORTH LIVING FOR
Ian Stewart
c h e c k e d
Eli Butler
tl;dr Flipper Rules!!!!
Gavin Thomas
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH BABY YEAAHHH *siren ringing in the background*
Owen Harris
Anybody else like Gone Fishin' more? I love all of their music, but it's hard to beat Sacrifice, Survivors of the Plague, and One by One.
Gavin Howard
Flipper were much better live, than in the studio.
The only studio songs I like are Ha X3 and the one that keeps repeating itself where they keep stopping and say "You wouldn't understand".
Flipper are alright, but not a personal favorite.
Chase Powell
it's a great record I'll give you that. Too Many Humans by No Trend is just superior in every way. When I listen to Flipper I kind of wish I was listening to No Trend instead.
Carter Roberts
I love the Pissed Jeans song The L Word that totally rips off Flipper
