Howard Stern Presents: A Celebrations of The Beatles With The Flaming Lips Hosted By Fred Armisen
5 facts you need to know about the iconic band taking over Howard 101
April 23, 2015
Photo Credit: George Salisbury
The Flaming Lips and Fred Armisen took over the Stern Show studio for a special celebration of the Beatles, which will be airing Friday night exclusively on Howard 101. Here’s a refresher course before you tune in:
1. The Flaming Lips are winners
2003: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)” || Won
2004: Best Alternative Album for Fight Test EP || Nominated
2007: Best Alternative Album for At War With the Mystics || Nominated
2007: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “The Wizard Turns On…” || Won
2007: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for At War with the Mystics || Won
2008: Best Surround Sound Album for At War With the Mystics 5.1 || Nominated
2. You don’t go to a Flaming Lips concert to be an audience member; you go to be a participant.
“When you go home tonight, I want you to tell your friends that I descended from the sky above the crowd in this space bubble,” Wayne Coyne exclaimed to one audience. To another, pairs of headphones were handed out as a pre-recorded accompaniment to the live show.
How about the time 40 participants were enlisted to sit in their cars and blast unique cassettes for a recording? Ever chewed through a marijuana-flavored gummy skull to reach a USB drive with new songs on it? If you’ve been a Flaming Lips fan, the answer could certainly be a resounding “Yes.”
3. Frontman Wayne Coyne has been known to dress up on Halloween to scare the living crap out of kids in his neighborhood.
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Howard Stern Presents: A Celebrations of The Beatles With The Flaming Lips Hosted By Fred Armisen premieres on Friday at 11pm ET/8pm PT, exclusively on Howard 101.
