the flaming lips she don t use jelly lyrics

The sudden, unexpected success of their single, “She Don’t Use Jelly,” took both the band and record execs by complete surprise. Signed to Warner Brothers a few years prior, the band’s lineup now featured lead guitarist Ronald Jones and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd bashing away on drums. The fusion of all these elements hit a critical mass with their 1993 release, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart. With each subsequent album, The Flaming Lips further developed their sound…smashing noise rock energy and blistering volume together with power pop hooks and melodies, riff rock swagger, bizarre imagery, arresting lyrics, sound effects, and Wayne’s warbling, heavily processed vocals. The band soldiered on as a power trio, releasing their next album, Hear It Is, in 1986. Though the EP was getting some college radio airplay, Mark decided to quit the band and get married…which pushed Wayne into the role of lead singer. Two years later they released their debut-a self-titled five-song EP on green vinyl-via their own label, Lovely Sorts of Death.

The Flaming Lips genesis occurred when 15-year-old Wayne Coyne convinced his brother Mark and bassist Michael Ivins to start a band…eventually settling on drummer Ricard English to complete the lineup. The band formed in Oklahoma City in 1983.

The flaming lips she don t use jelly lyrics