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Black Lips
The Black Lips in concert, SXSW 2007
The Black Lips in concert, SXSW 2007
Background information
Origin Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genre(s) Garage Punk, noise rock
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, bass, drums
Years active 2000 — present
Label(s) Bomp! Records
In the Red Records
Rob's House Records
Vice Records
Members
Cole Alexander
Jared Swilley
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Joe Bradley
Former members
Ben Eberbaugh
Jack Hines

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Contents

History

While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later. They released their first 7" in late 2001/early 2002 on their own Die Slaughterhauslabel.

Just days before a tour was to begin in December 2002, Ben Eberbaugh was driving a car that was struck by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. He was killed but the band carried on, believing that Eberbaugh would want them to continue [1].

The band's debut full length album, Black Lips! was released on Bomp! Records in 2003. Eberbaugh was replaced by Jack Hines, a friend of the band members, and they recorded their second studio album, We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow, with him. Hines too was eventually replaced by current guitarist, and former Renegades member, Ian St. Pé, in 2004.

The Black Lips have a reputation for crazy live shows that have included vomiting, urinating, nudity, band members kissing, fireworks, and a chicken. The frequency of the group's outrageous stage antics has declined, as they claim to have matured "a little bit". They have slowly built a fanbase that appreciates their energy and style that is a rough mishmash of blues, rock, doo-wop, country, and punk.

They gained national attention in 2006 with features in Spin and Rolling Stone magazines. Spin is a Music Magazine that reports on Music for Life Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The band got exposure in the New York Times for being the hardest working band during the 2007 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in which they played a dozen shows over a three-day period. South by Southwest ( SXSW) is a set of interactive, Film, and Music festivals and conferences that take place

Their debut for Vice Records, Los Valienties Del Mundo Nuevo, was released in February 2007. It is supposed to have been recorded at a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, but fans, musicians, and journalists have speculated that some or most of it was recorded in a studio with John Reis. The band has denied these claims, but critics cite noticeable differences in reverb and tape and crowd noise.

In September 2007 their most recent album entitled Good Bad Not Evil was released. Good Bad Not Evil is the fifth studio album by Garage rock band Black Lips. The Black Lips made their American national television debut in October 2007 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and played "O Katrina". Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC

Future plans

The band has songs from recording sessions prior to signing with Vice, and those songs will comprise an album that will eventually be released [2] by In The Red Records.

The Black Lips are going to star in a film called Let It Be. A trailer can be viewed here. [3] They will play musicians in a fictitious 1980s era DIY band called The Renegades. The movie was set for production in the summer of 2008 but has since been postponed [4].

The group have a featured role in the upcoming documentary We Fun: Atlanta, GA Inside Out. The title was coined by Jared Swilley on the band's blog.

Volume six of Brendan Canty's Burn To Shine series includes a performance by the Black Lips. There is no release date set for this DVD.

During the Summer of 2008, the band plans to record songs for a new studio album, which they anticipate being released at the end of 2008 or beginning of 2009.

The band is currently touring with The Raconteurs.

Side projects

Cole, Jared and Joe also play in a synth-punk band called The Spooks, along with members of Deerhunter and The Kiwis. Deerhunter is an American five-piece group originated from Atlanta Georgia. The Spooks recorded songs for an album in 2004, but those songs were scrapped and the album was re-recorded. The delay in releasing the album has become comical, but it will one day be put out on the Die Slaughterhaus label.

Ian plays in a garage punk band called The Original Three. There is a full length record out on Empty records and singles out on SYA records (Italy) and Savage records (Sweden).

Jared plays in a band called The Gaye Blades. Rob's House Records has released two 7"s by the group. Rob's House Records is a small but prolific American Record label based out of Atlanta Georgia.

Cole released solo material under the name Old King Cole Younger. There is one split 10" release of his material on Rob's House Records that features Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, under the name of Atlas Sound, on the other side. Cole Alexander/Bradford Cox Split was released in 2006 on Rob's House Records. Atlas Sound is the name of a musical solo project of Bradford James Cox, the lead singer of Atlanta five-piece Deerhunter. Atlas Sound is the name of a musical solo project of Bradford James Cox, the lead singer of Atlanta five-piece Deerhunter.

Joe (and possibly other band members) is involved in a rap group called Incoqnekro. Songs have been recorded for an album, tenatively titled Incoqnekronomicon, to be released on Die Slaughterhaus.

Band members

Current

Former members

Discography

Albums

Live albums

Singles

Splits

External links

Bomp! Records is an American indie label featuring punk pop powerpop garage rock new wave old school rock neo-psychedelia and much more We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow is the Black Lips ' second LP Album, released in 2004. Bomp! Records is an American indie label featuring punk pop powerpop garage rock new wave old school rock neo-psychedelia and much more In the Red Records is an Independent record label in Los Angeles CA. Good Bad Not Evil is the fifth studio album by Garage rock band Black Lips. Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo is the fourth album by the Lo-fi Garage rock band Black Lips. Rob's House Records is a small but prolific American Record label based out of Atlanta Georgia. The Dirtbombs are a Garage rock band based in metro Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as Punk rock and The King Khan & BBQ Show is a Canadian Garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec who mix Doo-wop and punk. Rob's House Records is a small but prolific American Record label based out of Atlanta Georgia.
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