Initial impact ← Older revision Revision as of 05:30, 8 January 2007 Line 39: Line 39: The band made their first recordings available in late 1979 via the ''SF Underground'' 7" compilation series released through ((Steve Tupper))'s newly-formed ((Subterranean Records)). In ((1981 in music|1981)), a 7" comprising "Love Canal/Ha Ha Ha" followed, and the original lineup made two full-length studio ((album))s on Subterranean, 1982's ''Generic'' and a ((1984 in music|1984)) followup ''Gone Fishin<nowiki>'</nowiki>''. The band made their first recordings available in late 1979 via the ''SF Underground'' 7" compilation series released through ((Steve Tupper))'s newly-formed ((Subterranean Records)). In ((1981 in music|1981)), a 7" comprising "Love Canal/Ha Ha Ha" followed, and the original lineup made two full-length studio ((album))s on Subterranean, 1982's ''Generic'' and a ((1984 in music|1984)) followup ''Gone Fishin<nowiki>'</nowiki>''. - Flipper's music was very shambolic and noisy, and oft considered "slow" for a punk band of the time. In many early shows, the band had half the audience onstage with them singing backup vocals, and encouraged horn players to join them for their anthem, "Sex Bomb"; the crowding onstage usually knocked the stringed instruments out of tune. Guitarist Ted Falconi installed spikes in the head of his guitar to help prevent this, but blaring, out-of-tune dissonance became part of the band's signature sound. + Flipper's music was very shambolic and noisy, and often considered "slow" for a punk band of the time. In many early shows, the band had half the audience onstage with them singing backup vocals, and encouraged horn players to join them for their anthem, "Sex Bomb"; the crowding onstage usually knocked the stringed instruments out of tune. Guitarist Ted Falconi installed spikes in the head of his guitar to help prevent this, but blaring, out-of-tune dissonance became part of the band's signature sound. Flipper was often as strongly in league with conceptual art and ((atonal)) music as with rock or punk. They were originally known in San Francisco as a band that 'everybody hated,' and who bombarded the city with graffiti far more than they actually played. Years after the band's demise, its spray-painted dead fish logos were still visible in San Francisco (although signs on the city's Clipper Street have since been reverted from "Flipper Street"). (Other notable places to find their fish logo include the ((Berlin Wall)), the ((Eiffel Tower)), the ((Great Wall of China)), and the bathroom at the ((Vatican City|Vatican)) in ((Rome)).) Flipper was often as strongly in league with conceptual art and ((atonal)) music as with rock or punk. They were originally known in San Francisco as a band that 'everybody hated,' and who bombarded the city with graffiti far more than they actually played. Years after the band's demise, its spray-painted dead fish logos were still visible in San Francisco (although signs on the city's Clipper Street have since been reverted from "Flipper Street"). (Other notable places to find their fish logo include the ((Berlin Wall)), the ((Eiffel Tower)), the ((Great Wall of China)), and the bathroom at the ((Vatican City|Vatican)) in ((Rome)).)