THE FLAMING LIPS Career Highlights
Winner of 3 Grammy Awards & Nominated for 3 additional ones
‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ (2002) certified Gold in the US
Countless appearances on late night TV over a span of 25 years: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien
Released and produced an album with Miley Cyrus and appeared with as her band on the MTV VMA’s and Saturday Night Live
Contribution to The SpongeBob Musical was nominated in 2018 for a Tony Award ‘Best Original Score’ and won ‘Outstanding New Score’ at the Outer Critics Circle Award
Appeared in Hyundai Super Bowl XLVII commercial in 2013
In 2012, won the Guinness World Record for Most Live Concerts Performed in 24 Hours, breaking Jay-Z’s record
“Do You Realize??” is Oklahoma’s Official State Rock Song
‘The Soft Bulletin’ won Best Album and Album Of The Year at the NME Awards in 2000
Flaming Lips Alley is a street in downtown Oklahoma City, OK, dedicated to the band in 2007
In 2011, released the first-ever 24 hour song, “7 Skies H” Has performed with Philip Glass, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, Beck, The White Stripes, Phantogram, Grace Potter, Jackson Browne
Has recorded with Chris Martin, Tame Impala, Kacey Musgraves, Kesha, Bon Iver, Mick Jones (The Clash), Nick Cave, Erykah Badu
Appeared on soundtracks ‘Batman Forever’, ‘The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie’, ‘Wedding Crashers’, ‘Ender’s Game’, ‘Good Luck Chuck’, ‘Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium’, ‘The Hearbreak Kid’, and most recently, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’
‘Fearless Freaks’, a 2005 documentary on the band, features appearances from Christina Ricci, Beck, Adam Goldberg, The White Stripes, Liz Phair and more