To describe the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd as eccentric would be something of an understatement. TheyΓÇÖve done everything from release a four-CD set of discsΓÇôto be played simultaneously (a Good GuyΓÇÖs wet dream!) to passing out headphones and walkmans at an elaborate concert event that combines preprogrammed entertainment with live performance. LAUNCH editor Lyndsey Parker met the Lips during the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Tex., where Coyne cleared up the misconception that his inspiration is chemically-induced and Drozd bemoaned the fact that penis piercing has become passe. Look for Coyne on a forthcoming episode of HBOΓÇÖs music series ΓÇ£Reverb,ΓÇ¥ where heΓÇÖll be interviewing the equally misunderstood Brian Wilson. Til then, pick up the bandΓÇÖs latest studio outing, The Soft Bulletin.
*ΓÇ£Race For The PrizeΓÇ¥ courtesy of Warner Bros. Records and Lovely Sorts Of Death/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI).
