fLipper the Lights, the Sound, the Rhythm, the Noise

This clip is from a fLipper show at the Cafe Dunord in San Franciso. fLipper had every right to be tired for this show as they had just come back to the US from a tour of England, Ireland, and Scotland but as evidenced by this song, the band rose to the occasion. fLipper formed in 1979 in San Francisco and they returned to their old stomping grounds to a large crowd. Also on the bill that night was Touch Me Hooker, another long-time bay area band. fLipper has been through a lot of turmoil, setbacks, and disappointments but its a tribute to their obvious strong drive that they are now in their 4th decade. I am sure many from the late 70's SF punk & art scene are shaking their heads that this group continues to find a way to win and refused to ever be on their backs to be counted out. They have had much more than "15 minutes of fame".
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[onretnas]

this video is AWESOME! totally loved the opening, good work, vic!

[BayAreaMusicLens]

Onretnas, fLipper is like a slow moving bus....they play punk slow.....but like a bus that is approaching in a slow manner, you will be run over if you dont watch out, just the same, underestimate fLipper at your own loss...

[punkinheadpunk]

@BayAreaMusicLens Hee hee hee...so true...

[NBM3]

Kind of like standing behind the jet engine of the power,that is ....... FLIPPER !!

[ThalamusMinimus]

2:30 "We're breaking in the 27th bass player"? "Spinal Tap"?

Their bass players kept dying from heroin... of course Krist saw what it did to Kurt & many others in Olympia.

[swri035]

I've watched this video so much recently. Fucking incredible vibe.

[goducks20101]

are they playing any shows in so. cal.; they're playing in oakland next month. no listing yet for so. cal..... i like typing in lower case, ok ? p.s.: the song's good

[goducks20101]

are they playing any shows in so. cal.; they're playing in oakland next month. no listing yet for so. cal..... i like typing in lower case, ok ?

[setpunk12]

this is one of Flipper's absolute killer song.

Listen to it on the CD, it will turn your world upsidown.

[13KeY37]

this band is slowly becoming my favorite "punk" band there just so different in so many great ways. I'm kinda sad that Chris left he is very good at bass.

[Snarkymom]

Awesome.

[ricv64]

Looking foward to the reissues and new album