Flipper - Album - Generic Flipper
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Artist: FlipperEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-12-09
Music Label: Water
Soundtracks:
- Ever
- Life Is Cheap
- Shed No Tears
- (I Saw You) Shine
- Way of the World
- Life
- Nothing
- Living for the Depression
- Sex Bomb
Music reviews of Album - Generic Flipper
Music Review: The Holy Grail of American Post Punk - Finally reprinted !
Rating: 5 Stars
I first heard of this album in 1993, when I bought a copy of "American Grafishy", which I liked but it was another story.
"Generic" it was like the Holy Grail to me: I tried for years to get a copy at a reasonable price but it was out of print, I put it also on my wish list in Amazon, without many expectations.
So I was very pleased, last December, when I read it would be available again thanks to Water,that has reprinted the original album without extra tracks, but with a very good sound, a nice package and interesting liner notes written by Krist Novoselic (formerly of Nirvana).
Flipper did their own thing: they didn't play fast punk-rock songs, but midtempo and slow tracks, hypnotic and powerful, driven mainly by the bass guitar (played alternatively by Will Shatter or Bruce Loose).
They were also one of the first bands to introduce noise and feedback thanks to Ted Falconi's guitar, while Steve DePace's unfailing and regular drumming keeped all the pieces together.
Their music could remind you Public Image Limited, "First Issue" and "Metal Box" era,(like in "I Saw You Shine") or even Stooges' Funhouse ("Sex Bomb", with sax) but there are no copycats here, only Flipper, they build an original sonic mayhem that can't leave you indifferent, take it or leave it.
Lyrics are gloomy and dark (vocal duties are shared between Bruce and Will, too): "Shed no tears for the martyr dying, only in pain, suffering and death, can the martyr become what he's chosen to be, no tears wasted, no sorrow, no pity, no crying, no loss" - Shed No Tears -
"There are eyes that cannot see, and fingers that cannot touch" - That's The Way Of The World -
"Ever wish the human race didn't exist, and then realize you're one too?" - Ever -
But there's also space for some hope: "Life is the only thing worth living for, yes, life ! life!" - Life -
Well, what else can I say? This record is a masterpiece, maybe the masterpiece of the whole American Post Punk and, after listening to it, your life will never be the same.
Description of Album - Generic Flipper
The first record from San Francisco's legendary Flipper, originally released in 1982. Post-hardcore? Post-punk? Art-rock? Despite being a part of SF's punk scene Flipper were really only punk in spirit, eschewing conventions and making no concessions. Sludgy, distorted, atonal, noise rock jams that sound as urgent and heavy as they must have 25 years ago. A huge influence on bands such as Nirvana and The Melvins (their current lineup includes Krist Novoselic on bass). Album - Generic Flipper contains the classics Sex Bomb, and Life.Alternative Rock CDs
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