Wayne Coyne
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Wayne Michael Coyne (born January 13, 1961 [1]) is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flaming Lips. Coyne grew up in Oklahoma City and still resides there. Relatively uninterested in school, Coyne preferred music, painting, and football to his assignments. His brothers, and other friends played in a backyard football team named the "Fearless Freaks."[1] He continued making art for many years, and designed many of the early graphics for The Flaming Lips himself (in recent times, he has also provided the artwork for both Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and At War With the Mystics).
Coyne worked as a fry cook at a Long John Silver's restaurant for 12 years, and was awarded a special badge to honor his service.[2] Although he had been toying with an acoustic guitar since he was fourteen, it was this job which enabled him to purchase an electric guitar, which he did after eight months of employment. The guitar was a Les Paul, and Wayne was a senior in high school at the time.[3]
Coyne formed the Flaming Lips in 1983 with brother Mark singing lead and Michael Ivins on bass guitar. Mark later left the band, and Wayne assumed vocal duties.
During large-crowd festival performances, Wayne makes his entrance by descending from space in a bubble, and floating across the audience to the stage. Coyne has also been known to pour fake blood on himself during live shows, usually during the track "The Spark that Bled."
Recently, he has dabbled in film making and screen writing, with his debut movie, Christmas on Mars, set to be released in 2007.
Bradley Beesley directed a 2005 film about Coyne and the Flaming Lips, Fearless Freaks, which features much footage of Coyne's early life, as well as his narration about his experiences in the band.
In 2005, Coyne recorded "Marching the Hate Machine (Into the Sun)" with the famous electronic-duo Thievery Corporation on their latest album The Cosmic Game.
[edit] References
- ^ The Fearless Freaks by Bradley Beesley
- ^ Rolling Stone Issue 1004/1005, "Okies From Outer Space" by Mark Binelli
- ^ Staring at Sound by Jim DeRogatis
[edit] External links
| The Flaming Lips |
| Wayne Coyne | Michael Ivins | Steven Drozd | Kliph Scurlock |
| Mark Coyne | Dave Kostka | Richard English | Jonathan Donahue | Nathan Roberts | Ronald Jones |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Hear It Is | Oh My Gawd!!! | Telepathic Surgery | In a Priest Driven Ambulance | Hit to Death in the Future Head | Transmissions from the Satellite Heart | Clouds Taste Metallic | Zaireeka | The Soft Bulletin | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | At War with the Mystics |
| Extended plays: The Flaming Lips | Due to High Expectations... | Fight Test | Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell | It Overtakes Me |
| Compilations: A Collection of Songs... | Punk Rockers | Jesus Egg | Shambolic Birth | Late Night Tales | 20 Years of Weird |
| Songs: "She Don't Use Jelly" | "Do You Realize??" | "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" | "The W.A.N.D." | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" |
| Related articles |
| Fearless Freaks | Christmas on Mars | VOID | Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen | Dave Fridmann |
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