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56-576: A 5-inch single released by Slap-A-Ham Records; and "Way of the World" on the Singles 1–12 compilation. Belgian electronica / industrial band Lords of Acid covered Flipper's song "Sex Bomb", and released a live version on the 1995 "Do What You Wanna Do" maxi-single. The track started with Praga Khan giving credit to Flipper. It was later reinterpreted in the Lords' typical style on the 2000 album Farstucker , and
84-488: A board game with a cutout spinner and game cards, with Subterranean once again providing extra covers through mail order. The original lineup splintered after a period of touring, and singer and core member Shatter died on December 9, 1987, of a drug overdose after forming A3I. Subterranean packaged the band's singles and rarities as the 1987 collection Sex Bomb Baby . The cassette edition and later CD re-releases featured three bonus tracks. The band resurfaced in 1990 with
112-404: A gaming die, then rolling the die three times. Dukowski would later claim that the name was offered up by Joe Carducci and was accepted by the rest of the band, despite Dukowski's own discomfort with it. SWA has had the dubious distinction of being considered the "worst" band to ever record for SST Records by many label aficionados and, in one fanzine article, Steve Albini claimed that among
140-681: A live performance was interspersed throughout the film, showcasing three songs: "One By One", "Get Away" and "Love Canal". A follow-up 1984 Subterranean studio album, Gone Fishin' , featured the opening track "The Lights, the Sound, the Rhythm, the Noise", as well as "Survivors of the Plague" and "Sacrifice". The colorful van on the cover, along with figures representing the band and their equipment, could be cut out and folded. Subterranean also offered extra covers through
168-414: A new single on Subterranean, "Some Day"/"Distant Illusion", and began performing again. Nürnberg Fish Trials , another live album, was released in 1991. This lineup released an all-new studio album in 1992, American Grafishy , on Rick Rubin 's Def American imprint, which was not as well-received as their previous work. Also in 1992, founding member Ricky Williams also died of a heroin overdose. After
196-499: A second live album, titled Fight featuring both old and new songs. Both of these albums were produced by Seattle producer Jack Endino and were well received. Novoselic announced his departure from the band in September 2009 due to responsibilities at home, forcing a tour cancellation. He was replaced by Rachel Thoele, formerly of Frightwig , Mudwimin and Van Gough's Daughter. Several Flipper albums were reissued during 2008–2009 in
224-459: A small mail order fee. Also in 1984, the ROIR cassette label released Blow'n Chunks , a live document of a Flipper performance at CBGB . It included material from all phases of the band's existence to that date. It was reissued on CD in 1990. A 2001 reissue included four outtakes from the live sessions. Flipper titled their 1986 double live album Public Flipper Limited . The album unfolded into
252-542: A trio, with Chuck Dukowski handling the bulk of the vocals on 1991's Volume , which proved to be SWA's final release. Early in SWA's existence, Dukowski and Cameron were also members of October Faction . In the mid 1990s, Dukowski and Van Duyne teamed up in the band Fishcamp. Flipper (band) Flipper is an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco , California in 1979, continuing in often erratic fashion until
280-650: A variety of formats. Album – Generic Flipper , Gone Fishin' , Public Flipper Limited and Sex Bomb Baby! were reissued on compact disc by Water Records in the US and Domino Recording Company in the UK, and on vinyl by the Runt Distribution imprint 4 Men with Beards. Flipper played two shows at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill on October 10 and 11, 2015, with DeSmartass returning on bass and David Yow (formerly of Scratch Acid and
308-423: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SWA (band) SWA (pronounced swǒ) was an American band originally started as a concept defined by Chuck Dukowski , former bassist of Black Flag , while he was still a member of that band. The name (which is pronounced like "Swah" and not "S-W-A") was created by assigning an alphabetical value to numbers on
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#1732855793180336-562: The Jesus Lizard ) on vocals. In 2019, Flipper decided to play some dates to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band. The 2019 incarnation of the band consists of Steve DePace, Ted Falconi, and David Yow. With no permanent bass player, the band reached out to friends Rachel Thoele , Mike Watt (whose previous band Minutemen played with Flipper 36 years earlier ), and Krist Novoselic. Their Northern California dates will be with Thoele on bass and supported by No Parents, Mike Watt &
364-461: The Secondmen , and Qui . Watt will take over for Thoele when the band embarks on their European tour. Kurt Cobain wore a self-made Flipper T-shirt, seen in the booklet pictures of Nirvana's In Utero , on the band's first performance on Saturday Night Live in 1992, and also in the music video for " Come as You Are ". Cobain and Novoselic cited Flipper as one of their band's influences. In
392-593: The United States. In 2002, Loose (using a cane) returned for a one-off gig at Berkeley's 924 Gilman Street space as "Not Flipper". He stated that he had changed his name from Bruce Lose to Bruce Loose "because he wanted to be less negative". The original members of Flipper, save for the late Shatter (with Bruno DeSmartass again replacing Shatter, as he had done for a 1982 tour), reunited to support CBGB on August 22 and 28, 2005. This lineup then continued to perform live beginning in 2006. In December 2006, DeSmartass
420-416: The album was released, replacement bass player John Dougherty died of a drug overdose in 1997. Rubin also reissued Album – Generic Flipper and the singles compilation Sex Bomb Baby on his Infinite Zero label. By 1997, Flipper's music went largely out of print, with Rubin holding on to the rights. As part of a legal settlement, Subterranean was awarded the right to reissue its Flipper records on vinyl in
448-522: The band recorded their debut Your Future (If You Have One) , which was produced by Chuck's former Black Flag bandmate, Greg Ginn . After the recording, Cooper departed the group to play with the Descendents , with whom he had played with off and on since 1982. Following 1986's Sex Dr. (a reference to Cameron's nickname, "The Nazi Sex Doctor"), Ford also departed, as his responsibilities as SST Record's label manager ended up leaving him with little time for
476-441: The band. He was replaced by Sylvia Juncosa for 1987's XCIII . Juncosa left the group to pursue a solo career shortly afterwards. Ed Gregor replaced Sylvia, but was only in the band a short time, participating in the songs on the next album, "Winter", but left the band to go to University. Phil Van Duyne played guitar on 1989's Winter . Following Winter , Merrill Ward left SWA to pursue an acting career. The group pressed on as
504-531: The burgeoning popularity of faster-paced hardcore punk . Mark Arm claimed, in the 2006 documentary American Hardcore , that Flipper's charm as a band lay in their ability to upset audiences while attracting their undivided attention and curiosity at the same time. Fans began spray painting "Flipper Rules" in various locations around San Francisco and eventually the world. In 1983, Flipper appeared in Rick Schmidt's independent film, Emerald Cities . Footage of
532-447: The documentary American Hardcore , Moby stated that he fronted Flipper for two days while singer Will Shatter was in jail because he "knew all of their songs". Steve DePace recalls that it was only for one night. Eric Avery of Jane's Addiction has said that Flipper's rolling rhythms and repetitive riffs were an influence on his band's early sound. In Get in the Van , his memoir of
560-523: The early 1980s punk rock scene, Henry Rollins of Black Flag described the Flipper experience: "They were just heavy. Heavier than you. Heavier than anything...When they played they were amazing". R.E.M. covered "Sex Bomb" for the A-side of the 1994 edition of their Fan Club Singles 7-inch series. The Melvins covered several Flipper songs: "Sacrifice" on their Lysol album; "Love Canal" and "Someday" on
588-636: The mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005. The band influenced a number of grunge , punk rock and noise rock bands. Their slowed-down, bass-driven and heavily distorted style of punk is considered to have inspired bands such as the Melvins and Nirvana , whose bass player Krist Novoselic played with the band in the 2000s. Flipper was founded by former Sleepers member Ricky Williams (vocals), former Rad Command member Ted Falconi (guitar), and former Negative Trend members Will Shatter (bass) and Steve DePace (drums). Founding member and original vocalist Williams
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#1732855793180616-457: The newly formed Subterranean Records , followed by the "Love Canal"/"Ha Ha Ha" 7-inch single in 1980. In 1981, the "Sex Bomb"/"Brainwash" single was released, featured individually hand-made covers. The lengthy A-side had minimal lyrics ("She's a sex bomb, my baby, yeah") and gained the band notoriety within the punk community. The original lineup released their first full-length album , Album – Generic Flipper , on Subterranean in 1982. It
644-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SWA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SWA&oldid=1239100921 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
672-407: The worst things a person could do was "listen to SWA" and "be SWA". However, others have come to the band's defense. The band existed from the mid 1980s until 1992 and released five albums on SST Records , all of which are currently out of print. Following his departure from Black Flag in 1983, Chuck Dukowski set about reforming his first band, Würm . Despite recording an album, Würm's reunion
700-458: Was credited for naming the band, but was fired before it made any recordings. Bruce “Loose” Calderwood replaced Williams and he and Shatter then went on to trade vocal and bass duties, with both bringing a bass onstage. Falconi, a Vietnam War veteran, played a uniquely distorted style of guitar. Flipper's first recordings appeared in late 1979 on the SF Underground 7-inch EP released on
728-531: Was recorded over a year and contained a new version of "Sex Bomb". It was followed later in the year with another single on Subterranean, "Get Away"/"The Old Lady that Swallowed the Fly". The band regularly performed in the San Francisco area and attracted a large following. Simultaneously, their uniquely slowed-down and raucous approach to punk managed to infuriate other members of the local punk scene, especially with
756-431: Was replaced by Novoselic (ex-Nirvana) on bass for a tour of the UK and Ireland, as well as several US shows. The song " Scentless Apprentice ", which the band recorded (without Novoselic) for a 2000 Nirvana tribute album, was added to the band's setlist. In 2008, the band recorded a new album with Novoselic, On May 19, 2009, Flipper released a "twin album" featuring one album, titled Love , of new studio material, and
784-477: Was short-lived. Chuck soon became acquainted with Greg Cameron, a teenaged-drummer who was hanging out and jamming around SST Records' rehearsal space. The two began playing together and were soon joined by guitarist Ted Falconi (of Flipper ), but this line-up was short-lived. The group was soon rounded out by former Overkill vocalist Merrill Ward, Frantic Technoid's guitarist Richard Ford, and Greg Cameron's high school friend, Ray Cooper, also on guitar. In 1985,
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