Tag Archives: Michael Ivins

The Flaming Lips:Hit to Death in the Future Head

On August 11, 1992, “Warner Bros” label released “Hit to Death in the Future Head”, the fifth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by David Fridmann, Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Jonathan Donahue and Nethan Roberts.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Donahue – guitar
  • Michael Ivins – bass
  • Nathan Roberts – drums

Track listing:

  1. Talkin’ ‘Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)
  2. Hit Me Like You Did the First Time
  3. The Sun
  4. Felt Good to Burn
  5. Gingerale Afternoon (The Astrology of a Saturday)
  6. Halloween on the Barbary Coast
  7. The Magician vs. the Headache
  8. You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil’s Brain)
  9. Frogs
  10. Hold Your Head
  11. Noise Loop (hidden track)

The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon

On December 22, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon”, the 14th Flaming Lips (The) album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Kliph Scurlock.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums
  • Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Kliph Scurlock – drums, percussion
  • Dennis Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • James Young – guitar
  • Casey Joseph – bass, keyboard
  • Matt Duckworth – drums, percussion
  • Henry Rollins – vocals
  • Peaches – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speak to Me/Breathe
  2. On the Run
  3. Time/Breathe (reprise)
  4. The Great Gig in the Sky
  5. Money
  6. Us and Them
  7. Any Colour You Like
  8. Brian Damage
  9. Eclipse

The Bad Plus: For All I Care

On October 20, 2008, “EmArcy” label released “For All I Care”, the eight Bad Plus (The) album. It was recorded in April 2008, at “Pachyderm” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, US, and was produced by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano, bells
  • Reid Anderson – bass, vocals
  • David King – drums, vocals
  • Wendy Lewis – vocals
  • Brent Sigmeth – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Lithium – Kurt Cobain
  2. Comfortably Numb – David Gilmour, Roger Waters
  3. Fém (Etude No. 8) – György Ligeti
  4. Radio Cure – Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy
  5. Long Distance Runaround – Jon Anderson
  6. Semi-Simple Variations – Milton Babbitt
  7. How Deep Is Your Love – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
  8. Barracuda – Ann Wilson, Michael DeRosier, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher
  9. Lock, Stock and Teardrops – Roger Miller
  10. Variation d’Apollon – Igor Stravinsky
  11. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate – Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne
  12. Semi-Simple Variations (alternate version) – Milton Babbitt

Flaming Lips: Transmissions From Satelite Heart

On June 22, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released “Transmissions from the Satellite Heart”, the sixth Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded January – February 1993, and was produced by Keith Cleversley.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
  • Ronald Jones – guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Ivins – bass, backing vocals
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar
  • Keith Cleversley – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Ronald Jones, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd, except where noted.

  1. Turn It On
  2. Pilot Can at the Queer of God
  3. Oh My Pregnant Head (Labia in the Sunlight)
  4. She Don’t Use Jelly
  5. Chewin the Apple of Yer Eye
  6. Superhumans
  7. Be My Head
  8. Moth in the Incubator
  9. Plastic Jesus – Ed Rush, George Cromarty
  10. When Yer Twenty Two
  11.  Slow•Nerve•Action

The Flaming Lips: Soft Bulletin

On May 17, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “The Soft Bulletin”, the ninth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded April 1997 – February 1999, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridman, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, theremin, recording, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Steven Drozd – drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards, bass, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Scott Bennett – additional bass
  • Michael Ivins – additional engineering
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Peter Mokran – additional mixing, additional production
  • Lawrence Schiller – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.

  1. Race for the Prize (Mikran remix)
  2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
  3. The Spark That Bled
  4. The Spiderrbite Song
  5. Buggin’ (Mokran remix)
  6. What Is the Light?
  7. The Observer
  8. Waitin’ for a Superman
  9. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
  10. The Gash
  11. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
  12. Sleeping on the Roof
  13. Race for the Prize
  14. Waitin’ for a Superman (Mokran remix)

The Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd!!!

On January 6, 1987, “Restless Records” label released “Oh My Gawd!!! (Oh My Gawd!!!…The Flaming Lips)” the second Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Richard English.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitar, front cover painting
  • Michael Ivins – bass, front cover painting
  • Richard English – lead and backing vocals, drums, piano, front cover painting
  • Ruben Ayala – engineer
  • Michele Vlasimsky – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Richard English.

  1. Everything’s Explodin’
  2. One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning
  3. Maximum Dream for Evil Knievel
  4. Can’t Exist
  5. Ode to C.C. (Part I)
  6. The Ceiling Is Bendin’
  7. Prescription: Love
  8. Thanks To You
  9. Can’t Stop the Spring
  10. Ode to C.C. (Part II)
  11. Love Yer Brain

The Flaming Lips: American Head

On September 11, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released “American Head”, the sixteenth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded December 2019 – January 2020, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Derek Brown, Jake Ingalls, Matt Kirksey and Nicholas Ley.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, recording, mixing, layout, design
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Derek Brown – keyboards, guitar, percussion, recording mixing
  • Jake Ingalls – guitar, recording, mixing
  • Matt Kirksey – drums, percussion, keyboards, recording mixing
  • Nicholas Ley – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Kacey Musgraves – vocal
  • Micah Nelson – additional guitar, additional vocals
  • Kacey Musgraves – additional vocals
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Dennis Coyne – recording, mixing
  • George Salisbury – layout, design
  • Kenny Coyne – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by , Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Derek Brown, Jake Ingalls, Matt Kirksey and Nicholas Ley.

  1. Will You Return / When You Come Down
  2. Watching the Lightbugs Glow
  3. Flowers of Neptune 6
  4. Dinosaurs on the Mountain
  5. At the Movies on Quaaludes
  6. Mother I’ve Taken LSD
  7. Brother Eye
  8. You n Me Sellin’ Weed
  9. Mother Please Don’t Be Sad
  10. When We Die When We’re High
  11. Assassins of Youth
  12. God and the Policeman
  13. My Religion Is You

Mountain Goats: Tallahassee

On November 5, 2002, “4AD” label released “Tallahassee”, the seventh Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Tarbox Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals, guitar, bells, keys, xylophone, harmonica
  • Peter Hughes – harmony vocals, bass guitar, drums, keys, shaker
  • Franklin Bruno – guitar, piano
  • Michael Ivins – tambourine

Track listing:

  1. Tallahassee
  2. First Few Desperate Hours
  3. Southwood Plantation Road
  4. Game Shows Touch Our Lives
  5. The House That Dripped Blood
  6. Idylls of the King
  7. No Children
  8. See America Right
  9. Peacocks
  10. International Small Arms Traffic Blues
  11. Have to Explode
  12. Old College Try
  13. Oceanographer’s Choice
  14. Alpha Rats Nest

Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody

On January 13, 2017, “Warner Bros” label released “Oczy Mlody”, the fourteenth Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded June 2012 – June 2016, at “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Michael ivins, Steven Drozd, Derek Brown, Jake Ingalls, Matt Duckworth and Nick Ley.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, theremin, guitars
  • Steven Drozd– lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums
  • Derek Brown – guitars, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jake Ingalls – keyboards, guitars
  • Michael Ivins– bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Matt Duckworth  – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Nick Ley – percussion, drums, samples
  • Reggie Watts – vocal
  • Miley Cyrus – vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael ivins, Steven Drozd, Derek Brown, Jake Ingalls, Matt Duckworth and Nick Ley.

  1. Oczy Mlody
  2. How??
  3. There Should Be Unicorns
  4. Sunrise (Eyes of the Young)
  5. Nigdy Nie (Never No)
  6. Galaxy I Sink
  7. One Night While Hunting for Faeries and Witches and Wizards to Kill
  8. Do Glowy
  9. Listening to the Frogs With Demon Eyes
  10. The Castle
  11. Almost Home (Blisko Domu)
  12. We a Famly

The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics

On April 3, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “At War with the Mystics”, the eleventh Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded June 2004-January 2006, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins.  In 2006 the album won “Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance” and “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, bass, mixing
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – vocals, bass, mixing, additional engineering
  • Greg Kurstin – various instruments, backing vocals
  • Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – programming, engineer, mixing,  mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins.

  1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
  2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)
  3. The Sound of Failure / It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark??
  4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)
  5. Vein of Stars
  6. The Wizard Turns On… The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins
  7. It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand a Chance?
  8. Ambulance Driver
  9. Haven’t Got a Clue
  10. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
  11. Pompeii am Götterdämmerung
  12. Goin’ On