05/18/13
7th Annual Our Lady of the Lake Blast Block Party
@ Our Lady of the Lake School, Mound, MN
10:00pm Night Ranger
8:15pm The Oddfathers
6:45pm The Days Between
5:45pm Lizzy Herder
4:30pm Red Dot Garage
More info HERE.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
One Week From Today! 05/18/13 "7th Annual O.L.L. Blast!" @ Our Lady of the Lake School, Mound, MN
You still have time to save $10.00 each on advance tickets to catch The Oddfathers opening for Night Ranger next Saturday at the OLL Blast Bock Party in Mound, MN. Ticket price increases to $35.00 day of show - so get yours HERE now!
05/18/13
7th Annual Our Lady of the Lake Blast Block Party
@ Our Lady of the Lake School, Mound, MN
10:00pm Night Ranger
8:15pm The Oddfathers
6:45pm The Days Between
5:45pm Lizzy Herder
4:30pm Red Dot Garage
More info HERE.
05/18/13
7th Annual Our Lady of the Lake Blast Block Party
@ Our Lady of the Lake School, Mound, MN
10:00pm Night Ranger
8:15pm The Oddfathers
6:45pm The Days Between
5:45pm Lizzy Herder
4:30pm Red Dot Garage
More info HERE.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Additional Flipp History Revealed In Star-Tribune.com "Sound Gallery" Article
Excerpt from:
"Minneapolis' Sound Gallery Has Hosted Everyone From Motley Crue To Sean Anonymous"
by Chris Riemenschneider - Minneapolis Star Tribune (05/03/13)
"It’s all thanks to Flipp and its industry connections that Grun can now tell guests that Kiss once rehearsed at the Sound Gallery, and Mötley Crüe did a radio broadcast there (good thing the freight elevator still works; Gene Simmons and Vince Neil never would’ve climbed the grungy flights of stairs). Flipp also built the studio there, using money from its deal with Hollywood Records."
Read the entire article HERE.
Monday, April 29, 2013
The Oddfathers Return To The Studio In May, This Time With Producer Eddie Kramer
(Image via The Oddfathers/Facebook)
Following up some April 2013 recording sessions with producer Jack Douglas, The Oddfathers will once again be hitting the studio to do some additional recording, this time with the one and only Eddie Kramer producing. The Oddfathers first day of sessions with Kramer is scheduled for May 8th.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
04/17/13 CityPages.com Interview /w Producer Jack Douglas
City Pages.com has a great interview with famed record producer Jack Douglas who, as we reported here previously, was in Minneapolis last week doing some work with The Oddfathers. Oh...and there is some video from said Oddfathers sessions as well!
A brief excerpt from the interview:
Q: What were you looking for when deciding to work on the Oddfathers new single?
A: As raw as it could possibly get, because I like that a lot. Greasy, raw, nasty, hard, fast. They deliver.
Check out the entire interview HERE.
...and the video footage!
A brief excerpt from the interview:
Q: What were you looking for when deciding to work on the Oddfathers new single?
A: As raw as it could possibly get, because I like that a lot. Greasy, raw, nasty, hard, fast. They deliver.
Check out the entire interview HERE.
...and the video footage!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Yesterday! 04/14/13 KFAI Radio Post Pledge Drive Benefit /w/ The Mighty Mofos/ Gini Dodds/ Curtiss A & Dark Click/ The Oddfathers/ Fret Rattles @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall, St. Paul, MN
(Images via NYCDreamin Archives)
The Oddfathers, fresh from a few days spent last week recording new material at The Terrarium Studios in Minneapolis with mega-producer Jack Douglas, played a slightly abbreviated 8-song set as part of the 2013 KFAI Radio Post-Pledge Drive Benefit show at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul yesterday.
As the band were being announced, it was hinted that some of the newly recorded material from the Terrarium/Douglas sessions may be debuted by the band themselves on KFAI Radio at some point soon, so there's that to look forward to.
We managed to snag a setlist after the show...
Your next chance to catch The Oddfathers in concert:
The O.L.L. Blast! Block Party with Night Ranger - Mound, MN on 05/18/13.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Flipp Audio: Various Artists "Target Market Audio Sampler: The Science Of Sound" CD (2000)
Various Artists (including)
Valet/ 12 Rods/ The Stereo/ Flipp/ Lifter Puller/ Umbrella Bed/ Accident Clearinghouse/ Volante/ The Plastic Constellations/ The Engagement/ Descending Peasants/ Super No
Title: Target Market/"The Science Of Sound"
Format: CD
Released: 2000
*Track 4: Flipp "Whole World's Sick"
(Images via NYCDreamin Archives)
Valet/ 12 Rods/ The Stereo/ Flipp/ Lifter Puller/ Umbrella Bed/ Accident Clearinghouse/ Volante/ The Plastic Constellations/ The Engagement/ Descending Peasants/ Super No
Title: Target Market/"The Science Of Sound"
Format: CD
Released: 2000
*Track 4: Flipp "Whole World's Sick"
(Images via NYCDreamin Archives)
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Oddfathers: Upcoming Show Dates And Seriously Cool Recording News
(Image via The Oddfathers/Facebook)
The Oddfathers have announced a few upcoming live shows:
*
04/14/13 (2:00pm - 7:00pm)
KFAI Rocks Post Pledge Drive Party
@ Amsterdam Bar & Hall, St. Paul, MN
The Oddfathers/ Mighty MoFo's/ Curtiss A/ Silverteens/ Gini Dodds/
Patterson's Prisoners/ Fret Rattlers
$10.00 suggested donation (21+)
*
*
05/18/13 (The Oddfathers on stage at 8:15pm!)
Our Lady of the Lake Blast Block Party 2013
Night Ranger/ The Oddfathers/ Days Between/ Lizzy Herder Band
@ Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church (Outdoor show!), Mound, MN
Tickets: $25.00adv/ $35.00dos (18+)
Food, music and more!
*
*
06/01/13
The Oddfathers/ Rhinestone Diplomats
@ Bunkers, Minneapolis, MN
*
And, as if that wasn't enough, here is some exciting news for all you fans who've worn out your copies of "Double Live 45" already and are eagerly awaiting more recorded material from the band: The Oddfathers will be hitting the studio next week to do some recording with legendary Producer Jack Douglas twiddling the knobs. More information on this as it develops.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
03/30/13 Hairball (/w/ Stephen Pearcy/ Vince Neil/ Gene Simmons) @ Brennan Rock & Roll Academy, Sioux Falls, SD
Capping a week of exciting and exclusive concert events, this past Saturday, March 30th, Hairball
performed a special benefit show for a sold out crowd at the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy in Sioux Falls, SD. The benefit was staged to raise funds for the "Boys and Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire."
Additional shows held earlier in the week saw artists including Night Ranger, Alice Cooper (backed by an all star band including Robby Krieger (The Doors)/ Sebastian Bach/ Tommy Thayer (Kiss)/ Eric Singer (Kiss)/) and comedians Louie Anderson and George Lopez donate their time and talent to this worthy cause.
Hairball were joined onstage during their set by some well known metal musicians...and (thankfully) it was all captured on video.
Hairball with Stepehen Pearcy (Ratt)
Hairball with Vince Neil (Motley Crue)
Hairball with Gene Simmons
Additional shows held earlier in the week saw artists including Night Ranger, Alice Cooper (backed by an all star band including Robby Krieger (The Doors)/ Sebastian Bach/ Tommy Thayer (Kiss)/ Eric Singer (Kiss)/) and comedians Louie Anderson and George Lopez donate their time and talent to this worthy cause.
Hairball were joined onstage during their set by some well known metal musicians...and (thankfully) it was all captured on video.
Hairball with Stepehen Pearcy (Ratt)
Hairball with Vince Neil (Motley Crue)
Hairball with Gene Simmons
Monday, March 25, 2013
11/06/98 Cheap Trick/ Flipp @ First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Back in November 1998, Cheap Trick headlined a three-night run at First Avenue in Minneapolis.
Flipp were the special guest opening band on night number 2 (11/06/98).
Also on this spectacular evening, joining Cheap Trick for a historic and still much-discussed jam to end the show were Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith, fresh from headlining their own show across the street at Target Center earlier in the evening.
(Image via Jay Anderson Collection - used with kind permission)
(Image via Dimland.blogspot.com)
Flipp were the special guest opening band on night number 2 (11/06/98).
Also on this spectacular evening, joining Cheap Trick for a historic and still much-discussed jam to end the show were Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith, fresh from headlining their own show across the street at Target Center earlier in the evening.
(Image via Jay Anderson Collection - used with kind permission)
(Image via Dimland.blogspot.com)
11/04/98 City Pages: "From Flannel To Glitter"
11/04/98 - City Pages
"From Flannel To Glitter"
by Peter S. Scholtes
"The idea of injecting glamour into rock is hardly novel in the City of
Prince, but the recent local revival of Velvet Goldmine-style early-'70s
glitter-rock theatrics signals something fairly new.
Frustrated with the low-key, barbecuelike atmosphere of most local rock
shows, an increasing number of bands are adopting glam rock's aesthetic
and making the show the thing.
And the shows keep getting better and better. Take All the Pretty
Horses, whose transgendered singer-guitarist Steven Grandell attacks his
ax in corset and high heels, while flanked by dancers in fetish gear. Or
look at the Sandwiches, Detroit, and the Odd, all of which churn out
different strains of goofy meta-rock while garbed in cartoonish outfits.
In their own way, these bands are catching up to the prefab sensibility
pioneered locally by major-label glam-punks Flipp, who have been
successfully championing style-as-substance for years.
But many fans of the current glam crop don't know that the Twin Cities
produced its own bona fide glam band well before the music's mid-'80s
hair-metal revival or Prince's purple reign. In fact, Minnesota glam's
roots can be traced to 1973, when Cheap Trick's first singer, Xeno, left
the Illinois-based power-pop group to join a Minneapolis theater-rock
outfit called Straight Up.
Speaking via telephone from Milwaukee, the singer remembers playing
First Avenue with Cheap Trick in '73, when the club was still called
Uncle Sam's. "That's where I first met Straight Up," he says. "They
showed up in a white limo and offered me $250 a week if I joined their
band, which was a lot for a 21-year-old single guy."
Cheap Trick was pretty glammy itself at the time--their moniker
suggesting both a practical joke and a cheap lay. "We were all dressed
up like sluts," laughs Xeno. "You'd wear your glittery clothes, some
makeup, some scarves, and that's how you went onstage."
But Straight Up took its Bowie-inspired theatrics far more seriously,
and when Xeno joined, he found himself rehearsing and choreographing
carny-style skits and stunts that would make even Kiss blush. With the
help of production manager Paul Stark, who went on to co-found Twin/Tone
Records, the band learned to make artificial snow for a song called
"Freezin' Slowly." They also added video backdrops, smoke bombs, and
shooting flames to their show, which toured to sold-out clubs and
ballrooms throughout the region.
"We did a song about a plane crash," remembers Xeno. "I came out in a
flight suit covered in blood, and at one point someone in the band would
rip my arm off. We'd always end like Alice Cooper, with the band beating
me up." Local rock fans remember other stunts: For one outdoor show,
Xeno was lowered onto the stage from a helicopter. "There were times when I would be raised on a swing to the ceiling and
scream, 'Oh, no!' and let loose a mannequin that looked like me," he
says. "It would fall down and bombs would go off and that would be the
end of the show. I miss doing that sort of thing."
Straight Up did have a lasting impact on the music landscape. Besides
catapulting Xeno into a life of rock 'n' roll--he enjoyed a long run as
front man for Milwaukee's legendary Bad Boy--it also gave an artist soon
to be known as Yanni his first keyboard gig in a band. As of this
writing, a reunion--sans Yanni--is reportedly in the works.
Today, Flipp front man Brynn Arens fondly remembers Straight Up's
excessive live show, while noting that he was too young to know it was
anything new. "To me, that was rock 'n' roll," he says.
Flipp's Arens had been a rabid glam-rocker since the early '70s, when
he bought his first pair of platform heels in the seventh grade. He even
formedhis own band, called Ash of Evil--later Evil Ash, and then just
Ash. "When I was first getting into glam," he says, "one of the things
it subconsciously said to me was, 'Don't be afraid to stand out, don't
be afraid to be yourself.' I always considered the Sex Pistols a glam
band." Glam offered many a Mid-American misfit the same personal freedom
and DIY ethic often associated with punk. As a child growing up in
Duluth, Grandell saw an early-'70s David Bowie performance on late-night
TV and was forever changed. "That was what I wanted to be," he says.
Today his band does a mean live cover of "Space Oddity."
Odd frontman Tom Siler's personal watershed was the early-'90s
Minneapolis band Bean Girl, who never sounded particularly glam but
donned outrageous costumes and satirized other bands in a way that was
unique at the time. "They totally changed a lot of people's idea of what
rock was supposed to be about," Siler says.
But glam, especially semiprofessional glam, is an inherently ephemeral
art; the concerts may leave lasting impressions, but they rarely
translate into great records. Straight Up never made an album, and now
survives only in fans' memories. And though Flipp, the Sandwiches, the
Odd, and All the Pretty Horses have put out decent albums, the
recordings pale in comparison to the live shows.
Yet Grandell, who has also been a painter and performance artist for
years, argues that the transition to the immediate art of rock 'n' roll
has led to a much more satisfying avenue for self-expression. "Painting
is too boring," he says. "I want to be the art, I want to be living in
it." Likewise, being a prominent transgender figure in rock 'n' roll
also makes for more pronounced political impact than in the insulated
performance art world. "With the band, I'm meeting more regular people
who have to deal with me," he says. "It's also easier for me to weather
oppression and discrimination if I know I'mgoing to perform that night.
When you have four-inch heels on, you can do anything."
All the Pretty Horses perform Friday at Club Metro; 489-0002. The Odd
perform Friday at 7th Street Entry, and Cheap Trick perform Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday at First Avenue; 338-8388.
"From Flannel To Glitter"
by Peter S. Scholtes
"The idea of injecting glamour into rock is hardly novel in the City of
Prince, but the recent local revival of Velvet Goldmine-style early-'70s
glitter-rock theatrics signals something fairly new.
Frustrated with the low-key, barbecuelike atmosphere of most local rock
shows, an increasing number of bands are adopting glam rock's aesthetic
and making the show the thing.
And the shows keep getting better and better. Take All the Pretty
Horses, whose transgendered singer-guitarist Steven Grandell attacks his
ax in corset and high heels, while flanked by dancers in fetish gear. Or
look at the Sandwiches, Detroit, and the Odd, all of which churn out
different strains of goofy meta-rock while garbed in cartoonish outfits.
In their own way, these bands are catching up to the prefab sensibility
pioneered locally by major-label glam-punks Flipp, who have been
successfully championing style-as-substance for years.
But many fans of the current glam crop don't know that the Twin Cities
produced its own bona fide glam band well before the music's mid-'80s
hair-metal revival or Prince's purple reign. In fact, Minnesota glam's
roots can be traced to 1973, when Cheap Trick's first singer, Xeno, left
the Illinois-based power-pop group to join a Minneapolis theater-rock
outfit called Straight Up.
Speaking via telephone from Milwaukee, the singer remembers playing
First Avenue with Cheap Trick in '73, when the club was still called
Uncle Sam's. "That's where I first met Straight Up," he says. "They
showed up in a white limo and offered me $250 a week if I joined their
band, which was a lot for a 21-year-old single guy."
Cheap Trick was pretty glammy itself at the time--their moniker
suggesting both a practical joke and a cheap lay. "We were all dressed
up like sluts," laughs Xeno. "You'd wear your glittery clothes, some
makeup, some scarves, and that's how you went onstage."
But Straight Up took its Bowie-inspired theatrics far more seriously,
and when Xeno joined, he found himself rehearsing and choreographing
carny-style skits and stunts that would make even Kiss blush. With the
help of production manager Paul Stark, who went on to co-found Twin/Tone
Records, the band learned to make artificial snow for a song called
"Freezin' Slowly." They also added video backdrops, smoke bombs, and
shooting flames to their show, which toured to sold-out clubs and
ballrooms throughout the region.
"We did a song about a plane crash," remembers Xeno. "I came out in a
flight suit covered in blood, and at one point someone in the band would
rip my arm off. We'd always end like Alice Cooper, with the band beating
me up." Local rock fans remember other stunts: For one outdoor show,
Xeno was lowered onto the stage from a helicopter. "There were times when I would be raised on a swing to the ceiling and
scream, 'Oh, no!' and let loose a mannequin that looked like me," he
says. "It would fall down and bombs would go off and that would be the
end of the show. I miss doing that sort of thing."
Straight Up did have a lasting impact on the music landscape. Besides
catapulting Xeno into a life of rock 'n' roll--he enjoyed a long run as
front man for Milwaukee's legendary Bad Boy--it also gave an artist soon
to be known as Yanni his first keyboard gig in a band. As of this
writing, a reunion--sans Yanni--is reportedly in the works.
Today, Flipp front man Brynn Arens fondly remembers Straight Up's
excessive live show, while noting that he was too young to know it was
anything new. "To me, that was rock 'n' roll," he says.
Flipp's Arens had been a rabid glam-rocker since the early '70s, when
he bought his first pair of platform heels in the seventh grade. He even
formedhis own band, called Ash of Evil--later Evil Ash, and then just
Ash. "When I was first getting into glam," he says, "one of the things
it subconsciously said to me was, 'Don't be afraid to stand out, don't
be afraid to be yourself.' I always considered the Sex Pistols a glam
band." Glam offered many a Mid-American misfit the same personal freedom
and DIY ethic often associated with punk. As a child growing up in
Duluth, Grandell saw an early-'70s David Bowie performance on late-night
TV and was forever changed. "That was what I wanted to be," he says.
Today his band does a mean live cover of "Space Oddity."
Odd frontman Tom Siler's personal watershed was the early-'90s
Minneapolis band Bean Girl, who never sounded particularly glam but
donned outrageous costumes and satirized other bands in a way that was
unique at the time. "They totally changed a lot of people's idea of what
rock was supposed to be about," Siler says.
But glam, especially semiprofessional glam, is an inherently ephemeral
art; the concerts may leave lasting impressions, but they rarely
translate into great records. Straight Up never made an album, and now
survives only in fans' memories. And though Flipp, the Sandwiches, the
Odd, and All the Pretty Horses have put out decent albums, the
recordings pale in comparison to the live shows.
Yet Grandell, who has also been a painter and performance artist for
years, argues that the transition to the immediate art of rock 'n' roll
has led to a much more satisfying avenue for self-expression. "Painting
is too boring," he says. "I want to be the art, I want to be living in
it." Likewise, being a prominent transgender figure in rock 'n' roll
also makes for more pronounced political impact than in the insulated
performance art world. "With the band, I'm meeting more regular people
who have to deal with me," he says. "It's also easier for me to weather
oppression and discrimination if I know I'mgoing to perform that night.
When you have four-inch heels on, you can do anything."
All the Pretty Horses perform Friday at Club Metro; 489-0002. The Odd
perform Friday at 7th Street Entry, and Cheap Trick perform Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday at First Avenue; 338-8388.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Updates!
The 12/29/95 Flipp @ 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN page has been updated with video of "Schizo Boy." Click the link to check it out!
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Oddfathers Release Promo Video For "Whisper In My Ear"
The Oddfathers have released their first official promo video. The clip, "Whisper In My Ear" was filmed on 02/24/13. The track comes from The Oddfathers debut release, "Double Live 45," which you can order as a digital download from Itunes, or as a physical copy from Amazon.com, or direct from the band at RockSteadyRecords.net. If you don't have a copy yet...what are you waiting for?!?
??/??/9? Flipp @ (Venue Unknown), (City/State Unknown)
Another recently unearthed Flipp video clip, courtesy "aleconmusic." This one is "I Don't Care." The excat date, venue and city/state in which this performance took plaace are currently unknown but the prevailing sentiment on the Flipp Facebook page is that this was filmed at Ground Zero in Minneapolis. Our "List Of Offenses" page lists a single Flipp show at Ground Zero taking place on 06/07/95...maybe it was this one?
Friday, March 8, 2013
Tonight! 03/08/13 The Oddfathers/ Crashmatic/ The Flamin' Oh's @ The Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN
Consider this as your FINAL warning...just be there! Trust us, you don't want Tom Cook and his leg breakin' goons hunting you down because you didn't show up!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Updates!
The 12/26/99 KQRS 92.5FM MN Homegrown Interview /w/ Chia Karaoke & Kilo Bale page has been updated with full audio of the entire interview. Click the link to listen!
Updates!
The 11/??/99 Flipp @ Red Carpet, St. Cloud, MN page has been updated with additional performance video of "Ultra Cool" and "La De Da." Click the link to watch!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
07/25/97 Cheap Trick/ The Muffs/ Flipp @ The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
07/25/97
Cheap Trick/ The Muffs/ Flipp
@ The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
(Image via Flipp/Facebook)
Cheap Trick/ The Muffs/ Flipp
@ The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
(Image via Flipp/Facebook)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Updates!
(Image via Derek Lundell collection)
The 05/25/96 Edgefest III page has been updated with audio of the rarely heard Flipp track "Bubblegum Machine." Click the link to listen!
06/14/97 Flipp @ Garage Show, Owatonna, MN
06/14/97
Flipp - Garage Show
@ Owatonna, MN
(Video via Youtube user aleconmusic)
Flipp - Garage Show
@ Owatonna, MN
(Video via Youtube user aleconmusic)
04/16/97 Benefit for Officer David Loeffler Featuring Flipp/ Tim Mahoney & the Meanies/ Maggi/ Pierce & EJ @ Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
From: City Pages 04/16/97
"On the most recent Ides of March, Minneapolis police officer David Loeffler was struck by a drunk driver while on duty, losing his lower leg in the accident. Tonight (Wednesday), an Edge-sponsored lineup bands together at the Fine Line for a Loeffler benefit: Flipp, Tim Mahoney and the Meanies, Maggi, and Pierce & EJ. Glam-happy Flipp will be more festive than usual, wielding copies of their brand new major-label debut, Flipp (Hollywood). It's the Cheap Trick record that never happened, pulling out all the stops in the Flipp campaign to conquer the world. $7 at the door; music at 7 p.m."
"On the most recent Ides of March, Minneapolis police officer David Loeffler was struck by a drunk driver while on duty, losing his lower leg in the accident. Tonight (Wednesday), an Edge-sponsored lineup bands together at the Fine Line for a Loeffler benefit: Flipp, Tim Mahoney and the Meanies, Maggi, and Pierce & EJ. Glam-happy Flipp will be more festive than usual, wielding copies of their brand new major-label debut, Flipp (Hollywood). It's the Cheap Trick record that never happened, pulling out all the stops in the Flipp campaign to conquer the world. $7 at the door; music at 7 p.m."
Updates!
(Image via Pete Lakin collection - used with kind permission)
The 1993 Surf Ninjas Motion Picture Soundtrack page has been updated with a cool and rare promo one-sheet (above) and audio of the track "Monkey In The Jungle" by Rattling Bones.
08/17/92 Rattling Bones/ Days Of Four @ Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN
(Image via Pete Lakin Collection - used with kind permission)
Pre-Flipp Collectibles: Funhouse 8X10 Promo Photo (Circa late 1980's)
(Image via Pete Lakin Collection - used with kind permission)
Funhouse:
Brynn Arens - Guitar/Vocals
Greg Eidem - Bass/Vocals
Neal Sundet - Lead Vocals
Joachim Baecker - Drums & Percussion
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