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History

While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later. They released their first 7" in late 2001/early 2002 on their own Die Slaughterhauslabel.

Just days before a tour was to begin in December 2002, Ben Eberbaugh was driving a car that was struck by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. He was killed but the band carried on, believing that Eberbaugh would want them to continue [1].

The band's debut full length album, Black Lips! was released on Bomp! Records in 2003. Eberbaugh was replaced by Jack Hines, a friend of the band members, and they recorded their second studio album, We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow, with him. Hines too was eventually replaced by current guitarist, and former Renegades member, Ian St. Pé, in 2004.

The Black Lips have a reputation for crazy live shows that have included vomiting, urinating, nudity, band members kissing, fireworks, and a chicken. The frequency of the group's outrageous stage antics has declined, as they claim to have matured "a little bit". They have slowly built a fanbase that appreciates their energy and style that is a rough mishmash of blues, rock, doo-wop, country, and punk.

They gained national attention in 2006 with features in Spin and Rolling Stone magazines. The band got exposure in the New York Times for being the hardest working band during the 2007 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in which they played a dozen shows over a three-day period. Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Downtown Austin, Texas, where SXSW is held each spring Bloc Party performing at Stubbs BBQ in 2007 Carrie Rodriguez, a SXSW 2007 performer Morrissey at SXSW 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that have taken place every spring in...

Their debut for Vice Records, Los Valienties Del Mundo Nuevo, was released in February 2007. It is supposed to have been recorded at a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, but fans, musicians, and journalists have speculated that some or most of it was recorded in a studio with John Reis. The band has denied these claims, but critics cite noticeable differences in reverb and tape and crowd noise.

In September 2007 their most recent album entitled Good Bad Not Evil was released. The Black Lips made their American national television debut in October 2007 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and played "O Katrina". Good Bad Not Evil is the fifth studio album by garage rock band Black Lips. ... Late Night with Conan OBrien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. ...

Future plans

The band has songs from recording sessions prior to signing with Vice which may eventually be released [2] by In The Red Records.

The Black Lips are going to star in a film called Let It Be. A trailer can be viewed here: [3] They will play musicians in a fictitious 1980s era DIY band called The Renegades. The movie was set for production in the summer of 2008 but has since been postponed [4].

The group have a featured role in the upcoming documentary We Fun: Atlanta, GA Inside Out. The title was coined by Jared Swilley on the band's blog.

Volume six of Brendan Canty's Burn To Shine series includes a performance by the Black Lips. There is no release date set for this DVD. Burn to Shine, a Ben Harper album released in 1999, featured many of Harpers strong suits: blues, rock, soul, and folk, as well as included several college radio fan favorites with songs like Steal My Kisses and Suzie Blue. ...

During the Summer of 2008, the band plans to record and self-produce songs for a new studio album, which they anticipate being released at the end of 2008 or beginning of 2009.

The Black Lips touring plans for 2008 include summer festivals in Estonia, Finland and Russia, as well as later dates in Brazil, India, China and possibly Japan.

Side projects

Cole, Jared and Joe also play in a synth-punk band called The Spooks, along with members of Deerhunter and The Kiwis. The Spooks formed in 2002 as a band to play Halloween shows. They recorded songs for an album in 2004, but those songs were scrapped and the album was re-recorded. The delay in releasing the album has become comical, but it will one day be put out on the Die Slaughterhaus label. For the film, see The Deer Hunter. ...

Ian plays in a garage punk band called The Original Three. There is a full length record out on Empty records and singles out on SYA records (Italy) and Savage records (Sweden).

Jared plays in a band called The Gaye Blades. Rob's House Records has released two 7"s by the group. Robs House Records is a small, but prolific American record label based out of Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Cole released solo material under the name Old King Cole Younger. There is one split 10" release of his material on Rob's House Records that features Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, under the name of Atlas Sound, on the other side. Cole Alexander/Bradford Cox Split was released in 2006 on Robs House Records. ... Atlas Sound is the name of a musical solo project of Bradford James Cox, the lead singer of Atlanta five-piece Deerhunter. ...

Cole and Bradfox Cox also have a project called Ghetto Cross, which is also the name of a song on the Black Lips' album We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow.

Cole has recorded a solo album that may eventually be released by Vice Records.

Joe (and possibly other band members) is involved in a rap group called Incoqnekro. Songs have been recorded for an album, tenatively titled Incoqnekronomicon, to be released on Die Slaughterhaus.

Band members

Current

• Cole Alexander - Vocals, guitar
• Jared Swilley - Vocals, bass guitar
• Joe Bradley - Vocals, drums
• Ian St. Pé - Guitar (from 2004)

Former members

• Jack Hines - Guitar (2002-2004)
• Ben Eberbaugh (deceased) - Guitar (2000 - 2002)

Discography

Albums

• Black Lips! - 2003 (Bomp! Records)
• We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow - 2004 (Bomp! Records)
• Let It Bloom - 2005 (In the Red Records)
• Good Bad Not Evil - 2007 (Vice Records)

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Live albums

• Live @ WFMU - 2005 (Dusty Medical Records)
• Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo - 2007 (Vice Records)

Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo is the fourth studio album by the lo-fi, garage rock band Black Lips. ...

Singles

• "Ain't Comin' Back" 7" - 2002 (Die Slaughterhaus Records)
• "Freakout" 7" - 2002 (The Electric Human Project)
• "Ain't Comin' Back" 7" - 2003 (Munster Records)
• "Live at the Jam Club" 7" - 2004 (Shake Your Ass Records)
• "Does She Want" 7" - 2005 (Slovenly Records)
• "In and Out" 7" - 2005 (Slovenly Records)
• "Born to Be a Man" 7" - 2005 (Varmint Records)
• "Party at Rob's House" 7" - 2006 (Rob's House Records)
• "Born to Be a Man" 7" - 2006 Re-release with different cover (Bachelor Records)
• "Not a Problem" 7" - 2007 (Vice Records UK)
• "Cold Hands" 7" - 2007 (Vice Records UK)
• "O Katrina!" 7" - 2007 (Vice Records UK)
• "Veni Vidi Vici" 7" - 2007 (Vice Records UK)
• "O Katrina! Australian Tour" 7" - 2007 (Juvenile Records)
• "Bad Kids / Leroy Faster" 7" - 2008 (Vice Records UK)

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Splits

• "Black Stereo/Dirt Mono" - 2006 tour single with The Dirtbombs (Cass Records)
• "What To Do/Factory Girl" - single with the Demon's Claws (Norton Records)
• "Christmas in Baghdad/Plump Righteous" - 2007 single with The King Khan & BBQ Show (Norton Records)
• "Whirlyball" - 2007 single with Baby Shakes, Gentleman Jesse & His Men, and Coffin Bound (Chunklet Magazine)
• "Live at the Clermont Lounge" - 2008 single with the Subsonics (Rob's House Records)

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External links

• Black Lips at MySpace
• Black Lips blog
• Vice Records Official Website
• Official Black Lips site
• Black Lips UK site News, Discography, Biography, Chords & Tabs
• Black Lips Resources Ultimate Link Collection