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History

The Beginning (1990-1991)

Flop's original four members consisted of lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Rusty Willoughby, guitarist Bill Campbell, bassist Paul Schurr and drummer Nate Johnson. Willoughby, Campbell and Schurr lived together with a few other friends in a large craftsman-style house in Seattle's U District near the University of Washington campus. Bill Campbell is the current Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Intuit. ... Craftsman is an artisan who practices a handicraft or trade; a style of architecture and furniture arising from the Arts and Crafts movement; a military rank within the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, equivalent to a private; and ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ...

Willoughby, Campbell and Schurr began jamming together during the declines of their respective bands Pure Joy, Chemistry Set and Seers of Bavaria. Johnson, drummer for seminal Seattle punk band The Fastbacks, frequented the many parties at the U District house and eventually joined them, completing the foursome. Never intending to actually become a real band, Flop toyed with many self-depreciating names (Butt Sweat and Tears, The Value Village People, etc.) until noticing the headline of a review of a local play. "Resounding Flop" was shortened to "Flop" just prior to their first gig. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Clockwise from top left: Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo, band, Kim Warnick The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. ... Self-deprecation is a form of humour where the comedian make jokes of himself or his culture. ... Romeo and Juliet by Ford Madox Brown A play, written by a playwright, or dramatist, is a form of literature, almost always consisting of dialog between characters, and intended for performance rather than reading. ...

The band's first live performance was opening for Game Theory at the University of Washington's HUB ballroom. The promoters originally booked Willoughby's band Pure Joy for the show, and Willoughby played with Flop instead, thus notifying his former bandmates of Pure Joy's demise. Pure Joy was still listed as the supporting act on fliers and advertisements. Game theory is often described as a branch of applied mathematics and economics that studies situations where players choose different actions in an attempt to maximize their returns. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... Hub may refer to the following: Look up Hub on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The center of a wheel. ...

Flop's live performances over its first two years were marked with near fall-down drunkenness, numerous pitchers of beer poured on band members and audiences alike, and many broken instruments (both theirs and others). Flop was banned from two clubs, one in Vancouver and one in Bellingham during this period. Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated by consumption of ethyl alcohol to a degree that mental and physical facilities are noticeably impaired. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ... Bellingham, Washington is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. ...

The band's debut record, Losing End, was released in 1990 as a 45-RPM 7" EP, and contained four tracks of Flop's earliest material: "The Losing End", "Somehow", "Dissipate" and "Fucking Thing" (shortened to "Ucking" on the sleeve and "F* Thing" on the vinyl artwork at the demand of the religious record-pressing plant owners). The record was released on the Lucky Records recording label, with cover art provided by Willoughby's brother Randy Willoughby. See also: 1989 in music, 1990 in British music, other events of 1990, 1991 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident... Lucky Records seems to have been the name of some four different record labels, one in the 1930s, one in the 1960s - 1970s, and two in the 1990s. ...

Shortly after Losing End, Flop released its first single, Drugs, featuring a cover version of "Action" by The Sweet. Willoughby has openly expressed disapproval of the record, along with apologies to the record label Dashboard Hula Girl Records, citing unsatisfactory editing and the poor quality of the songs themselves. The sleeve art contains two photos of cadavers in mid-autopsy, taken from one of Schurr's pre-med manuals. Sweet, on the cover of their 1974 Desolation Boulevard LP. From left to right: Andy Scott, Steve Priest, Brian Connolly, & Mick Tucker. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ... Post-mortem, postmortem and post mortem redirect here. ... A pre-medical degree (often shortened to pre-med) is one preparing for medical school. ...

Following the release of Drugs, Johnson left on an Alaska vacation (i.e., gutting fish in a fish-canning boat), putting the band on a year-long hiatus. After Johnson's return to Seattle, the band came back to the studio to record their 1992 debut album, Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer. Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Look up hiatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ...

Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer (1992-1993)

Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer was recorded primarily at Egg Studios in Seattle by Kurt Bloch, and was released by Lisa Fancher's Frontier Records. Four of the album's sixteen tracks, "I Told A Lie", "Anne," "Tomato Paste" and "Hello," would later be included on the band's Munster Records 7" EP, We Are You. (The publicity photo from that record's gatefold cover is the band's official avatar on MySpace.com.) City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Kurt Bloch (born August 28, 1960), is an American songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of The Fastbacks. ... Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 by Lisa Fancher[1]. Frontier first found success with the release of the Circle Jerks album Group Sex. ... A gatefold cover or gatefold LP is a form of packaging for LP records which was popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... The ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, copyright BBT In Hindu philosophy, an avatar, avatara or avataram (Sanskrit: , IAST: ), most commonly refers to the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of a higher being (deva), or the Supreme Being (God) onto planet Earth. ... MySpace. ...

According to Rusty Willoughby, the album's basic tracks were recorded hours after a Flop performance in Vancouver, and it was Johnson's return to Seattle that "energized" the band into creating the record. Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ...

Whenever You're Ready (1993-1994)

Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer drew the attention of young A&R man Stuart Meyer of Epic Records, who offered the band a recording contract. Flop recorded its first major label release, Whenever You're Ready, with The Fastbacks' Kurt Bloch. The record was then mixed by Martin Rushent, and was released in 1993 on Sony 550, an imprint label of Epic Records headed by now music mogul Polly Anthony. The record was not commercially successful, however, and the band was dropped by the label. Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Clockwise from top left: Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo, band, Kim Warnick The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. ... Kurt Bloch (born August 28, 1960), is an American songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of The Fastbacks. ... Martin Rushent is an English musician and record producer. ... See also: 1993 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1993 Record labels established in 1993 other events of 1993 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. ... 550 Music is a defunct imprint of Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony BMG. 550 is named after the address of the Sony building located at 550 Madison Avenue in New York. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Mogul may mean: a bump in the snow in alpine skiing, a Mongolian the Mughal empire, or any member of its ruling dynasty by extension, any ruler or powerful person, such as a industrial mogul or media mogul a railroad steam locomotive type called the Mogul the largest size light...

Following several national and regional club tours, some headlining, others supporting acts like The Lemonheads and The Screaming Trees, Schurr left the band. He was replaced by former Posies bassist Dave Fox following Flop's month-long European tour with The Posies. The Lemonheads are an alternative rock band from the United States. ... Screaming Trees were a musical group considered part of the grunge music movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Posies are an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1986 in Seattle, Washington and broke up in 2000, then reformed in 2004. ... -1...

World of Today (1995)

Having already recorded another album's worth of music, Flop returned to Frontier Records to release its third and final LP, World of Today, a pounding, crunching, unapologetic selection of songs with themes ranging from the death of Kurt Cobain to life stories of arsonists. Shortly after its release, Johnson, arguably the heart of the band, left for Europe. Flop disbanded shortly thereafter. Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 by Lisa Fancher[1]. Frontier first found success with the release of the Circle Jerks album Group Sex. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... Categories: Crimes | Stub ...

Discography

Albums

• Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer (Frontier Records, 1992)
• Whenever You're Ready (Sony 550, 1993)
• World of Today (Frontier Records, 1995)

EPs and Singles

• Losing End (Lucky Records, 1990)
• Drugs (Dashboard Hula Girl Records, 1990)
• Anne (1993)
• We Are You (Munster Records, 1993)
• Regrets (Sony 550, 1993)
• The Great Valediction (Sony 550, 1993)
• Act 1 Scene 1 (Super Electro, 1995)
• Place I Love (1995)

Compilations

• Another Damned Seattle Compilation (Dashboard Hula Girl Records, 1990)

References

• Flop on MySpace