{"product_id":"flipper-generic-yellow-vinyl-lp","title":"Flipper - Generic Flipper, Yellow Vinyl LP","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlipper - Generic Flipper, Yellow Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneric Flipper\u003c\/em\u003e, the debut album by Flipper, remains the most absorbing full-length LP to emerge from the early San Francisco punk scene. A constant source of imitation for so-called \"noise rock\" bands, it has yet to be surpassed in its nihilistic glee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded between October 1980 and August 1981 and released in 1982 on the indispensable Subterranean Records, this album functions as a chaotic, sticky mass of individual personalities: the magma-like bass eruptions and dual vocals of Will Shatter and Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi's icy guitar scraping and the relentless beat of drummer Steve DePace. At times playful and taciturn, paranoid and absurd,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneric\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echarts a deliberate path that willfully chances destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn early '80s punk, when the hardening default was \"faster-shorter-louder,\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneric\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esubverts the nascent hardcore scene with a strictly applied regimen of turgid-slower-heavier. The lyrics are bleak, yet unnervingly beautiful. \"Ever\" sets the tone with trademark restraint – \"Ever wish the human race didn't exist? And then realise you're one too?\" – while closer \"Sex Bomb\" is a churning, 8-minute epic with looping bass, saxophone accompaniment and electronic effects of dropping bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTons of indie bands have attempted to recreate Flipper's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emix of acidic guitar, metallic bass sludge and sardonically brilliant lyricism, using the seemingly effortless template they pioneered; however, the effect usually drives listeners right back to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneric\u003c\/em\u003e. While most of their contemporaries wilt under direct comparison, No Trend, the Butthole Surfers, feedtime and Church Police are a few who can stand the frigid heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2026, Superior Viaduct - SV210\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Superior Viaduct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50149576245441,"sku":null,"price":62.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/flipper-generic_1024x1024_2e4e2eef-c98d-4252-b524-560ebcb3dc24.webp?v=1776738121","url":"https:\/\/www.hathillgallery.com.au\/products\/flipper-generic-yellow-vinyl-lp","provider":"Hat Hill Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}