S9E469 - Flipper 'Album - Generic Flipper' with Dan Cuddy
While other punk/hardcore bands of their time seemed to be in a race to be the heaviest AND fastest, San Francisco's Flipper slowed things down to a crawl, and imbued their brand of existential nihilism with a healthy dose of detached irony. Hoboken New Jersey musician Dan Cuddy (Hypnolovewheel, The Special Pillow) brings us their landmark debut, 1982's 'Album - Generic Flipper', in all its ragged glory. Strap in!
Songs discussed in this episode: Problem Child (AC/DC cover) - Flipper; Secret Star (Demo), I Dream Of Jeannie - Hypnolovewheel; Love Canal, Sex Bomb (7" version) - Flipper; Mercenaries - Negative Trend; Ever - Flipper; Call Me - Chris Montez; Life Is Cheap - Flipper; A Medical Man - Renaldo & The Loaf; No Feelings - Sex Pistols; Shed No Tears, (I Saw You) Shine - Flipper; Confusion Is Next - Sonic Youth; Fishing - Public Image, Ltd.; The Way Of The World (Peel Session) - Melvins; The Way Of The World - Flipper; Gut Feeling - DEVO; Life, Nothing, Living For The Depression, Sex Bomb - Flipper; Sex Bomb (Flipper cover) - R.E.M.; Bridget Because - Hypnolovewheel
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Dan Cuddy lives and works in Hoboken, New Jersey. He has been playing rock music since the tender age of fifteen, notably as the majordomo of The Special Pillow (1993-present), and as a member of Plastic Device (1982-?), Hypnolovewheel (1986-1994), Sleepyhead (1998-2004), and XL Kings (2012-2019), all available for your listening pleasure on Bandcamp.