In 1992, a newly reformed lineup of Flipper released "American Grafishy" on Rick Rubin's Def American imprint. Soon after, their demise was again forthcoming due to another death by heroin overdose, this time that of replacement bass player John Dougherty. Read more on Last.fm.
Flipper is an influential punk rock band from San Francisco, USA, forming in 1979 from the ruins of punk bands Sleepers and Negative Trend, and continuing in often erratic fashion to this day. They are also associated with the post-punk and noise rock genres.
They made their first recordings available in late 1979 via the SF Underground 7" compilation series released via Steve Tupper's newly-formed Subterranean Records. In 1981 a 7" followed Love Canal and Ha Ha Ha and the original lineup made 2 full-length studio albums on Subterranean Read more on Last.fm
