Black Lips

Retro-blues lo-fi outfit made up of Cole, Jared, Ian and Joe... and King Khan(?). They call it 'flower punk' (or rather they've been called 'flower punk'). It's fairly swell whatever the hook you hang it on. For fans of The Germs, The Hunches, The Stooges, et cetera.

Black Lips formed when, as teenagers, after-school friends Cole Alexander (guitar / vocals) and Jared Swilley (bass / vocals) signed up their friends Joe Bradley (drums / vocals) and Ben Eberbaugh (guitar). They swiftly becoming one of the Atlanta underground's most talked about bands, they were banned from numerous venues for their wild live shows and released albums and seven-inches on different underground garage labels like Bomp and In The Red. Tragically, Eberbaugh was killed in a freak traffic accident but the band carried on with New Orleans-born Ian St Pe. These events would go on to influence the song 'How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died', a standout track on album four, Good Bad, Not Evil.

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