The Flying Lizards
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'''The Flying Lizards''' were a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[experimental rock]] [[band (music)|group]] that [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] several [[album]]s.
==Career==
Formed by and led by [[David Cunningham (musician)|David Cunningham]], the group included [[avant-garde]] and [[free improvisation|free improvising]] [[musician]]s, such as [[David Toop]] and [[Steve Beresford]] as [[instrumentalist]]s, plus Deborah Evans and Patti Palladin as main [[singer|vocalists]]. It also boasted [[Michael Upton]].
The group released an album entitled ''The Flying Lizards'' in [[1979 in music|1979]]; their [[single (music)|singles]] include the [[postmodern]] [[cover version]]s of [[song]]s such as [[Eddie Cochran]]'s "[[Summertime Blues]]" ([[1978 in music|1978]]) and [[James Brown]]'s "[[Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine|Sex Machine]]" ([[1984 in music|1984]]), as well as several originals. Their album ''Top Ten'' consists entirely of covers, done in a deliberately emotionless, harsh and robotic style. Their version of [[Barrett Strong]]'s "[[Money (That's What I Want)|Money]]" remains popular, and was used in the [[film]] [[soundtrack]]s for ''[[The Wedding Singer]]'', ''[[Empire Records]]'', ''[[Charlie's Angels (film)|Charlie's Angels]]'' and ''[[Lord of War]]'', as well as in the [[Emmy]] and [[Golden Globe]] award-winning American [[television]] [[medical drama]], ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''.
After the band's break-up, a "posthumous album" of [[Dub music|dub]] [[instrumental]]s, ''The Secret Dub Life of the Flying Lizards'', appeared.
==Band members==
* [[David Toop]]
* [[Steve Beresford]]
* [[Michael Upton]]
* [[David Cunningham (musician)|David Cunningham]]
* Deborah Evans-Stickland
* Patti Palladin
* Peter Laurence Gordon (born [[20 June]] [[1951]])
==Discography==
===Albums===
*''The Flying Lizards'' ([[Virgin Records]], 1980)
*''Fourth Wall'' (Virgin, 1981)
*''Top Ten'' (Statik, 1984)
*''The Secret Dub Life of the Flying Lizards'' (Piano Records, 1996)
===Singles===
*"[[Summertime Blues]]" (Virgin VS230, 1978)
*"[[Money (That's What I Want)|Money]]" (Virgin VS276, 1979) reached no. 50 in the US chart
*"TV" (Virgin VS325, 1979)
*"[[The Laughing Policeman (song)|The Laughing Policeman]]" (under the [[pseudonym]] "The Suspicions," [[Arista Records|Arista]] 361, 1980)
*"Move On Up" (Virgin VS381, 1981)
*"Hands 2 Take" (Virgin VS392, 1981)
*"Lovers and Other Strangers" (Virgin VS421, 1981)
*"[[Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine|Sex Machine]]" (Statik tak19, 1984)
*"[[Dizzy Miss Lizzy]]" (Satik tak25, 1984)
==External links==
* [http://www.markallencam.com/theflyinglizards.html The Flying Lizards - They Were a Very Different Band (fan page)]
* [http://www.stalk.net/piano/piano501.htm The Secret dub life of The Flying Lizards]
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=flying_lizards The Flying Lizards biography]
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[[Category:New Wave groups]]
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