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The story behind the band Flaming Lips and the firing of their drummer over one social media post . Podcast on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rock-n-roll-true-stories-podcast/id1876614383 My second YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@rocknrolltruestories2 In March 2014, the daughter of Oklahoma's governor posted a photo of herself wearing a feathered headdress. Within weeks, that one post had set off protests, drawn a public statement from a sitting governor, and started one of the ugliest feuds in indie rock history. This is the story of The Flaming Lips, frontman Wayne Coyne, drummer Kliph Scurlock, and Christina Fallin. For years, The Flaming Lips were the happiest band on the planet. They had confetti cannons, dancers in animal costumes, and Wayne Coyne rolling across the crowd inside a giant space bubble. The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots made them critics' darlings, and "Do You Realize??" even became Oklahoma's official state rock song, until a new governor quietly let it lapse. That governor was Mary Fallin. Her daughter Christina, who sang in the Oklahoma City band Pink Pony, was friends with Wayne. When Christina's headdress photo drew backlash from Native American communities, Wayne sided with his friend. Kliph Scurlock went the other way. He had started as a roadie on the Soft Bulletin tour and spent twelve years as the Lips' drummer. Then came the late-night texts. According to Kliph, at around 4 a.m., two words ended his time in the band. In this documentary, we follow the Lips from a scrappy Oklahoma City noise band to a traveling psychedelic carnival, and dig into the strange politics behind "Do You Realize??" and Flaming Lips Day. We look at how Kliph went from hauling gear to playing festivals around the world, and how Christina's photo and its "Appropriate Culturation" caption lit the fuse. We go through the text messages Kliph says Wayne sent him the night he was fired, the protest at the Norman Music Festival, the "SHEEP" shawl, and Governor Fallin's statement about her own daughter. Then we get to Wayne Coyne's Rolling Stone interview, where he called Kliph "an abusive, compulsive, pathological liar," and Kliph's surprising public reversal just a few days later. Finally, we look at what happened to the Flaming Lips lineup afterward, including Michael Ivins' exit in 2021 and Steven Drozd's departure. So was Kliph fired for standing up for his friends, or was the photo just the last straw? Both sides told very different stories, and we let each of them tell it in their own words. We also look at the people who got lost in the shouting match: the Native Oklahomans who stood quietly by the stage holding signs that read "I am not a costume." If you like strange, forgotten stories from rock history, subscribe. We promise never to fire you by text at 4 a.m. Have a video request or a topic you'd like to see us cover? Comment below or send in your idea: https://bit.ly/3stnXlN CONNECT ON SOCIAL TIKOK:https://www.tiktok.com/@rocknrolltruestory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rnrtruestories/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RNRTrueStories Twitter: https://twitter.com/rocktruestories Blog: www.rockandrolltruestories.com #flaminglips #waynecoyne These videos are for entertainment purposes only. DISCLAIMER https://rockandrolltruestories.com/youtube-disclaimer/