``Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots'': Special Edition of Acclaimed Album by The Flaming Lips Set for September Release.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2003 Lips to Play SARS Benefit Concert with The Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones in Toronto Before Summer Tour Hailed as one of the most innovative and influential bands in modern music, The Flaming Lips will release a special Collector's Edition of their critically lauded 2002 album, "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" on September 2nd, 2003. Packed with special features, the deluxe CD+DVDA DVDA DVD Association DVDA Digital Versatile Disc Audio DVDA Digital Video Disc Audio DVDA Digital Video Distribution Amplifier DVDA Dvd Audio edition features all the original selections from "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots," including such key cuts as the title track (Part 1 and Part 2), "Fight Test," The Grammy-Award winning track "Approaching Pavonis Mons Pavonis Mons is the middle of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Ascraeus Mons, and to its south is Arsia Mons. The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)," and eight other essential Flaming Lips' originals. Also featured are such rare and previously unavailable (in the U.S.) bonus audio tracks as "Up Above The Daily Hum," the Japanese version of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1" and "If I Go Mad," the B-side to the UK single "Do You Realize?." Also included is the special "Floating In Space Remix" and "CD101(live)" versions of "Do You Realize?" and an acoustic rendition of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1" from AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Sessions and many other highlights. DVDA video selections include two versions of "Do You Realize?," one directed by Mark Pellington and the other by Flaming Lips frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. , Wayne Coyne. The videos of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1," "Fight Test" and "Are You A Hypnotist??" are accompanied by documentaries chronicling the making of "Do You Realize?," "Yoshimi" and "Yoshimi 5.1." Also spotlighted is the audio oddity "Phoebe Battles The Pink Robots" (recorded for but never used in an episode of "Friends"), and the trailer for the film-in-progress "Christmas On Mars," with an all-original Flaming Lips score. Additional bonus material includes DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ROM animated episodes of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1" and "Fight Test." Produced by The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann Dave Fridmann is an American musician and record producer. He played the bass guitar for Mercury Rev and has produced a series of records from various bands. He played with Mercury Rev from their foundation in 1984, but began work as an engineer and producer five years and Scott Booker, "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" Collector's Edition also boasts a special guest appearance by Yoshimi P (no relation to the album's title character), who plays with the Japanese band The Boredoms as well as leading her own group, OOIOO. In other Flaming Lips news, the group recently joined forces in the studio with The Chemical Brothers to cut "The Golden Path," which will appear as a new track on the upcoming singles collection from the British electronic duo, to be released in September on Astralwerks Records. Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd Steven Gregory Drozd (born June 11, 1969, Houston, Texas) is a multi-instrumentalist and drummer for The Flaming Lips. The son of musician Vernon Drozd, he grew up in Houston with three brothers and a sister. contribute vocals, special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and some remixing to the track. Additionally, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins Michael Lee Ivins (born March 17, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the bassist and one of the founding members of The Flaming Lips. Along with Mark Coyne and Wayne Coyne, he formed The Flaming Lips in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. contribute musical and technical backing for an album by Steve Burns, best known as the guest to the PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, children's show, "Blue's Clues." Produced by long-time Lips producer Dave Fridmann, "Songsfordustmites" -- "a rock record for grown-ups" -- will be released on August 12, 2003 on Pias Records. Still reeling from their most successful tour of the UK and Europe ever, which included triumphant performances at this year's famed Glastonbury Festival supporting Radiohead and Glasgow's T In The Park with REM, The Flaming Lips are also scheduled to perform at a special benefit concert in Downsview Park in Toronto on July 30th, raising money and awareness to fight SARS. Also set to appear on the bill are The Rolling Stones, AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. , Justin Timberlake, The Guess Who and others for an audience of over 550,000 -- the largest audience to which they have ever performed. Additional US tour dates have been confirmed and are listed below. Comprised of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitars), Michael Ivins (bass, vocals, guitars) and Steve Drozd (drums, keyboards, guitars, vocals), The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City in the mid-'80s. They signed to Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is internationally known as WEA International Inc. in 1991 and released such acclaimed albums as "Hit To Death In The Future Head," "Transmissions From The Satellite Heart," featuring the hit single "She Don't Use Jelly," "Clouds Taste Metallic," "The Soft Bulletin" and "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots."
Wed July 30 Downsview Park (SARS Benefit) Toronto, Ont
Thur July 31 Scene Amphitheater (Awards Cleveland, OH
Show)
Fri Aug 1 Bogarts Cincinnati, OH
Tue Aug 5 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN
Wed Aug 6 Uptown Mix Nashville, TN (w/ Eels)
Sat Aug 9 Waterloo Village Stanhope, NJ (w/
Stingcheese)
Wed Aug 13 Metropolis Montreal, Que
Fri Aug 15 State Theater Portland, ME
Sat Aug 16 Berkfest Great Barrington, MA
For further information contact,
Rick Gershon at Warner Bros. Records Publicity:
818-953-3473 or rick.gershon@wbr.com
www.flaminglips.com
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