Movies by Wayne Coyne

The Fearless Freaks

The Fearless Freaks

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys att...

The Flaming Lips: U.F.O's At The Zoo

The Flaming Lips: U.F.O's At The Zoo

The Flaming Lips’ U.F.O.s At The Zoo: The Legendary Concert In Oklahoma City captures the over-the-top spectacle of the band’s 2006 homecoming performance. Filmed at the Zoo Amphitheater in front of a capacity crowd of manic fans, U.F.O.s At The Zoo delivers the sonic and visual sensory overload that is The Flaming Lips live experience.

A Beautiful Fucking Experience

A Beautiful Fucking Experience

'A Beautiful Fucking Experience,' is a feature length documentary that celebrates music, in particular the live music experience, as told through the journey of The Flaming Lips on their Guinness world record breaking 24 hour tour through the Mississippi Delta.

Jingle Bell Rocks!

Jingle Bell Rocks!

In JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, director Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of some of the world’s most legendary Christmas music fanatics and hits the road to hang with his holiday heroes – including hip hop legend Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons of RUN-D.M.C., The Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne, filmmaker John Waters, bebopper Bob Dorough, L.A. DJ and musicologist Dr. Demento, and Calypso legend The Mighty Sparrow. In his search for the twelve best, underappreciated Christmas songs ever recorded, Kezin both asks and answers the question, “Why, when ...

Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story

Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story

In the early 1980's, a group of disenfranchised Oklahoma teenagers mastered the art of prank phone calls and became known as Park Grubbs.

The Flaming Lips: Live at Glastonbury 2017

The Flaming Lips: Live at Glastonbury 2017

The Oklahoma band took to the stage at 10:45pm for a 90-minute headline set on The Park in Glastonbury on June 23rd, 2017. Frontman Wayne Coyne arrived on stage ridding a unicorn, then rode his way across the crowd in a giant orb while covering David Bowie's "Space Oddity."

Checking in at 20

Checking in at 20

Brian Chippendale is the drummer in Lightning Bolt. Greg Saunier is the drummer in Deerhoof. They've teamed up for a self-titled drum duo album—a limited edition LP featuring two side-long improvisations. Checking in at 20 was directed by Matt Conboy of Death by Audio films featuring interviews with members of the Flaming Lips, Les Savy Fav, Thee Oh Sees, and Oneida.

The Flaming Lips: Black Easter Live

The Flaming Lips: Black Easter Live

The Flaming Lips recorded live at The Southgate House in Newport, KY in 1988.