Fearless Freaks

Found this video from the Pompano show in 2007. It doesn't seem that long ago. Not many other videos of this show.

Anyway, on to the topic of this post, I found a documentary of The Flaming Lips up on Hulu the other day called The Fearless Freaks, and I highly recommend it. Although it was a bit lengthy, there were a lot of very funny and very entertaining parts in it. I learned a lot of new things about the band that I wouldn't have known otherwise like they got their band name from some small punk band from Oklahoma City. As far as band documentaries go, I find that they're too often overly dramatic and focus too much on rampant drug addictions and groupie sex rather than music, but this one was very entertaining and real. The making of Christmas on Mars was hysterical, the footage of the band when they were young was great too, especially the show where they brought a motorcycle on stage and just revved the engine until smoke filled the entire tiny club. Overall, the documentary seemed an accurate portrayal in the spirit of The Flaming Lips.

Link: http://www.hulu.com/watch/91177/the-flaming-lips-the-fearless-freaks