Deap Lips is an American rock band formed in 2019 in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...

, and is a collaboration of

The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (keyb ...

and

Deap Vally Deap Vally are an American rock duo, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2011. The group consists of Lindsey Troy (guitar, vocals) and Julie Edwards (drums and vocals). They have released three albums, an EP and a number of singles. Both album ...

. Deap Lips are

Wayne Coyne Wayne Michael Coyne (born January 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, keyboardist, theremin player and songwriter for the band the Flaming Lips. Early life Coyne was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United Stat ...

Steven Drozd Steven Gregory Drozd (born June 11, 1969) is an American musician and actor. He is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the Flaming Lips, Electric Würms, and other projects. Early life Drozd was born in Houston, Texas, and gre ...

of The Flaming Lips and Lindsey Troy & Julie Edwards of Deap Vally. The two band's relationship sparked when Coyne went to see Deap Vally in concert and met Lindsey Troy and gave her his phone number. Deap Vally later came out to Oklahoma City to jam with The Flaming Lips and recorded some songs for their collaboration. On March 13, 2020 the band released their first self-titled album ''Deap Lips'' through Cooking Vinyl''.'' The album featured a cover version of the Steppenwolf song "

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Discography

* ''Deap Lips'' (2020, Cooking Vinyl)

References

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