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The Black Lips
awesome band, one of the BEST ever
Address
United States Of America
E-Mail
The Black Lips [theblacklips[AT]hotmail{DOT}com]
Members

The Black Lips #1:
(from 2000 onwards, first single)
Robby Rebel: guitar, lead vocals
Jared Swilley: bass
Joe Bradley: drums
Ben Eberbaugh: guitar

The Black Lips #2:
(second single)
Cole Alexander: vocals, guitar, harp
Jared Swilley: bass, vocals
Joe Brad: drums, vocals, piano
Ben Eberbaugh: guitar, vocals

The Black Lips #3:
(until december 2002, when Ben died, first album)
Cole: vocals, harp, guitar, sampler
Jared: vocals, bass
Ben: vocals, guitar, noise
Joe: vocals, drums, piano, organ

The Black Lips #4:
(december 2002-2004)
Cole Alexander: vocals, guitar, penis
Jared Swilley: vocals, bass, party shorts
Joe Bradley: vocals, drums, screams
Jack Hines: guitar

The Black Lips #5:
(2004 and onwards, third album and onwards, main and current line up)
Cole
Jared
Ian
Joe

History

Cole Alexander's musical history
Joe Bradley's musical history
Ben Eberbaugh's musical history
Jared Swilley's musical history
Ian St. Pé's musical history

Discography
Singles
  1. Ain't Comin' Back 7" (Die Slaughterhaüs Records, 2002, DSH-001)
      the one and only original debut release
      sleeve with black background, Marilyn Monroe has white hair
    1. Ain't Comin' Back
    2. Stone Cold
    3. B-52 Bomber Boy
    4. Can't Bring Me Down
  2. Freakout 7" (The Electric Human Project, 2002, EHP 009)
      two sleeves, differing in the papercolor they were printed on, being yellowish and purple-ish
    1. Freakout
    2. Sweet Kin
    3. Stops
    4. Fn
    5. I've Got A Knife
  3. Ain't Comin' Back 7" (Brand Name Records/Die Slaughterhaüs Records, 2002, BNR-001/DSH-001)
      first rerelease, released by the original label, Die Slaughterhaüs Records in cooperation with Brand Name Records
      sleeve with white background, Marilyn Monroe has black hair
    1. Ain't Comin' Back
    2. Stone Cold
    3. B-52 Bomber Boy
    4. Can't Bring Me Down
  4. Ain't Coming Back 7" (Munster Records, 2003, MR 7177)
      second rerelease, released in Europe, with one song replaced compared to the original release
      red vinyl, no Marilyn Monroe on the sleeve, sleeve with reddish brown background, black lips and white "mouthhole"
    1. Ain't Coming Back
    2. Juvenile
    3. B-52 Bomberboy
    4. Stone-Cold
  5. Live At The Jam Club 7" (Shake Your Ass Records, 2004, SYA 009)
      310 hand-numbered copies - black vinyl
      Pee Edition - 82 hand-numbered copies - yellow vinyl
    1. Wild Man (Tamrons)
    2. Jack The Ripper (Screamin' Lord Sutch)
    3. Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry)
    4. Working
  6. Does She Want 7" (Slovenly Recordings, 2005, 702-48)
    1. Does She Want
    2. Stoned
  7. In & Out 7" (Slovenly Recordings, 2005, 702-49)
    1. In & Out
    2. Stuck In My Mind
  8. Born To Be A Man 7" (Varmint Records, 2005, VR 004)
      pink flower on the sleeve
    1. Born To Be A Man
    2. Hippys
  9. Party At Rob's House 7" (Rob's House Records, 2006, RHR 010)
      1st edition, red cover
    1. Oh Katrina (St. Pe's Tears Mix)
    2. Five & Ten (Link Wray)
    3. Sea Of Blasphemy
  10. Born To Be A Man 7" (Bachelor Records, 2006, BR-02)
      yellow flower on the sleeve
    1. Born To Be A Man
    2. Hippys
  11. Freakout 7" (Die Slaughterhaüs Records, 2006, DSH-017)
      rerelease
    1. Freakout
    2. Sweet Kin
    3. Stops
    4. Fn
    5. I've Got A Knife
  12. Party At Rob's House 7" (Die Slaughterhaüs Records, 2006, DSH-020)
      rerelease, yellow cover
    1. Oh Katrina (St. Pe's Tears Mix)
    2. Five & Ten (Link Wray)
    3. Sea Of Blasphemy
  13. Its A Problem, No Its Not A Problem To Me! 7" (Vice, 2007, VICE 001)
      recorded and mixed by John Reis
    1. Its A Problem, No Its Not A Problem To Me!
    2. Hands, Do You Really Wanna Hold My Dirty Hands
  14. Cold Hands #1 7" (Vice, 2007, VICE 002)
      bandpic and purple background
    1. Cold Hands
    2. My Struggle
  15. Cold Hands #2 7" (Vice, 2007, VICEX 002)
      bandpic and white background
    1. Cold Hands
    2. Hippie Hippie Hoorah (live)
  16. Katrina 7" (Vice, 2007, VICE 003)
      sleeve has Ian "spitting a liquid"
    1. Katrina
    2. Italian Sexual Frustration
  17. Katrina 7" (Vice, 2007, VICEX 003)
      sleeve has Cole using a fire extinguisher
    1. Katrina
    2. Boomerang
  18. Veni Vidi Vicious 7" (Vice, 2007, VICE 005)
      sleeve has title in golden lettering
    1. Veni Vidi Vicious
    2. Buried Alive
  19. Veni Vidi Vicious 7" (Vice, 2007, VICEX 005)
      sleeve has title in silver lettering
    1. Veni Vidi Vicious
    2. Veni Vidi Vicious (diplo mix)
  20. Bad Kids 7" (Vice, 2008, VICE 007)
    1. Bad Kids
    2. Leroy Faster
Splits
  1. Black Stereo - Dirt Mono 7" (Cass Records, 2006, MAMA-026)
      this was sold exclusively on the The Dirtbombs/The Black Lips tour in 2006
      but for a short time the remainders were sold through Cass Records, for these they wrote the buyer's name on the label
    1. The Black Lips: Make It
    2. The Dirtbombs: Missionary Man
  2. split 7" (Norton Records, 2007, 9656)
    1. The Black Lips: What To Do (Rolling Stones)
    2. Demon's Claws: Factory Girl (Rolling Stones)
  3. Merry Christmas From The Black Lips and The King Khan & BBQ Show 7" (Norton Records, 2007, 45-138)
    1. The Black Lips: Christmas In Baghdad
    2. The King Khan & BBQ Show: Plump Righteous
  4. Live At The Clermont Hotel - Motor Hotel 7" (Rob's House Records, 2007, RHR 031)
    1. The Black Lips: Bad Kids
    2. The Black Lips: Lean
    3. Subsonics: Hello Beauty
    4. Subsonics: Pistol
Albums
  1. The Black Lips LP/CD (Bomp!, 2003, BLP 4084-1/BCD 4084-2)
    1. Throw It Away
    2. Freakout
    3. Ain't No Deal
    4. Stone Cold
    5. I've Got A Knife
    6. Down And Out
    7. Steps
    8. Fad
    9. Sweet Kin
    10. Crazy Girl
    11. Everybody Loves A Cocksucker
    12. Can't Get Me Down
    13. You're Dumb
    14. Say Hello To The Postman (LP-only)
  2. We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow LP/CD (Bomp!, 2004, BLP 4087-1/BCD 4087-2)
    1. M.I.A.
    2. Time Of The Scab
    3. Dawn Of The Age Of Tomorrow
    4. Nothing At All / 100 New Fears
    5. Stranger
    6. Juvenile
    7. Notown Blues
    8. Ghetto Cross
    9. Jumpin Around
    10. Super X-13
    11. Hope Jazz (LP-only)
  3. Live @ WFMU LP (Dusty Medical Records, 2005, BBR-01)
    1. Me 'N Dad
    2. Buddy And The Goodtime Gang
    3. Mayors Of Romance
    4. When The Going Gets Tough ...
    5. We Da' Ones!!
    6. Cold Nigga Shit
    7. We Bad ... We Good
    8. Bong Rippin!! (Maybe Wrong) ??
    9. Goodtime Boys
    10. Stoned Father + The Ass Factor
    11. Rockin That Shit 2005ive
    12. Dude Tyme
    13. Real Live Jive
    14. So Fresh, So Real
    15. Powerballin'
    16. Mushroom Power
    17. (Bonus Track + Lord Of Pain)
  4. Let It Bloom LP/CD (In The Red, 2005, ITR 129)
    1. Sea Of Blasphemy
    2. Can't Dance
    3. Boomerang
    4. Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
    5. Not A Problem
    6. Gung Ho
    7. Everybody's Doin' It
    8. Feeling Gay
    9. Take Me Home (Back To Boone)
    10. Gentle Violence
    11. She's Gone
    12. Fairy Stories
    13. Dirty Hands
    14. Workin'
    15. Punk Slime
    16. Empassant
  5. Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo CD (Vice, 2007, 7567-94662-2)
      recorded and mixed by John Reis
    1. M.I.A.
    2. Boomerang
    3. Sea Of Blasphemy
    4. Stranger
    5. Not A Problem
    6. Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
    7. Boone
    8. Everybody's Doing It
    9. Fairy Stories
    10. Dirty Hands
    11. Buried Alive
    12. Juvenile
    13. + hidden track
  6. Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo LP (Die Slaughterhaüs Records, 2007, DSH-022)
      recorded and mixed by John Reis
    1. M.I.A.
    2. Boomerang
    3. Sea Of Blasphemy
    4. Stranger
    5. Not A Problem
    6. Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
    7. Boone
    8. Everybody's Doing It
    9. Fairy Stories
    10. Dirty Hands
    11. Buried Alive
    12. Juvenile
    13. + hidden track
  7. Good Bad Not Evil LP (Vice, 2007, VICE 004 LP)
    1. I Saw A Ghost (Lean)
    2. O Katrina!
    3. Veni Vidi Vici
    4. It Feels Alright
    5. Navajo
    6. Lock And Key
    7. How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died
    8. Bad Kids
    9. Step Right Up
    10. Cold Hands
    11. Off The Block
    12. Slime And Oxygen
    13. Transcedental Light
  8. Arabia Mountain LP (Vice, 2011, VVR773431)
    1. Family Tree
    2. Modern Art
    3. Spidey's Curse
    4. Mad Dog
    5. Mr. Driver
    6. Bicentennial Man
    7. Go Out And Get It
    8. Raw Meat
    9. Bone Marrow
    10. The Lie
    11. Time
    12. Dumpster Dive
    13. New Direction
    14. Noc-A-Homa
    15. Don't Mess Up My Baby
    16. You Keep On Running
Compilations
  1. La Legaña Sinfónica 2xLP (Discos Alehop!, 2003, KAKA 004)
    1. Fad
  2. I Was A Teenage Munster - The Original Soundtrack Compilation CD (Munster Records, 2003, MR 200)
    1. Ain't Coming Back
  3. We Hate The Underground CD (The Holy Cobra Society, 2006, HCS 005)
    1. Time Of The Scab
  4. Whirly Ball 7" (Chunklet Magazine, 2008, VRG153)
      half-white, half-black vinyl
    1. Hasabé (Ayalèw Mèsfin)
  5. Rob's House 7"+DVD (Rob's House Records, 2009, RHR 045)
    1. MIA (We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow)
Various

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Links
  1. The Black Lips Covers @ grunnenrocks.nl
  2. The Black Lips official website
  3. The Black Lips @ myspace.com
  4. The Black Lips by UK Ben
  5. The Black Lips @ wikipedia.org
  6. The Black Lips @ intheredrecords.com
  7. The Black Lips @ bomp.com