San Francisco punk band,
1979-
1983, though they got back together briefly in
1990. At their peak they consisted of
Bruce Loose (vocals),
Will Shatter (bass),
Steve DePace (drums) and
Ted Falconi (guitar). While everyone else was playing faster and faster, Flipper perversely played reeeeeeally slooooow - thereby anticipating
grunge by a good ten years. Called their style of music
pet rock and were billed as "the
perky porpoises of
punk". Released two albums in their first incarnation, "Album - Generic Flipper" and the posthumous "Gone Fishin'". The release by their 1990 lineup (Will Shatter had passed away in the interim) was titled "American Grafishy". They also had a bitchin'
logo.
Fun fact: Bruce Loose performed the wedding ceremony for Jello Biafra and his wife.