Flipper is an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1979. The original lineup included Ricky Williams on vocals, Ted Falconi on guitar, Will Shatter on bass, and Steve DePace on drums. Williams was replaced on vocals by Bruce Loose before the band made any recordings. Their first recordings appeared in late 1979 on the SF Underground EP, followed by the single "Love Canal" and "Ha Ha Ha" (1980). Flipper's debut studio album, Album – Generic Flipper (1982), was released on Subterranean Records. The band gained notoriety with their slowed-down, bass-driven style and songs like "Sex Bomb". After releasing Gone Fishin' (1984) and the double live album Public Flipper Limited (1986), the original lineup splintered following Shatter's death from a drug overdose on December 9, 1987. Flipper resurfaced in 1990 and later released American Grafishy (1993). The band reunited in 2005, subsequently releasing the studio album Love (2009) and the live album Fight (2009).
