Flaming Lips

AUDIO: Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne (2006)

Interview by Gavin Martin, Rock's Backpages Audio, 2006

On the release of At War With The Mystics, Mr. Coyne waxes philosophical about rock'n'roll, life, drink, drugs, death and the entire meaning of it all.

File format: mp3; in 2 parts, total file sizes: 45.1mb, total interview length: 49' 18" sound quality: *****

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