caption current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
flipper , 1984 at the 9:30 club , washington , dc bruce loose ted falconi steve depace rachel thoele -lsb- http://www.flipperrules.com/ flipperrules.com -rsb- the sleepers , negative trend , nirvana 1979 -- present -- 1987 , 1990 -- 1993 , 2005 subterranean domino , alternative tentacles , roir , american , flipper -lrb- band -rrb-
 will novoselic shatter ricky williams bruno desmartass john dougerty krist group_or_band noise punk , experimental rock , lo-fi rock , punk rock , post-punk , hardcore flipper_930club . jpg san francisco , california , united states flipper
flipper -lrb- band -rrb-

flipper is an american punk and noise rock band formed in san francisco , california in 1979 , continuing in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s , then reuniting in 2005 .
the band influenced a number of grunge , punk rock and noise rock bands .
their slowed-down , bass-driven , and heavily distorted style of punk is also considered a key forerunner to sludge , and influenced bands such as the melvins and nirvana , whose bass player krist novoselic played with the band in the 2000s .
