{"id":356542,"date":"2025-12-18T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/356542\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:54:09","slug":"the-flaming-lips-steven-drozd-says-hes-no-longer-in-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/356542\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flaming Lips\u2019 Steven Drozd Says He\u2019s No Longer in Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/9804-steven-drozd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Drozd<\/a>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/1504-the-flaming-lips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Flaming Lips<\/a>\u2019 longtime guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/6284-wayne-coyne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne Coyne<\/a>\u2014is no longer in the band, according to a <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/flaminglips\/comments\/1pp6ck0\/drozd_via_threads_on_lips_theyre_done_with_me\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/flaminglips\/comments\/1pp6ck0\/drozd_via_threads_on_lips_theyre_done_with_me\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/flaminglips\/comments\/1pp6ck0\/drozd_via_threads_on_lips_theyre_done_with_me\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since-deleted post<\/a> Drozd made online. When replying to a fan on Threads who asked if he was \u201cofficially done with the FLips,\u201d the musician replied, \u201cThey\u2019re done with me \u2013 but we\u2019re not talking about it. So yes I\u2019m moving on. Just keep it to yourself for now. OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pitchfork has reached out to a representative of the Flaming Lips for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Drozd joined the Flaming Lips in 1991 and has been a key member of the experimental psych-rock group ever since. Although he and Coyne have formed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLKjjIa7cwTkJtgGsrhMElP4Qa_KOp0rDm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/32383-electric-wurms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">side projects<\/a> together in the past, Drozd has never parted ways with or taken a break from the band in those 34 years.<\/p>\n<p>As <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/12\/steven-drozd-no-longer-member-flaming-lips\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/12\/steven-drozd-no-longer-member-flaming-lips\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/12\/steven-drozd-no-longer-member-flaming-lips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Consequence<\/a> points out, fans started speculating about Drozd\u2019s status in the Flaming Lips several months ago when they noticed he was absent from their concerts. During the band\u2019s recent string of shows, AJ Slaughter was covering Drozd\u2019s parts in his place.<\/p>\n<p>Read about the Flaming Lips\u2019 1999 LP The Soft Bulletin in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Drozd\u2014the Flaming Lips\u2019 longtime guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter alongside Wayne Coyne\u2014is no longer in the band,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,3,176733,14065,176734,777],"class_list":{"0":"post-356542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-steven-drozd","12":"tag-textaboveleftsmall","13":"tag-the-flaming-lips","14":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}