The Flaming Lips announced this past week that the plans to turn their album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots into a stage musical are now well underway. Crazy, to be sure; but any fan of the Lips will know this is far from the craziest thing the band have done. From releasing music in gummy vaginas, riding across their crowds in a bubble or filling their records with blood; The Flaming Lips are one of, if not the weirdest band in the world today. In this slideshow we have a look at some of the coolest, most far-out Flaming Lips freakouts of their career.

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