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Michael Ivins

Michael Ivins

Acting

Biography

Michael Lee Ivins (born March 17, 1963) is the former bassist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and founding member of The Flaming Lips.

Known For

Saturday Night Live
6.9

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Saturday Night Live

1975
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
7.0

Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

2008
Duck Dodgers
7.4

Duck Dodgers battles evil in the 24th century.

Duck Dodgers

2003
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
7.1

There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
7.4

When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

2020
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
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The Who were honored at the 2008 ceremony from the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA instead of the usual Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center. The concert consisted of an hour-long performance by the band as well as tributes by Incubus, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Adam Sandler and Tenacious D.

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2008
Coachella
6.5

Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of musical documentary that not only showcases performances by some of the hottest acts to take the stage, but offers interviews with such musical icons as Beck, Joshua Homme, Mos Def, and Perry Farrell as well. From English icon Morrissey's performance at the inaugural Coachella Festival back in 1999 to Canadian indie rockers the Arcade Fire's electric 2005 set, the musical acts featured here run the gamut from hip-hop to alternative and virtually everything in between. Other artists featured include the Pixies, the Flaming Lips, Kool Keith, Radiohead, Saul Williams, and Squarepusher.

Coachella

2006
Christmas on Mars
5.1

The film tells the story of the experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly-colonized Mars. Coyne has described the film as "Maybe Eraserhead or Dead Man crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like The Wizard of Oz and maybe A Space Odyssey, and set at Christmas-time. The story that unfolds is intended to hint at childlike magic within a tragic and realistic situation."

Christmas on Mars

2008
The Flaming Lips Space Bubble Film
5.5

One of the few uplifting music stories during the early phases of the pandemic, this documentary explains how the Flaming Lips Space Bubble Shows happen and show highlights from the performances.

The Flaming Lips Space Bubble Film

2022
The Fearless Freaks
7.0

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.

The Fearless Freaks

2005
The Flaming Lips: U.F.O's At The Zoo
4.0

The Flaming Lips’ U.F.O.s At The Zoo: The Legendary Concert In Oklahoma City captures the over-the-top spectacle of the band’s 2006 homecoming performance. Filmed at the Zoo Amphitheater in front of a capacity crowd of manic fans, U.F.O.s At The Zoo delivers the sonic and visual sensory overload that is The Flaming Lips live experience.

The Flaming Lips: U.F.O's At The Zoo

2007
The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin Live
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The Flaming Lips marked the twentieth anniversary of their psychadelic indie rock masterpiece The Soft Bulletin with a technicolour performance in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House.

The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin Live

2020
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The Flaming Lips make an album.

Blastula: The Making of Embryonic

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'A Beautiful Fucking Experience,' is a feature length documentary that celebrates music, in particular the live music experience, as told through the journey of The Flaming Lips on their Guinness world record breaking 24 hour tour through the Mississippi Delta.

A Beautiful Fucking Experience

2013
Okie Noodling
6.5

For centuries, a unique breed of fishermen has been catching monster catfish with their bare hands in the rivers and lakes of Oklahoma. Today, the tradition of "noodling" still has Okie anglers hooked. This documentary by Bradley Beesley features interviews with hardcore handfishing veterans as well as footage of real noodlers in action. Set against an original musical score by rock band The Flaming Lips, Okie Noodling offers an anecdotal look at a most unusual piece of Midwest American culture.

Okie Noodling

2001
The Flaming Lips: American Head
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The Flaming Lips: American Head is a feature-length music video that debuted to accompany the release of The Flaming Lips' critically acclaimed sixteenth album, "American Head." American Head is a concept album inspired by the death of Tom Petty and Coyne's teen years in Oklahoma. This is the final studio album to feature founding bass guitarist Michael Ivins and keyboardist Jake Ingalls.

The Flaming Lips: American Head

2021