Black Lips

The Black Lips are a self-described "flower punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia. While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 when the band guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley were in, The Renegades, and the band guitari

The Black Lips are a self-described "flower punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia. While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 when the band guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley were in, The Renegades, and the band guitarist Ben Eberbaugh was in, The Reruns, both split up. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later. They released their first 7-inch in late 2001/early 2002 on their own Die Slaughterhauslabel.

Just days before a tour was to begin in December 2002, Eberbaugh was driving a car that was struck by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. He was killed but the band carried on because they knew he would want them to keep going .