![]() ![]() But it seems it’s quite an interesting topic to some, so for those of you who do care, here’s the story. I have kept quiet about the circumstances surrounding Wayne Coyne firing me from The Flaming Lips thus far because I figured those who know and love me would know the truth and it probably wouldn’t be of much importance to anyone else. ![]() We will have more on this story as it develops. The full transcript of the statement is posted below via Pitchfork. Along the way, he called me a “nazi punk coward Internet bully” and tried to claim that he was “sadly unaware” that I have taken a few jabs at Dave Grohl on Twitter, when he actually was very aware and, in fact, set me up to do several of them.” ” More name calling followed with him finally sending me a text at 3:49 a.m. I am gonna make it so your ‘beliefs’ no longer have any association with the Flaming Lips. He responded, “… Ha ha… You so full of shit … You’re a fucking coward !! Go stick up for your Indian friends if its so important to you !!” It devolved from there, with him later texting, “I think…. In my desire to have this done and over with, I apologized and said I wouldn’t do it again. “At 9:54 p.m., he texted me again pressing the headdress photo issue. Here is a notable selection from the entry where Scurlock describes the night he was told he was fired: In the tell-all, Scurlock accuses Wayne Coyne of verbal abuse, racism, threats of physical abuse and more. Now, the drummer released a very long, detailed account on the situation to Pitchfork. Scurlock said, “I was fired for telling Christina to go fuck herself after her lame-ass ‘apology’ when people got upset at her stupid headdress photo.” ![]() Ex-Flaming Lips drummer Kliph Scurlock confirmed today that he was indeed fired by Wayne Coyne after publicly criticizing Christina Fallin, the governor of Oklahoma’s daughter, for wearing a “cultural-appropriating” Native American headdress. ![]()
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