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Flipper

American punk band formed 1979 in San Francisco, California, by , , , and . After a few months Williams was replaced by . After releasing two classic albums, Album: Generic Flipper and Gone Fishin', the band had to go on hiatus in 1987, after the death of Will Shatter from a heroin overdose. In 1990 they got back together, recruiting new bassist . They released one more album called American Grafishy (on ), before disbanding abruptly in 1994, as Loose seriously injured his back in an accident. Dougherty also died from a heroin overdose in 1997. In 2005, the band got back together, with at Dougherty's place. In 2006, became the group's bassist, and in 2009 they released their fourh album, Love. Loose retired from the band in 2015, giving his place to (of ). After the band's long-time friend filled in on bass for a while, took her place.