Article: `Fearless' fan gives more than Lips service to band.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: CHRISTOPHER BLAGG

"Fearless Freaks" at the Brattle Theater.

Not rated.

Three stars (out of four)

The one shocking revelation of Bradley Beesley's Flaming Lips documentary is that frontman/ mad scientist Wayne Coyne is in fact quite normal.

Yes, he may cover himself in fake blood at shows and has a penchant for orchestrating entire symphonies out of boomboxes and car stereos. But deep at heart, Coyne - like bassist Michael Ivins and drummer Steven Drozd - is a down-to-earth Okie.

Beesley's "Fearless Freaks" chronicles the snaky trail of the Flaming Lips' rise from just a "noisy rock band with bad clothes and ...

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