The Flaming Lips

Wayne Coyne rolling over the crowd inside a giant plastic bubble, surrounded by confetti and dancers in animal suits: a Flaming Lips show is a psychedelic party.

The Oklahoma band began as noisy, oddball psych-punk, scoring a fluke hit with 'She Don't Use Jelly', before reinventing themselves with The Soft Bulletin, a lush, orchestral, heart-on-sleeve record about mortality and wonder. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots followed, winning a Grammy for its instrumental 'Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon'.

Embryonic plunged into dark, jammed-out freakouts, and they have collaborated widely since, from Miley Cyrus to a full cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.