Album – Generic Flipper is the debut studio album by the rock band Flipper, released in April 1982 through Subterranean Records. It is also referred to as Album, Album: Generic, Generic Flipper and just Generic. It was issued on CD for the first time by American Recordings (formerly Def American) in 1992 and later deleted. In 2008, the rights reverted to Flipper, and the album was reissued on December 9, 2008, by Water Records. Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who joined Flipper in 2006, contributed liner notes to the new reissue.
Flipper is an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1979, continuing in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005. The band influenced a number of grunge, punk rock and noise rock bands. Their slowed-down, bass-driven and heavily distorted style of punk is considered to have inspired bands such as the Melvins and Nirvana, whose bass player Krist Novoselic played with the band in the 2000s.
Tracklist:
Side 1
- Ever
- Life Is Cheap
- Shed No Tears
- (I Saw You) Shine
Side 2
- Way of the World
- Life
- Nothing
- Living for the Depression
- Sex Bomb
Credits
Flipper
Will Shatter: bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 8), lead vocals (3, 4, 6, 9), backup vocals (8)
Bruce Loose: bass (3, 4, 6, 9), lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 8), backup vocals (6), special effects and bass feedback (7)
Ted Falconi: guitars
Steve DePace: drums, Synare (4, 9), tympani and extra percussion (7)
Flipper: hand clapping (1), percussion (7)
Additional personnel
Bobby: saxophone (9)
Ward: saxophone (9)
Curtis: percussion (7)
Die Ant: percussion (7)
Johnnie: percussion (7)
“others”: percussion (7)
Production
Chris: Producer
Flipper: Producer
Garry Creiman: Engineer
Will Shatter (June 10, 1956 – December 9, 1987)
Bruce Loose Calderwood (June 6, 1959 – September 5, 2025)
