The Flying Lizards

The Flying Lizards
The Flying Lizards
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Post-punk; new wave; art pop;
Years active	1976–1984
Labels	Virgin, Statik
Past members	Rory Allam; David Cunningham; Steve Beresford; Bob Black; Deborah Evans-Stickland; Robert Fripp; Vivien Goldman; Peter Laurence Gordon; Julian Marshall; Patti Palladin; Sally Peterson; David Toop;

The Flying Lizards were an experimental English new wave band, formed in 1976. They are best known for their eccentric cover version of Barrett Strong's "Money", featuring Deborah Evans-Stickland on lead vocals, which reached the UK and North American record charts in 1979.^[2] They followed this with their self-titled album that year, which reached number 60 on the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

^ Greene, Doyle (2014). The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland & Company. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-7809-5.
^ ^a ^b Deming, Mark. "The Flying Lizards – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
^ Cheal, David (25 September 2015). "The Life of a Song: 'Money (That's What I Want)'". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Strong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Greene, Doyle (2014). The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland & Company. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-7809-5.

[AMG-2] Deming, Mark. "The Flying Lizards – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2009.

[3] Cheal, David (25 September 2015). "The Life of a Song: 'Money (That's What I Want)'". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[Strong-4] Cite error: The named reference Strong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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