Flipper is an American
punk and
noise 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 also considered a key forerunner to
sludge, and influenced bands such as
The Melvins and
Nirvana, whose bass player
Krist Novoselic played with the band in the 2000s.