In March 2014 , longtime drummer and percussionist Kliph Scurlock left the band , he was replaced by drummer , percussionist and keyboardist Matt Duckworth , and the band added percussionist and drummer Nicholas Ley , Derek Brown began focusing on guitars , and occasional keyboards and percussion . In May , Scurlock claimed he had been fired for negative comments about Wayne Coyne 's friend Christina Fallin , the daughter of Oklahoma 's governor and leader of a band called Pink Pony . Fallin had recently been criticized for cultural appropriation after she wore a Native American headdress in a publicity photo . According to Scurlock , his criticism of Fallin 's actions led to conflict with Coyne and his dismissal . In response , Drozd said , " t his Lips/Kliph bullshit has gone too far . We parted ways because of the usual band musical differences . The rest has been blown way out . " Coyne went even further , calling Scurlock a " pathological liar " and stated that he never meant his defense of Fallin , which included posting a photo of his dog in a feathered headdress , to be offensive but that he was " very sorry , to anybody that is following my Instagram or my Twitter , if I offended anybody of any religion , any race , any belief system . I would say you should n't follow my tweets ; you should n't even probably want to be a Flaming Lips fan because we do n't really have any agenda . " On August 30 , 2015 after hosting the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards , Miley Cyrus announced that '' Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz '' , the free , 23-track experimental album that Cyrus and the Flaming Lips wrote and recorded together , was available via online streaming . The album is described by Coyne as a combination of Pink Floyd and Portishead and " a slightly wiser , sadder , more true version " of Cyrus ' pop music output
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
The Flaming Lips