Editing Steven Drozd (section)

==The Flaming Lips==
[[File:Steven Drozd with The Flaming Lips.jpg|thumb|Drozd playing both keyboard and guitar at the same time.]]
Drozd joined the Flaming Lips in 1991 as a drummer. While his style is influenced by the drum sounds of the 1970s, his time spent with his father's polka band helped him develop a sense of delicacy and syncopation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-02-11|title=Flaming Lips musician brings polka to students|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3438720/flaming-lips-musician-brings-polka-to-students/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His thick grooves, with episodes of odd-time funk, are interspersed with straight-ahead rock, mixing various genres. In 1999, while touring ''[[The Soft Bulletin]]'', Drozd decided to assume guitar duties as well as bass, keyboards and backing vocals, using his drum tracks during live performances, but he still drums on the studio albums to this day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips hospitalized|url=https://drummerszone.com/news/article/artist-news-1-7969/steven-drozd-of-the-flaming-lips-hospitalized/?language=3|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Drummerszone}}</ref>