Overview
- In a new interview, Drozd says Wayne Coyne stopped responding after he reentered alcohol treatment and that he has not heard from him since January 3, 2025.
- The musician links his exit to trauma after his 16-year-old daughter was reported missing in Seattle in October 2024, which he says led to treatment and a relapse over the holidays.
- He says the Flaming Lips continued live shows without him, with AJ Slaughter filling in onstage, and that he was not told when the band went ahead with dates in Australia.
- Coyne previously confirmed Drozd’s departure on Instagram and called the reason “sad and infuriating,” and a Coyne representative declined to respond to Drozd’s new claims.
- Drozd says he has accepted he will not return after 33–34 years and is recording a solo album, Laugh Out Loud Rest in Peace, that he aims to release in the fall.