Flo & Eddie

Flo & Eddie
Mark Volman ("Flo") [left] & Howard Kaylan ("Eddie") [right] in a 2008 tour
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, USA
Genres	Rock and roll
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Reprise, Warner Bros., Columbia
Associated acts	The Turtles, the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa, Checkpoint Charlie
Website	http://www.theturtles.com
Members	Mark Volman Howard Kaylan

Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman, Flo a.k.a. Phlorescent Leech, and Howard Kaylan, Eddie) are a comedic musical duo.

The two were the original founding members of the Top 40 rock group the Turtles. After the Turtles dissolved, Volman and Kaylan first joined the Mothers of Invention as Phlorescent Leech & Eddie. Due to contractual restrictions made early in their career, Volman and Kaylan were prevented from using the name 'the Turtles', as well as their own names in a musical context.

When bandleader Frank Zappa was injured during a concert in London in 1971, Kaylan and Volman found themselves at an impasse, as the Mothers of Invention were out of action for a time. They responded to these events by recording The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie on Reprise Records with most of the other members of the Mothers of Invention. Although it failed to chart, they continued releasing albums, including the more successful Flo & Eddie, Illegal, Immoral and Fattening, Moving Targets, and Rock Steady with Flo & Eddie.

During the 1970s, Kaylan and Volman continued to do session work. They were backing vocalists on Bang a Gong (Get it on), singing the inadvertent extra chorus that "worked." They were the house band for the Canadian TV talk show 90 Minutes Live with Peter Gzowski.

In 1982, they released a four-song EP on Rhino Records (RNEP 603) under the name Checkpoint Charlie. The record is a dark but whimsical take on late 70s / early 80s German synth techno new wave music, such as D.A.F. and Kraftwerk.