The Flashing Lights were a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Originally a side project that primarily played as a cover band when Matt Murphy was not occupied with his primary band The Super Friendz, the band consisted of Murphy on guitar and lead vocals, Gavin Dianda on keyboards, tambourine and harmonica, Henri Sangalang on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Steve Pitkin on drums, and became Murphy's primary band following the Super Friendz' breakup.The band released its debut album, Where the Change Is, in 1999 on Halifax independent label Brobdingnagian Records, scoring a hit on modern rock radio stations in Canada with "Half the Time".