The first vinyl release (other than two tracks previously released on an impossible-to-find 45) of this WILD live set of classic MURDER PUNK from 1979 will be released on September 12th! The LP will be available in two limited edition pressings – 300 in BLACK vinyl and 300 in ORANGE.
Sydney’s The Lipstick Killers released just one single in their lifetime – the perfect ’79 pairing of “Hindu Gods of Love” and ”Shakedown USA”, released on both their own Lost in Space Records and Greg Shaw’s Voxx Records and produced by Deniz Tek of the band’s heroes Radio Birdman – but a posthumous live album and a couple of archival releases followed. It was all incredible. and it was all put together a few years ago on Grown Up Wrong!’s 2CD set Strange Flash! And while the 2LP version of that release included all the studio stuff and the live in LA 1981 set, there was no room for this brain-burning, chaotic live set from ’79.
Tour De Force, which was recorded for local radio station 5UV, captures the band as they were still emerging from the cocoon that was the Psycho Surgeons. The Nuggets influences are there, but it’s a Stooges influences which dominate proceedings, and definitive readings of both sides of the Psycho Surgeons classic 45 “Wild Weekend”/“Horizontal Action” are included alongside early Killers killers like “Teen Police” and “Sockman” and later faves like “Hindu Gods of Love’, “Shakedown USA” and “Dying Boy’s Crawl”. The band’s hot take on the Thirteenth Floor Elevators’ “I’ve Got Levitation” is also featured. There’s also plenty of tunes that were only ever captured on tape on this wild night, including “Human Crash”, “Crush On You”, “Head Off” and “Bully”! Pre-order from the links below NOW!
Also available – a limited edition, 500 copies-only RED vinyl pressing of the classic Lipstick Killers collection Strange Flash. With both the original black and orange pressings and the 2CD edition now sold out, this is the only way to now purchase this killer set featuring all the band’s studio recordings and the wild ’81 LA set. See below for ordering info!
THE LIPSTICK KILLERS
TOUR DE FORCE LIVE IN ADELAIDE 1979
GROWN UP WRONG!
RELEASE DATE: 12th SEPTEMBER 2025 (LP)
Tracklist:
Side1
1. Shakedown USA
2. Dying Boy’s Crawl
3. Master’s Words
4. Bully
5. Teen Police
6. Wild Weekend
7. I’ve Got Levitation
8. Mercy Killer
Side 2
1. Pharmaceutical Au-Go-Go
2. Human Crash
3. Crush On You
4. Hindu Gods of Love
5. Head Off
6. Sock It To Me – Baby!
7. Sockman
8. Horizontal Action
Australian orders:
The Lipstick Killers – collection:
https://sound-merch.com.au/collections/the-lipstick-killers
Grown Up Wrong! – collection:
https://sound-merch.com.au/collections/grown-up-wrong
International orders:
https://grownupwrong.bandcamp.com/music
THE LIPSTICK KILLERS
STRANGE FLASH – STUDIO & LIVE ’78-’81
GROWN UP WRONG!
RELEASE DATE: 12th SEPTEMBER 2025 (2LP)
SIDE 1
1. Hindu Gods of Love
2. Shakedown USA (Lost In Space/Voxx 45 – 1979 – produced by Deniz Tek)
3. Sockman
4. Pensioner Pie
5. Teen Police
6. Rot In Love
7. Accidents (Mixdown Studio Demos -1978)
SIDE 2
1. New Hard Fun
2. Mesmerizer
3. Driving The Special Dead
4. Bongo Flip
5. Twilight Of The Idols
6. Strange Flash
7. Hide & Seek (Trafalgar Demos 1980 – produced by Lobby Loyde)
SIDE 3
1. Date With A Thing
2. Liquor Fit (Trafalgar Demos 1980 – produced by Lobby Loyde)
3. Dying Boy’s Crawl
4. Driving The Special Dead
5. Bongo Flip
6. Strange Flash
7. Sock It To Me – Baby! (Live In Los Angeles – 1981)
SIDE 4
1. Twilight Of The Idols
2. I’ve Got Levitation
3. Date With A Thing
4. Shakedown USA
5. Pharmaceutical Au-Go-Go
6. Out Of Our Tree
7. Liquor Fit (Live In Los Angeles – 1981)
Australian orders:
The Lipstick Killers – collection:
https://sound-merch.com.au/collections/the-lipstick-killers
Grown Up Wrong! – collection:
https://sound-merch.com.au/collections/grown-up-wrong
International orders:
grownupwrongrecords.com 