Long-Awaited First Ever Anthology From Key Australian Punk Band 

HIGH ENERGY GARAGE-PSYCH(O)-PUNK FROM SYDNEY’S STOOGES-INSPIRED UNDERGROUND!

ALL THEIR LEGENDARY RECORDINGS, PLUS LOADS OF UNRELEASED STUFF!

“The Lipstick Killers were easily one of the greatest live bands I’ve witnessed in my 65 yrs. on this planet” – Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks/Off!!)

“Hindu Gods Of Live’/‘shakedown USA’ cleaned the slugs right outta my ears. One side reeked of Choc. Watch band-style heavy psych action, and the other had prime MC5 moves down pat… The band has the kinda dull-tilt, flat-out bottom that’s required o’ hard-ass STRONG R&R… Mark’s power chording and simple BIG leads’re outta the James Williamson school (with hints o’ high SIX-OH grunge consciousness)… The whole thing’s played loud and cruchin’ to a boomin beat…”
– Byron Coley

“The Lipstick Killers were the most original and coolest of the late 70’s bands in the independent Sydney scene.” – Deniz Tek

HINDU GODS ARE CALLING YOU!!! Grown Up Wrong! Records is thrilled beyond belief to present the LONG-AWAITED anthology of material by the legendary Lipstick Killers, who blazed a trail in late ‘70s post-Radio Birdman Sydney before gigging with the likes of the Gun Club and the Flesh Eaters in Los Angeles where they crashed and burned in 1981.
 
The Lipstick Killers released just one single in their life time – the perfect ’79 Deniz Tek-produced pairing of “Hindu Gods of Love” and ”Shakedown USA” on their own Lost in Space Records and Greg Shaw’s Voxx Records – but a posthumous live album and a couple of archival releases followed. It was all incredible. All that material is included here, as is a plethora of additional stuff, all from the best-available sources (mostly original tapes).
 
The Lipstick Killers’ enigmatic and high-energy sound – heavily inspired by the Stooges and the ‘60s psychedelic punk sounds of bands like the Thirteenth Floor Elevators and the Chocolate Watchband – bridged the gap between Radio Birdman and subsequent Sydney groups like the Sunnyboys (whose first-ever show was opening for the Lipstick Killers), Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus and the Psychotic Turnbuckles. And of course they anticipated generation after generation of other bands with similar things in mind, right up to today’s ‘60s-inspired freaks like The Straight Arrows, The Living Eyes and Thee Oh Sees.

• LOOOOOOONG-awaited first ever anthology from key Australian punk/garage-psych band who revered internationally thanks to their classic 1979 “Hindu Gods Of Love” single that Greg Shaw licensed for release on Voxx and which was later included on Rhino’s “Children of Nuggets” box set!

• Double LP includes the original 1979 single, the posthumous “Sockman/Pensioner Pie’ 45 plus additional unreleased studio masters from the same ’78 session, an unreleased album length 1980 demo session recorded by Aus guitar god Lobby Loyde, and the near-complete LA show that comprised the original live album “Mesmeriser” (taken from the original cassette). Features liner notes by Ugly Things’ Dave Laing, some killer pix and flyers and repro’s of the stunning Lipstick Killers posters designed by highly collectable Sydney poster artist John Foy, and a short feature on the band from New York Rocker by esteemed writer Byron Coley.

• Double CD includes all this and more, including a near complete and WILD live show recorded in Adelaide in 1978, the revered “Wild Weekend”/”Horizontal Action” 45 released in 1978 by the Psycho-Surgeons (the band the Lipstick Killers formed out of), as well as a couple of 1976 rehearsal recordings from the Psychos’ very early days, which were released on a seriously limited edition 45 on Blank Records a number of years ago.  Also features more images (including some Psycho-Surgeons goodies) and clippings including a ripper 1979 feature by Darcy Condon from Sydney’s RAM, and further notes by Steve Lorkin of ‘80s Sydney zine 48 Crash fame.

• Guitarist/main-man Mark Taylor (who also happens to be one of the most high-profile collectors of original ‘60s garage/punk 45’s on the planet) will undertake interviews with media internationally. 

• For fans of Radio Birdman, “Murder Punk”/”Killed By Death” compilations, the Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus, the Sunnyboys, the Scientists, the Fun Things, the Hitmen, Iggy & The Stooges, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, DMZ, the Barracudas, the Nomads, Plan 9, the Fleshtones, the Hypstrz, the Droogs, “Children of Nuggets”, the Fuzztones, the Miracle Workers, the Dirtbombs, Thee Oh Sees, Lobby Loyde (he produced some of it!), Citadel Records, Bomp! Records, Voxx Records.