{"id":15288,"date":"2021-04-24T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15288"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:50:10","slug":"70s-sydney-punk-legends-the-lipstick-killers-get-definitive-anthology-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15288","title":{"rendered":"’70s SYDNEY PUNK LEGENDS THE LIPSTICK KILLERS GET DEFINITIVE ANTHOLOGY RELEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\u2018<\/strong>STRANGE FLASH \u2013 STUDIO & LIVE \u201978-81\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0– TO BE RELEASED\u00a0JUNE 25<\/u>\u00a0ON 2LP,\u00a02CD AND DIGITALLY – CONTAINS ALL THE GROUP’S PREVIOUSLY RELEASED RECORDINGS PLUS LOADS OF UNRELEASED TRACKS. INCLUDES\u00a0DENIZ TEK- PRODUCED<\/u>\u00a0CLASSIC 45\u00a0“HINDU GODS OF LOVE”<\/u>,\u00a0PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD, ALBUM-LENGTH\u00a0LOBBY LOYDE-PRODUCED<\/u>\u00a0DEMO SESSION AND\u00a0MORE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe\u00a0Lipstick\u00a0Killers\u00a0were easily one of the greatest live bands I’ve witnessed in my 65 yrs. on this planet\u201d \u2013 Keith Morris (Black Flag\/Circle Jerks\/Off!!)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Lipstick Killers were the coolest and most original\u00a0band on the independent Sydney scene of the late 70’s” – Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>HINDU GODS ARE CALLING YOU!!!<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Grown Up Wrong! Records is thrilled beyond belief to present the LONG-AWAITED anthology of material by the legendary\u00a0<\/strong>Lipstick Killers<\/strong>, who blazed a trail in late \u201870s post-Radio Birdman<\/u>\u00a0Sydney before gigging with the likes of\u00a0the Gun Club<\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0the Flesh Eaters<\/u>\u00a0in Los Angeles where they crashed and burned in 1981.\u00a0<\/strong>The Lipstick Killers<\/strong>\u00a0released just one single in their life time \u2013 the perfect \u201979\u00a0Deniz Tek-produced<\/u>\u00a0pairing of\u00a0\u201cHindu Gods of Love\u201d<\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201dShakedown USA\u201d<\/u>\u00a0on their own\u00a0Lost in Space Records<\/u>\u00a0(and subsequently\u00a0Greg Shaw\u2019s Voxx Records<\/u>\u00a0out of LA)\u00a0 – but a posthumous live album and a couple of archival 7\u201d 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 the original masters).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Out June 25,\u00a0<\/strong>Strange Flash<\/em>\u00a0– Studio & Live ’78-81<\/em><\/strong><\/u>\u00a0will be initially available in both\u00a0black vinyl and orange vinyl – 500 copies of each edition of the 2LP is being pressed.<\/u>\u00a0Double-CD\u00a0 and digital editions, with the extended title of\u00a0<\/strong>Strange Flash – Studio & Live ’78-81 + Psycho-Surgeons ’76-78<\/u>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and a significant\u00a0number of extra tracks, will also be available.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n