Lipstick Killers – "Hindu Gods of Love" (1978)

I gave up everything to love you

I even broke my vow for you

Why did you give back my innocence?

When all the money I had was spent?

I hate it when there’s no Wikipedia page for a record I want to feature on 2 or 3 lines – it’s a pain in the ass to have to do research!

From maximumrocknroll.com:

A garage-y quartet formed from the ruins of two first-wave Australian punk bands (FILTH and PSYCHO SURGEONS), the LIPSTICK KILLERS played the kind of spunky, glam-tinged rock ’n’ roll that was popular among grown-up punks in the late ’70s.  “Hindu Gods of Love” showcases the band at their best, with a crankin’ guitar that recalls DMZ and a sort of stripped-down jazziness that brings fellow Sydney rockers RADIO BIRDMAN to mind.  

On the single, this hit tune is pushed through a wall of flashy production that gives it a tint of psychedelia.  These guys are really only putting in the tip in terms of punk, as most of their songs read as a “STOOGES-lite” kinda deal and often flirt with a commercial sensibility, though the singer does pepper it up with a good amount of growls and howls that you probably wouldn’t hear much on the radio in that era.  

(“[R]eally only putting in the tip”?  Wow.)  

William Heirens

I assume the band took its name from William Heirens, who confessed to committing three brutal murders in 1946.  He became known as the “Lipstick Killer” because the following message was found written in lipstick on a wall of his first victim’s apartment: “For heAVens SAKe cAtch me BeFore I Kill More I cAnnot control MyselF.”  (For the record, Heirens later recanted his confession.) 

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