Lipstick Vogue
Carling/Hot Press 1989
1n 1989, Lipstick Vogue were involved in the Carling/Hot Press search for the best young Irish band. They were in heat 3 with Thrupenny Opera (Wexford), Jerusalem (Derry), Andrew Bass & the Innocent Ones (Dublin), Thrupenny Opera won this heat.
The competition is held at Sir Henry’s, in Cork over 5 weeks. With the winner each week going on to the final.
Heat 1, 3rd May The Sugar Rays (Navan), October (Fermanagh), The Elite (Dublin), The Surrealists (Ennis).
Winner; The Surrealists
Heat 2, 10th May The Outpatients (Dublin), The Boy The Boy (Sligo), Birds & Ghosts (Waterford), Stateline (Dublin)
Winner: The Out Patients
Heat 3, 17th May Lipstick Vogue (Dublin), Jerusalem (Derry), Thrupenny Opera (Wexford), Andrew Bass & The Innocent Ones (Dublin)
Winner; Thrupenny Opera
Heat 4, 24th May So She Said (Dublin), The Drive (Limerick), Lunatic Fringe (Belfast), Stands Looking Back (Cork)
Winner; The Drive
Heat 5, 31st May The Train Walkers, Just A Philistine (Naas), Trenchtown (Drogheda), New Hollande (Dublin)
Winner; Just A Philistine & Trenchtown
Final 7th June The Drive, Just A Philistine, Thrupenny Opera, Out Patients, The Surrealists, Trenchtown.
The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press)Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)
