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Lipstick Conspiracy

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The Band With the Plan

About Me

"America's premier trans band." This multi-influenced powerpop band is no stranger to great press! Recently christened Pride in the Arts Favorite Group by the Stonewall Society, and featured in Guitar Player and CURVE magazine, Lipstick Conspiracy was hailed as "The Fabulous 5" by the East Bay Express, cited in the San Francisco Bay Guardian's 'Best of the Bay' issue as BEST GIRL BAND 2004, and proclaimed as a Buzzworthy artist on PlanetOut. Their debut CD, "Don't Tell A Soul", has garnered steady air-play on national mainstream and college radio stations, various Internet radio programs, and international stations from Canada and Mexico, to Belgium, Italy, Serbia, Sweden, and New Zealand. "The band with the plan" is poised for new heights and new adventures! Stay tuned, as more history-making is in the offering.
Lipstick Conspiracy's second album, "A Perfect Alibi," (recorded at Different Fur and Potrero Post in San Francisco) is still on available! $13, shipping and handling included (not including tax for California residents)! Don't delay! Orders can be placed by visiting the band website (www.lipstickconspiracy.com) or click here!
"Don't Tell a Soul," Lipstick Conspiracy's debut record, will not be repressed, so to get a copy of the limited edition, visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/lipstickc for details, or just click here !
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Member Since: 1/4/2005
Band Website: lipstickconspiracy.com
Band Members: Shawna Love
-- The Flirt.

Lead & backing vocals, bass guitar and lead/rhythm guitar.

Sarafina Maraschino
-- The Mod.

Lead & backing vocals and rhythm/lead/slide guitar.

Marilyn Mitchell
-- The Blonde.

Lead & backing vocals, lead/rhythm guitar and bass guitar.

Influences: The Police, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Cure, The Replacements, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and a little Black Sabbath. To a lesser degree: Big Star, LTJ Bukem, The Byrds, Cameo, Camper Van Beethoven, Chili Peppers, The Church, Guy Clark, The Cult, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, The Eagles, Everything But The Girl, Fleetwood Mac, Green Day, Guns n' Roses, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Jayhawks, KISS, Modest Mouse, Motley Crue, Ohio Players, Old 97s, Parliament, Pearl Jam, Pixies, P.M. Dawn, P.O.D., Prince, Queen, Rage Against the Machine, REM, Run DMC, Sly Stone, Santana, Sloan, Squeeze, Television, Uncle Tupelo, U2.
Sounds Like: "...no one prepared you for Lipstick Conspiracy...These are the girls your mother warned you about...an extraordinary experience."
-- Jenny Sherwin, CURVE magazine

"TG rockband on the come-up."
-- KQED

"...San Francisco's favorite trans band...plotting to overthrow the domain of power pop with their distinctive brand of ambiguity." --SF Bay Guardian, Best of the Bay 2007 "[w]icked textures...huge guitar sounds...monstrous tones..."
-- Guitar Player Magazine

"...the wallop of a regular '80s-style chick-rock band.....Josie and the Pussycats, all grown up."
--The East Bay Express

"...heartfelt rockers speaking new truths to the human condition while traversing lifes loves and laments. If you ever have a chance to see them live youll witness why they have so many supporters cheering these rockers on!"
-- DJ PussPuss, San Francisco Bay Times

Power pop, with "ambitious harmonies backed by delightfully simple guitar riffs, punchy, rhyme-induced lyrics and a whole lot of ego."
--The San Francisco Observer

"What an exciting performance! Great chops, great vox, and great tunes."
--Emergenza News

"...fast pop guitars and bubblegum hooks... ...less garage pop and more radio from two decades ago... ...air-guitar fantasy made real."
--Planet Out

"harmony-laden power pop songs with infectious hooks like you might have heard while trolling the dial for Top 40 songs back in the early 80s."
--The San Francisco Bay Guardian

"...sing-along, dance-along 80s hooks with a touch of irony over every word."
--Portland JustOut
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Sarafina profiled in Gay.com’s Local Scene

Check it out! Sarafina is featured in Gay.com’s Local Scene Guide to San Francisco, and muses on life, love, and the San Francisco skyline. http://zoom.gay.com/viewArticle.do?id=1779&selecte...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:20:00 PST

And for those patiently standing by...

Lipstick Conspiracy is pleased to announce that five new shows have been posted! Two shows in San Francisco at the Hotel Utah, with none other than The Cliks. These two shows are expected to sell out,...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:21:00 PST

Stand by.....

.....is this damn thing on? Hey everybody! Things sure seem awfully quiet here on Lipstick Conspiracy's little corner on MySpace. But, that's all part of the plan. The Lipstickers have a new line-up,...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:34:00 PST

San Diego and the Eagle - Two very different gigs in one week...

San Diego Pride is supposed to be one of the biggest Prides - they claim 150,000 but that's still a lot less than San Francisco. But it is set in gorgeous Balboa Park right by downtown - which would h...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:42:00 PST

Big moment in Las Vegas!

Las Vegas was great. The gals all drove down, whereas I stayed on a day longer, having just got back from London, and flew down that morning.   We were playing an end-of-conference party for a s...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:20:00 PST

Catching up..

We've been so busy I haven't had much time to blog - so this one has a lot of catching up in it...   The Emergenza / CD Release party on June 8 was great! We got a huge and loud crowd out - and p...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:01:00 PST

Things are moving fast...!

Our "A Perfect Alibi" CD came out on June 1. After so long worrying / working away at all the little details, it feels great to step back and actually listen - and it sounds awesome. And now we...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST

K... two key events happenings over the next few weeks...

Our new CD ("A Perfect Alibi") is released on June 1. This is a full-length (12 songs and 50 minutes) CD, which covers a broad range of Lipstick Conspiracy sounds - from power-pop to classic rock to r...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:24:00 PST

Almost there...

The new CD is almost done! We've done all the instrumentation, leads and backing vocals, and several levels of mixing - and are now doing the last few mixing refinements. Which is just as well, becau...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Sat, 06 May 2006 09:28:00 PST

Wow - Emergenza!

So... We have barely calmed down after Saturday's Emergenza gig at 12 Galaxies...   This was round 2 and we had been working really hard to get our friends / fans out. And it worked... By the tim...
Posted by Lipstick Conspiracy on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:44:00 PST