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Track: Graffiti Crimes
Artist: Mi-Sex
Album: Graffiti Crimes

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Name: Mi-Sex
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Formed: 1978 in Hamilton, New Zealand Disbanded: 1984 Reformed: 2014 Mi-Sex were formed out an earlier band called Fragments of Time, which in turn came from Father Time. Both earlier bands were in the prog-rock genres and known for their solos and lighting (and smoke). They became Misex (then Mi-Sex) after the punk explosion in an effort to stay contemporary, the band name inspired by an Ultravox track name, 'My Sex'. Their debut single was on EMI, before moving to Australia, where their earlier history (including [a=Steve Gilpin]'s earlier career as a cabaret and covers singer) was unknown, and immediately broke with [Link] which was number one at the end of 1979. Steve Gilpin died in January 1992. The band briefly reformed in 2011, before permanently reforming in 2014 and making a new album Not from Here (2016) with vocalist Steve Balbi, who continues to lead Mi-Sex as of 2025 with original keyboardist Murray Burns. Kevin Stanton died in May 2017. Don Martin died in August 2020.

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Release: Mi-Sex - Graffiti Crimes
Year: 1979
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Synth-pop

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LYRICS

Graffiti crimes shall be written upon your walls
But I shall spray them so bold so tal
Just you wait 'til you read this one
Sneaking with imaginary enemy at night
An eye in the needle falling red and glowing bright
It's got balls, it's written on the walls
Graffiti crimes in shopping malls

Pencil walking, paper talking, television screams
A rocket ship and space is calling voluntary dreams
It's got balls, it's written on the walls
Graffiti crimes in shopping malls

Felt-tip criminals loose and stil at large
Crayon kings are writing things
They're a minor entourage
It's got balls, it's written on the walls
Graffiti crimes in shopping malls

Skinny flicks and politics they dominate the skyline
Dripping in the night and drying in the sunshine
It's got balls, it's written on the walls
Graffiti crimes in shopping malls