# Girl Monstar Announce New Album GRRRR!! **New Music** — On Your Markus **Published:** 2 November 2025 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/new-music-releases/girl-monstar-announce-new-album-grrrr/ --- ***Trailblazing Melbourne femme rock band Girl Monstar announce new album GRRRR!!, to be released January 27, 2026 *** ***Girl Monstar mini-doco goes live on YouTube tonight at 7:00PM AEDT*** ***Second single “Hate Train” coming November 20, follows first single (and first new track in 33 years) ‘Blue Cats With Green Eyes’ which is out now!*** ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/32255/707f2a02-db79-663c-a362-5905ee1f3e09.jpg) Trailblazing Melbourne garage-pop/hard rock band **Girl Monstar** are back with their first new music since 1992! **Girl Monstar**‘s new album **GRRRR!! **will be released January 27 2026 on **Vicious Kitten Records**. First single ‘**Blue Cat With Green Eyes’** – the band’s first new track in 35 years! – is out now, and second single Hate Train’ is coming November 20.  ***GRRRR!!***** is available to pre-order now via Bandcamp, with the two singles available instantly to all who do: ****[GRRRR!! The Album | GIRL MONSTAR | Girl Monstar](https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a&id=63cbc5fcb6&e=3758bcc5db)** **[A short documentary on the band will go live on YouTube tonight – Friday October 31 at 7:00PM AEDT ](https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a&id=3a79849e60&e=3758bcc5db)****– just in time for trick or treat! You can watch a short teaser ****[here](https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a&id=4b7c9dd576&e=3758bcc5db)****.** Known to some as the band that introduced the world to **Sherry Rich**, **Anne McCue** and **Sue World**, **Girl Monstar** were the first all-female band to gain a national profile in Australia in the late ’80s/early ‘90s. They played over 200 shows, sharing stages with **Iggy Pop, the Ramones, Sonic Youth, the Hard-ons, GOD, the Hoodoo Gurus, The Divinyls, Poison **and **Skid Row**. Formed in 1988, **Girl Monstar** gained a reputation as a formidable live act and made an impact with their all-too short recording career. Two singles –** ‘Surfing on a Wave of Love’** and **‘Joe Cool’ **topped the Alternative charts in 1989 and 1990, both nominated for **Best Independent Release** at the **ARIA Music Awards**. They appeared on TV shows** Countdown Revolution, The Big Gig, Rage** and **The Factory** and released the one album **‘Monstereo Delicio’** in 1992. First single** ‘Blue Cat With Green Eyes’** was the impetus for the reunion and was written by Sherry as part of a Philosophy Unit while studying a Creative Arts Industries degree in 2017. ***“It was a song that didn’t fit my other music projects,”**** says Sherry. ****“I thought right away, this is a Girl Monstar song. Sue [drummer of Girl Monstar] and I tracked drums and rhythm guitar then sent files to Anne in Nashville to add twelve string, lead guitars and harmonies. On the first listen I thought.. we’re back! Once the seed was planted everything flowed so easily and we were just carried along.*** ***“The track sat around for a while until noted sound engineer Chris Dickie [the Pogues, Kirsty MacColl] asked if there was a song he could mix to try out some new gear in his studio. It came out so well the band decided to record more songs.”*** ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/32256/7c281410-964c-bb20-ce32-8dfda0d7ed6d.jpg) After splitting originally in 1993 – their last show was a fiery gig the first **Melbourne Big Day Out** – three of the four **Girl Monstar** members went onto noteworthy music careers. Singer/guitarist **Sherry Rich** switched up genres and formed the pioneering alt-country group **Sherry Rich & The Grievous Angels** (featuring **Steve Connolly **and** Charlie Owen** on guitar) before a ten-year stint in Nashville working as a songwriter and collaborating on two albums with members of **Wilco**. Returning home in 2006, Sherry continued with **the Grapes**, a 60s flavoured folk rock duo with **Ashley Naylor** and released her most recent solo album **‘The Divine Crimson V’ **in 2021. She has co-written with the likes of **Paul Kelly, Mick Thomas** and Nashville writers including **Jim Lauderdale, Tammy Rogers and Will Kimbrough**.  Lead guitarist **Anne McCue **relocated to Los Angeles and then Nashville, forging a career as a singer songwriter and producer, merging country and blues with rock and pop. She has released 8 solo albums, including **‘Roll On,’  BBC broadcaster Bob Harris’‘Album of the Year’,** and **‘Wholly Roller Coaster’** released in 2025. She has toured the US with **Heart** and **Lucinda Williams**, and played guitar on **Robyn Hitchcock’**s 2017 self-titled album. Anne is also radio host of **‘Songs on the Wire’ on Nashville WXNA**. Drummer **Sue Shaw** (**Sue World**), who had, while still at high school in 1981, formed the seminal all female Melbourne garage band **the Wet Ones**, has maintained a strong presence in the last 30+ years on the local garage scene with **the Exotics, Plastic Section** and **the Wraylettes**. Completing the line-up is bass player **Janene Abbott**, who had disappeared into the wilds of the Northern Territory, but was freshly divorced and had just bought a new bass and amp when Sue found her. She was ready to rock! With decades more musical and life experience under their belts and fired by the joy of reconnecting, **Girl Monstar** are back, stronger and more creative than ever with new songs informed by their unique experiences as women, feminists, mothers, musicians and activists. ***GRRRR!!***** will be released on Vicious Kitten Records on January 27, 2026. Itis available to pre-order now via Bandcamp, with the two singles available instantly to all who do: ****[GRRRR!! The Album | GIRL MONSTAR | Girl Monstar](https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a&id=51479aeb02&e=3758bcc5db)** **Girl Monstar on**[Instagram](https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a&id=d27e5fb4cd&e=3758bcc5db) **[Girl Monstar – YouTube](https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a&id=d997d52d7e&e=3758bcc5db)** ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/32260/571347288_122145133190938705_2896880977568942371_n.png)