{"id":2674,"date":"2026-03-01T12:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:26:14","slug":"liva-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2026\/03\/liva-queens","title":{"rendered":"Liva Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Liva Queens was a short-lived band featuring Lisa and Lenny of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/03\/carnys\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"127\">Carnys<\/a><\/strong>. They played a few times in late 2001 including an appearance at <strong>Unityfest<\/strong> in Auckland before disbanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Origin<\/strong><\/td><td>Wellington<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Genre<\/strong><\/td><td>punk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Years Active<\/strong><\/td><td>2001<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Associated Acts<\/strong><\/td><td>Carnys, Flea Bitten Tramps<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Past Members<\/strong><\/td><td>Lisa White (bass)<br>Lenny Sparkles (vocals)<br>? (drums)<br>? (guitar)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Title<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Label<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Type<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Format<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Get Set Go<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2001<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Timeline<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2001, October 19-21, Punkfest<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter is-style-rectangular\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2690\" data-id=\"2690\" src=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_20_19_punkfest-364x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_20_19_punkfest-364x1024.jpg 364w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_20_19_punkfest-107x300.jpg 107w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_20_19_punkfest.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5932\" data-id=\"5932\" src=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_03-1024x790.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_03-1024x790.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_03-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_03-768x593.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_03-1170x903.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_03.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5933\" data-id=\"5933\" src=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_09-1024x789.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_09-1024x789.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_09-300x231.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_09-768x592.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_09-1170x902.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_10_19_punkfest_R5_09.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2001, December 14, Unityfest<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_12_14_unityfest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2672\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_12_14_unityfest.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_12_14_unityfest-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2001_12_14_unityfest-768x541.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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