On their debut EP Love Me (1982), the lineup was King, bassist Scott "Tulu" Gildersleeve, and drummer Jack "Wimpy Rutherford" Hayes.

On 1984's Kicked Out of the Webelos EP, Wimpy had switched to lead vocals and Tulu to drums, with King on guitar and Keith Hages (ex Berlin Brats) on bass.

By 1986 drummer Hugh O'Neill had joined and Bobby Gaudreau was the band's singer, with King and bassist Kevin Kecy.

[3] King, Rassler, and Shore all later wrote that, in lieu of payment, Miller asked that the band bring him ingredients for his favorite martinis and promise to buy drugs from him.

"[3] Miller's contribution was minimal, according to Shore: "He basically just hovered over Sean, martini in hand, pointing to various dials and making subtle suggestions.

"[3] During this session the band recorded takes of the instrumentals "Strip Search" and "Squid Omelette", the latter titled after a dish that a friend had recently ordered at a restaurant.

[3] According to King, the material on Grow Up came from three separate recording sessions conducted at Fort Apache, all produced and engineered by Sean Slade.

[3] Reviewing the master tapes in 2007, King and Rassler tried to determine which drummers and bassists played on which recordings, but could not identify them all.

[4] Produced by Ben Weasel, who had brought the band to the attention of label head Larry Livermore, it was recorded by Mass Giorgini at his Sonic Iguana Studio in Lafayette, Indiana.

[4] Weasel remixed the album for its reissue on Lookout!, but the basic production level of the original recordings made it difficult for him to improve the sound of the tracks.

[4][5] Livermore was uncomfortable with some of the lyrics, particularly the song "Gay Boy" and the line "we may be the Queers but we ain't no fags" in "Junk Freak", worrying that fans of the label would find them homophobic.

artists in rescinding their master tapes and licensing rights from the label, invoking a clause in their contract citing delinquent royalty payments.

For the Grow Up reissue, King, Rassler, and Shore wrote new liner notes reflecting on this period of the Queers' history and on the various recording sessions that comprised the album.

On the other hand, 'Junk Freak' is an entertaining statement of purpose, and 'Gay Boy' finally addresses the suspicions of homophobia surrounding the band's name (as do King's revised liner notes on the Lookout!

More to the point, two songs illustrate what makes King's more puerile moments worthwhile; the winsome pop-punk love songs 'I'll Be True to You' and 'I Met Her at the Rat', a giddy tale of punk rock love set at Boston's famed punk club, are sweet, funny, and bubblegum-level catchy.

"[1] All tracks are written by Joe Queer, except where notedOn the original Shakin' Street release of Grow Up, the members of the Queers are listed as Joe King, Hugh O'Neill, Sean Rowley, and Greg Urbatis, with JJ Rassler, Kevin Kecy, and Magoo and Jeebs Pirhana credited as session players.

[8] The edition self-released by the Queers after Shakin' Street went out of business lists only the band's 1990 lineup of King, O'Neill, and B-Face (Chris Barnard).

Records lists this lineup and also credits Rassler, Urbatis, and the Pirhanas as session players, but omits Rowley and Kecy.