The songs deemed too rude for Queensland in 1989

The Fitzgerald inquiry delved deep into the seedy underbelly of police corruption and prostitution that permeated Queensland in the 1980s.

But what particularly worried some Queensland conservatives was the lewd songs the youths of 1989 were playing on their Walkmans.

Lyrics from Australian rock band AC/DC were tabled by Nationals MP Howard Hobbs during debate on the Fitzgerald report in 1989.Credit: Mark Wilson

Bands such as AC/DC, Guns N' Roses and the Beastie Boys drew the ire of two Nationals MPs during debate of the historic Fitzgerald report on July 7.

Member for Mount Gravatt Ian Henderson said the Fitzgerald report failed to deal with the issue of drugs and pornography.

"I seek leave to table a series of documents that are grossly obscene and indecent, yet are available today in Queensland," he said while tabling copies of lyrics of pop songs.

"I think that the children of Queensland are going to suffer infinitely more damage from reading this outrageously indecent material than from anything that has come out of the Fitzgerald inquiry.

"This is a greater danger and infinitely more threatening to the future welfare of this society."

Member for Warrego Howard Hobbs was similarly perturbed and complained Commissioner Tony Fitzgerald made scant reference to pornography in his report.

"I have here some documentation that is available through some music shops throughout this state," he said, tabling another list of song lyrics.

"They are examples of the types of things that Mr Fitzgerald should have been addressing.

"They are absolutely vulgar.

"They are all to do with prostitution and pornography."

The Queensland Parliament tabling office has delved into its archives to uncover which song lyrics were tabled.

The full list of songs

• AC/DC - Hells Bells; Given The Dog A Bone
• Alice Cooper - I Love The Dead; Cold Ethyl
• Kiss - Almost Human
• Guns N' Roses - Anything Goes
• Metallica - To Live Is To Die
• Motley Crue - You're All I Need
• Slayer - Altar Of Sacrifice; Necrophobic
• Bathory - The Rite of Darkness; Sadist (Tormentor)
• Poison - I Want Action
• Beastie Boys - Hold It Now, Hit It
• Painters and Dockers - Kill Kill Kill
• Mercyful Fate - Evil; At The Sound of the Demon Bell; Into The Coven; Black Funeral
• Chainsaw - Born To Kill
• The Feederz - Jesus Entering From the Rear
• Chaotic Discord - I F---ed The Pope; Positive Shithead; F---ing Fun, Masturbation; Dirty Words
• Dead Kennedys - I Kill Children; Too Drunk To F---
• Legions - Voyeur
• Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - Slit My Wrists
• Legions of Darkness - Merciless Death

Under the lyrics for Australian rock band Painters and Dockers' song Kill Kill Kill, Mr Hobbs' document notes: "The rock group Painters and Dockers claim that they sing this song for fun. Joking about killing people is no fun in the opinion of most people."

The list also included the You've Got To Be Obscene To Be Heard record by English punk-rock band Chaotic Discord, which featured sexually explicit drawings on the inside "cover" sleeve, as well as a message:

"Warning! We have been instructed by our legal advisers to release this record in a plain white gatefold sleeve, with the original planned cover on the inside. We have been forced to warn you that the sleeve and contents are of a sexually explicit and offensive nature and should be kept away from minors. Should you open this sleeve or listen to the enclosed record and find it offensive, you have been forewarned! This record should not be made available to anyone under the age of 16."