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{{Short description|Australian band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Freaked Out Flower Children
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| origin = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| genre = [[Flower power]]
| years_active = {{start date|1991}}–{{end date|1993}}
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| associated_acts = Battle Happy, [[Mighty Big Crime]]
| website = 
| current_members =
| past_members = Gumpy Phillips Tricky J [[Sophie Lee]] [[Nicky Love|Nicole Love]] [[Fiona Ruttelle]]
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'''Freaked Out Flower Children''' were an Australian band which formed in 1991 with actress and TV presenter, [[Sophie Lee]], on saxophone and vocals.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Other members were Gumpy Phillips (ex-Battle Happy, Mighty Big Crime) on guitar and vocals; Tricky J (Mighty Big Crime) on synthesiser; [[Fiona Ruttelle]] on backing vocals; and [[Nicky Love|Nicole Love]] on backing vocals.<ref name="McFarlane"/> They played 1960s-style [[flower power]] music. Their debut single "[[Spill the Wine]]" – a cover version of [[Eric Burdon]] and [[War (U.S. band)|War]]'s 1970 hit – reached No. 31 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] in 1992.<ref name="AusChartsSpill"/> In December 1991 the group issued their debut album, ''Love In'', on [[Virgin Records]], which was "full of syncopated beats and breezy melodies".<ref name="McFarlane"/> A second single, "Beautiful People" was released in March 1992. However the group's "retro-cabaret and day-glo focus ... did little to foster a sense of longevity". They disbanded in 1993.<ref name="McFarlane"/>

==Members==
* Gumpy Phillips – Guitar, vocals
* Tricky J – Synthesiser programming
* [[Sophie Lee]] – Saxophone, vocals
* [[Nicky Love|Nicole Love]] – backing vocals
* [[Fiona Ruttelle]] – backing vocals

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref name="Aus">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Love In''
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* Released: December 1991
* Format: CD
* Label: [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| align="center" | 81
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref name="Aus"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2023/03/week-commencing-30-march-1992.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 30 March 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
! scope="row" | "[[Spill the Wine]]"
| style="text-align:center;" | 31
|rowspan="2" | ''Love In''
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | "Beautiful People"
| style="text-align:center;" | 102
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Freaked Out Flower Children' | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803184542/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=617 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=617 | last = McFarlane | first = Ian |author-link= Ian McFarlane | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | archivedate = 3 August 2004 | year = 1999| isbn=1-86448-768-2 }}</ref>

<ref name="AusChartsSpill">{{Cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Freaked-Out+Flower+Children&titel=Spill+The+Wine&cat=s | title = Freaked Out Flower Children – 'Spill the Wine' | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien | last = Hung | first = Steffen | accessdate = 4 October 2012 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Australian rock music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1991]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1993]]

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