But staying power their records have, and they have been recognised with one of New Zealand independent music’s highest awards.
Yesterday, it was confirmed their 1991 release, Compilation won the Independent Music NZ Classic Record at this year’s Taite Music Prize awards.
The record collects their EPs Bewitched (1985), LBGPEP2 (1986) and This is This (1988).
Band member Lesley Paris, who now works as station manager at OAR FM, said yesterday she was "just chuffed" and "really surprised".
"It’s still quite surreal, really.
"When we recorded those songs, we really were not thinking that far ahead at all.
"It was nearly 40 years ago, so we're just gobsmacked that those recordings have been recognised in this way."
Look Blue Go Purple were key members of the Dunedin Sound, alongside bands such as The Clean, The Chills and The Verlaines.
"We weren't thinking of staying power, we were just having so much fun together.
"We were really lucky to be part of a scene with lots of great bands around who were our friends. It was pretty special."
"I'm a big fan of As Does the Sun, and I think Grace is really beautiful.
"There’s also the songs which we made videos for — like Cactus Cat — that people have really embraced. I love that."
In 1983, the band emerged in Dunedin, consisting of Canadian-born bassist Kathy Bull (now known as Francisca Griffin), along with vocalist, flute player and keyboardist Norma O'Malley, drummer Paris and guitarists and vocalists Denise Roughan, and Kath Webster.
Being an all-female band might have set them apart, Paris said.
"I think lots of women related to us, because we were singing about different things.
"It was really cool seeing women my age playing in bands— I suppose we were role models."
Asked if she had any advice for young women getting into music, she said "just do whatever you want to do".
"It’s so wildly different now, but it’s often just an instinct thing.
"We really listened to each other when we played, we were really engaged when we did play. It’s hard to be objective about it, but I just feel incredibly lucky to have been part of it."
