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Early Australian punk band Radio Birdman formed in 1974 and began recording in 1976 when the single ”Burn My Eye” was released. They took their name from a misheard lyric in Stooges song, ”1970”. (The actual line is “Radio burnin’”) Their first LP, Radios Appear, showed diverse influences, including Detroit bands of the late 1960s, such as The MC5 and The Stooges. The album was totally ignored by commercial radio but was championed by Sydney station 2JJ (Double Jay) and became sufficiently successful in Australia to lead to a contract with Sire Records (US label, home of The Ramones), who released a different version of Radios Appear internationally. It took three years to record a follow-up, Living Eyes, and by then, the Australian punk scene had diversified and the band broke up before the LP was released.
The band’s lyrics reference US-born guitarist/main songwriter Deniz Tek’s home state of Michigan, with lyrics from tracks such as “Murder City Nights” referring to Woodward Avenue in Detroit:
“Cruising down Woodward gotta find me some action/Looking for a lover with a power reaction.”
Many of their other songs, such as “Hand Of Law” & “Descent Into The Maelstrom” deal in apocalyptic images of war and violence, but these are more than balanced by the lighter pop culture references of tunes such as “Aloha Steve & Danno”, an ode to the TV show Hawaii 5-0.
The band’s lyrics reference US-born guitarist/main songwriter Deniz Tek’s home state of Michigan, with lyrics from tracks such as “Murder City Nights” referring to Woodward Avenue in Detroit:
“Cruising down Woodward gotta find me some action/Looking for a lover with a power reaction.”
Many of their other songs, such as “Hand Of Law” & “Descent Into The Maelstrom” deal in apocalyptic images of war and violence, but these are more than balanced by the lighter pop culture references of tunes such as “Aloha Steve & Danno”, an ode to the TV show Hawaii 5-0.
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Essential Radio Birdman 1974-78
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Radios Appear
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derpsichord wrote:
Fuck yea
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hrrrpnx wrote:
download Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (1977) http://depositfiles.com/files/eieqzs84p
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vandaleyes wrote:
Pure rock & roll, baby! Love it!
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mrLjung wrote:
Real rocknroll, in its most pure essence, these guys should rule the world.
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Gohel wrote:
Criminally underrated.
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scotthome wrote:
New Race is playing in an Indy Car promo on the Vs Network in the US... The RB didn't have a car race in mind with they wrote the song...but its cool it hear it anywhere.
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crownanchor wrote:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, one of the biggest bands from my neck 'o the woods baby!!:):):) Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo OZ!!
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Plankton_82 wrote:
All right!!
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Crispy1014 wrote:
Ha! what a great band.
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kevster007 wrote:
The birds are the word......
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6:00 wrote:
Glorious, ripsnortin' rock 'n' roll.
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asfran wrote:
♥
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XguiltparadeX wrote:
I don't know why this band rules so much.
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weesheee wrote:
I had a dream about Radio Birdman a couple of nights ago. I ran into them on the train and was like, "Holy shit, you're Radio Birdman! My boyfriend loves you! Why isn't he here right now, he would be losing his mind!" And they just laughed.
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maulofsound wrote:
not as good as harvey birdman, but they had their moments.
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GeoffRymer wrote:
The fucking best! Although as I discovered when I bought a 2nd hand vinyl copy of Living Eyes to compare it with, the compilation has most of the bass missing for some reason...
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LordGazeau wrote:
Bought the "Radios appear" album some 30 years ago and I've been playing it since then :) Timeless rock'n'roll
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jakville wrote:
A great album
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walruzzi89 wrote:
Yeah, wow, this ís cool!
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Coo'. Top listener
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