Budgie - 05 - In The Grip of Tyrefitter's Hand

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is Budgie's third album, released in 1973.
This is the band's best known album and is notable for its inclusion of "Breadfan", the band's best-known song. Metallica recorded a cover version of "Breadfan" in 1988.
The album cover was done by Roger Dean, who has done much of the album artwork for progressive rock band Yes.
Tracklist:
1. "Breadfan" -- 6:10
2. "Baby, Please Don't Go" -- 5:30
3. "You Know I'll Always Love You" -- 2:15
4. "You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk" -- 8:51
5. "In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand" -- 6:29
6. "Riding My Nightmare" -- 2:42
7. "Parents" -- 10:25
Source: Wikipedia

[@tituscarter9688]

I love how they go from blusey, to psychedelic proto-heavy metal, then throw in some funky stuff. It's so delicious to hear.

[@mannyruiz1954]

That is what was so great about 70s, heavy bands. No fear, and the studios let them experiment.

[@pookiemartinez1745]

Well said Mate. RIP Burke

[@ItsBriiiiii]

this must be one of the best heavy metal songs ever

[@trevorfarr529]

Much underrated band

[@shpadoinkle906]

R.I.P. Burke Shelley! Thank you so much for decades of classic material sir. You will be sorely missed.

[@johnthonig8832]

Since 1971 ☮️

[@akaniewski9551]

Budgie - The most underrated band in the rock history !

[@chuck4096]

indeed!

[@spanishrock]

100%

[@tenorman57]

Saw them a good few times back in the day. Small band big sound XXX

[@tkatfun]

Saw them every time, they played in my hometown of San Antonio. La Semana Allegra! And every other concert, they played! 🐈🦏🐇❤️❤️🤟🤟🔮🔮

[@BeesBadAtLife]

Genuinely. I own this record on vinyl. Blew my mind when I first heard it.

[@trevorfarr529]

We need more Budgie fans

[@peterjamborthomas570]

In for the kill.... First and last budgie album. Hard to find these days

[@Hebrewlager]

Burke and Bourge were Budgie, in the same way Lennon and McArtney were the Beatles. Williams was a seamless replacement for Phillips. I can't blame Bourge for bowing out. Budgie's time had just not yet come. The studio albums with Burke and Bourge are a testament to all the talent that so often goes unrecognized. However few, we Budgie fans are indeed blessed.

[@spacefreak8903]

RIP Burke Shelley. You 've always been a legend to my ears!

[@johnthonig8832]

Same 🙏🙏🙏☮️

[@leeblackmore3025]

Burke was a lovely man.

[@robertwrightson6455]

I can never go to the tyre repair shop without thinking of this band.

[@johnthonig8832]

Same

[@Hollywood-pt6hr]

Yup. Everytime

[@iangillon6981]

I cant

[@johncarroll2285]

The riff, the bass, the pure simplicity of the complexity. Genius. Thanks Burke. Live on chap.

[@christianbavan2083]

simple !but well!

[@blessedspaghetti]

aw you fuckin killed him

[@martinpringle4650]

Awesome band saw live. Felt young again 😊

[@Rekko82]

Budgie is resposible for some of the coolest riffs. Breadfan is not the only one! This song is fantastic!

[@ItsBriiiiii]

i love playing this on guitar and drums

[@trevorfarr529]

Great album art work on all albums

[@DavidLazarus]

And, Zoom Club! That's always been a favorite of mine!

[@DavidRaymer-z4j]

Budgie always sounds to me like what later Rush records would have sounded like if John Rutsey didn't quit.

[@viennapalace]

I am old & I am more than my share of cynical but I just realized there is a group of people I actually feel sorry for on this God-forsaken rock - People who have never heard of Budgie...

[@johnthonig8832]

I am glad I discovered them in 1972. Fuck everyone else ☮️✌️

[@johnsweeney1964]

Some of us didn't want to admit to liking Budgie till they supported OZZY/BLIZZARD OF OZ 1980 Glasgow Apollo

[@viennapalace]

@@johnsweeney1964 That's sad on so many levels... 😉

[@Randomfuk]

Well said.

[@FrechieSanchez]

😂🎉 no shit!

[@ingridwidell1286]

Un underrated group.........I like the sound of Budgie......Are they still playing now in 2023?RIP, Burke Shelley.........

[@gordonscott7442]

Saddened to hear of the passing of Burke Shelley at the start of jan 2022,a great singer and bassist,met him a few times at Budgie gigs, such a lovely bloke,he’ll be saddly missed🕊🙏🌹

[@johnthonig8832]

🙏🙏🙏☮️✌️

[@andrewcarr5923]

At least he left us a great body of work that'll never die🤟🤟🤟

[@rudisuryokusumo860]

In the 1982 during my teens hood...i like Budgie...even Budgie was not so well known enough such as Led Zeppelin & Deep Purple. Jakarta Indonesia 1982.

[@gjb79ful]

I don't understand why Budgie weren't as big as Zepp or Sabbath, they were every bit as good if not better.

[@TheBoone57]

The greatest band that no one heard of.

[@peterharris9608]

Quite right - unbelievable considering some of the shite that sold millions.

[@autoazure]

My first girlfriend cheated on me with a Tyrefitter! What a betrayal as a Budgie fan back then in the 1970s! Loved the irony!

[@MrSadsack56]

R.I.P Burke shelley. thanks for all the music!!

[@Danni100]

Takes me back 30 years, an 18 year old girl soaking in Prog rock, miss the vibe in the rock clubs in town, the long hair and leathers. Glad I experienced great music before all the crap came in x

[@bobstevens9040]

Me too. Followed them all round the country with a few mates at great risk to my hearing (flippin' 'eck they were LOUD!) in the 80's NWOBHM reboot. Great times. Great days of my golden youth.

[@ItsBriiiiii]

the best band most people don't know about!

[@ingridwidell1286]

Congratulations, Budgie! Like you a lot......Your sound is like a swedish dish called klappgröt.......God bless you!

[@eitantaub5503]

Just found out Burke Shelley passed away. I've been listening to Budgie for about a year - been hooked from the moment I heard "Breadfan". Listened to all the albums several times. I'm incredibly grateful to Burke Shelley for persevering with Budgie, and creating incredible music that will live on forever! May he rest in peace.

[@burnem10001]

What an awesome classic ! Together with "breadfan" & baby please don`t go" this tune is immortal in my ears and soul !

[@kevmwill60]

Saw them 3 times at Plymouth Guildhall. Seen a lot of top bands in my time and these guys are up there with the best

[@Simpy1KS]

First saw Budgie in 1973 - my first gig at Newcastle City Hall. The support was a four piece Judas Priest! Met Burke Shelly years later at a gig in Trillions in Newcastle. Really nice down to earth bloke - I was able to have a chat and a beer. Treasured memories of a very underrated band. RIP Burke.

[@mannyruiz1954]

Love the cover art by Roger Dean. RIP Burke.

[@losrolling8027]

This is my favorite BUDGIE album... followed by BANDOLIER 👊🏼💜🖤💜🖤💜✌🏿

[@tonyajohnson7948]

First heard this band back in 1976. A boyfriend had a kick ass stereo with turntable and monster speakers. He played Budgie a lot. I was hooked instantly.

[@Drumdude74]

R.I.P. Burke Shelley. :(

[@ixoye56]

This is one of the best album ever imo, I've been a huge fan since the 70's.

[@tonyhoward8699]

Yes,this band should have been huge, forever a fan, thought provoking lyrics,mega riffs and melodies, the change of pace in many of their tracks remind me of early Sabbath, privileged to have seen them 3 times, even crossed the Pennines from Bolton to Wakefield town hall to get my fix. Keeping the rock alive brothers and sisters.

[@williamprichard2570]

Saw them at the marquee club. Can't remember which year. Brilliant.

[@winnerkatt]

This indeed was great band. The name budgie was what kept them from really hitting the true lime light. This is also the inspiration band that brought us Rush if not for budgie there would have never been a band called Rush.

[@peterharris9608]

Quite right. Anyone who liked Sabbath, Led Zep, Cream etc can't not like Budgie. Should have been massive!

[@robertboydston3787]

Geddy Lee of RUSH cited these guys as a major influence on their sound and this is one of many songs that really shows where RUSH got the sound they became so famous for....

[@thewitchfindergeneral4015]

Man that riff in between the verses is fucking heavy!!! especially with the bass

[@trevorfarr529]

Budgie had some great song titles have a look and listen

[@neoplatypus]

Rest in peace Burke, discovered your pretty unknown but way-ahead-of-its-time band in 2018 when I started playing bass. A real underrated underground rockband! Will now try to learn some Budgie songs on bass.

[@UFO.Adelaide]

Up there with the best bass guitarist to walk on this planet he definetly left some heavy prints in the music industry

[@keithwillis7696]

I was once a tyrefiter, absolutely love this most underrated band,

[@iangillon6981]

Me still is 😃

[@johnmackenzie6905]

Still got all my Budgie album’s on vinyl 🎸

[@steveakhurst7845]

Envious as I have none left :(

[@williamleyva4956]

Yes I have Every Lp acknowledge the Guitar A Gibson SG

[@williamleyva4956]

Acknowledge the guitar: Gibson SG

[@williamleyva4956]

Gibson SG

[@4tuneagent]

Me too!.. Prized possessions for Vinyl..

[@TheCardhold]

How did I miss this band ?? I thought I had heard it all during the day. Budgie is absolutely great!!

[@chuck4096]

mis-interpretation good sir

[@maramaomeow6896]

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

[@trevorfarr529]

Napoleon bonaparte parts 1and 2

[@Meandgenevieve]

Yes a happy chap i am too, having got this, In For the Kill and Bandolier in the late 70s. certainly up with the really famous bands.

[@bobbythompson8005]

Wicked riffs.

[@markhoult599]

Very underated Band .Excellent musicians all three ...Burke is a Legend ...

[@keithbradley5243]

Bought this album twice. Once on vinyl when I was still at school in 1974 and then later on CD so I could listen on CD. Bet the lads wouldn't recognise Butetown now as the gentrified Cardiff Bay area.

[@InjunAli]

I am a Tyre/tire fitter!! whoooooo hoooo budgie! A band tribute to my trade!

[@williamleyva4956]

The sound is from a Gibson SG I played for for my doctoral degree

[@williamleyva4956]

Acknowlege the guitar" Gibson SG

[@williamleyva4956]

''the guitar is 'a 'gibsoh Sg

[@f0njoe927]

@@williamleyva4956 sorry what type of guitar is It? If only you made that comment on every other comment maybe id know 🤔

[@rebirth70]

Classic tune by these underrated founders of heavy. GOd/Jesus bless and save all that read this. have a blessed day.

[@jjakesquid]

and to you sir

[@TheBoone57]

Best comment that I have heard in a long time!

[@williamleyva4956]

Acknowlege the tool a Gibson SG

[@williamleyva4956]

Acknowledge the guitar: Gibson SG

[@centralscrutinizer9591]

Beast of a band!

[@matthewbirkeland-green4356]

Budgie...that name...Mr Shelley, really? what were you thinking! Back in the day they were the band to see. Their song titles...amazing! Tony Bourgh should get the recognition he deserves.

[@brendanoconnor4444]

I am 60. Heard these sounds 30 years ago. Still amazing.

[@winnerkatt]

This is the band that brought us Rush.

[@iangillon6981]

Good Point!! :)

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

In the grip of Budgie's talent...

[@gilesglossop5071]

Bloody hell, I love this band, from the proto grunge of the first two albums, to the classic era epics like this, Parents and Zoom Club etc to the hard rocking funk of "If I were Brittania...." and "Impeckable". Awesome. Black Sabbath + Little Feat = Budgie

[@martinkyle1463]

Great bass playing from Burke Shelley on a very heavy track.

[@williamleyva4956]

Acknowledge the guitar" Gibson SG

[@J450NRS11]

@@williamleyva4956 He was talking about the bass, Burke played a Fender

[@trevorfarr529]

Give this band a listen they have been going for years top rockers

[@wander_joseph]

i discovered this band trough one rock channel called kazagastão and i'm was curious about Budgie, because i never heard this band before. when i listened Breadfan i loved it ! but i had been stayed sad with Burke's passed away. I would have liked to have seen him play. He will be always in our hearts. greetings from Recife-Brazil

[@homeworldmusic]

This is THE Budgie contribution. Be humbled, and slide into the groove. It's a wave, and you? You can ride, crash, or observe.

[@adamwagner2574]

Ride the groove man

[@timmillan6701]

This bass rocks

[@0911christopher]

Lyrics You've got your feelings And your old fashioned feelings About the world and its ways No retribution no simple solution I think we're caught in a maze And all that plunder And that feeling down under It tends to gnaw at you We're in the grip it's a total eclipse And the tyre fitter's got you Now let me explain this feeling of pain Comes from the man at the top His grip is so tight, his political might The tyrefitter will not stop He's bleeding your brain He'll drive you insane Nobody is making a move He'll give you a pen, but he's got him his gun Yeah the tyre man is oh so shrewd I'm licking my wounds and I'm mending my bones And catching the wind out of town We're all in the grip of the tyrefitters hand And it's doing me some harm We're running away and it just ain't the way You gotta get it into yourself Watch what we do, yeah we gotta make do And hide it away on a shelf

[@lta6494]

I work in a tire factory making tires, to be honest I mostly scream at the robot that makes them, and I love this song!

[@homeworldmusic]

I was counting the awesome riffage for a FB group post and came up with at least 8. That's more than Zep or Sabbath in one song!

[@delvinhodges2831]

I love this fucking band!!! My favorite i never had one but they are far superior to any current bands..nobody just rocks no frills no bullshit like budgie funk hard rock heavy blue nwobhm what ever you wish to label them it doesn't matter cause they are still the shit..!!!!!!!

[@billupd3851]

delvin hodges yes, I totally agree, I've been listening to these guys for 40 yrs. found they're aldums in Germany, they are the shit!!!

[@ClarkieBoy]

Magic. I still have the vinyl ;-)

[@Honeysucklebommie]

I think each thumbs up is a 'so have I.'

[@alansweeney1958]

Steve Clarke me too mate 👍

[@cobrax2439]

#METOO

[@BeesBadAtLife]

Bloody brilliant record. Too bad I don't have the cover for it :'(

[@williamleyva4956]

I have all and Play a Gibson SG and have a Doctorate of Music I owe allegeince to Shelly Burke

[@JackT13]

This album is truly a masterpiece. I can think of countless rock albums afforded this label, with many skippable tracks. This album however is superb from front to back

[@stevenhendry841]

This is epic song great riff and middle 8 before the guitar riff love it

[@strato4925]

das war die beste musik ohne computer, ohne handy !!!

[@lucillewagner4162]

Very good album ,still got it

[@jkoslicki]

a great band from wales

[@andyskiles9542]

The outro hooked me in a record store in Seattle, circa 1990-91. Unreal.

[@4tuneagent]

This jam never gets old..

[@davidholman3470]

Great band and as lots of people say, very under-rated.

[@azmountaineer4630]

Budgie f'n rocks ...

[@EmmaLynch67xx]

What a guitar rift xx

[@williamleyva4956]

jGibsob SG

[@losrolling8027]

BUDGIE ROCKS 💜💜💜

[@christianrodney8480]

23 now first heard this band when I was 18 n wow they still sound great after all those years

[@karl9091]

Budgie, as per the comment I just read about Budgie being the most underrated band, yep, I agree, but they have influenced so many other bands...

[@juliecook879]

Great underrated band!

[@SuperTommyFull]

Damn! I should listend to Budgie more often! Great Music!!

[@marcinbaj3000]

RIP Burke! What an inspiration you was!

[@judymcmaster9666]

omg forgot this band, who doesnt love them!!!!

[@Brook987]

Earth should be controlled by Budgie!!!

[@trevorfarr529]

They are most definitely underrated

[@TheBhunt1]

Bass is thumpin'

[@robertbowman8907]

Great Album and great artwork by Roger Dean

[@gman-uy8ze]

MONSTER BAND. NO MODERN METAL JUNK WILL EVER TOUCH THIS BAND.

[@jahfree9389]

top track for me.. in the grip....

[@thomasduncan1032]

They should've been huge, shame, way better than most bands of there day

[@williamleyva4956]

Acknoweldge the tool a Gibson Sg

[@williamleyva4956]

Gibson SG

[@centralscrutinizer9591]

@@williamleyva4956 yes, we know it's a Gibson SG.

[@robertcooper411]

Way better than most of today's crap masquerading as rock as well.

[@patrickdoake6022]

One of my choice tracks budgie rock on in the afterlife shelly ✌️😎

[@homeworldmusic]

really THE most bad ass groove ever set to vinyl

[@hermygagala]

All the unfortunate people who haven't heard of them!!!

[@billupd3851]

hermygagala 40 years for me!!!

[@hanslundquist8089]

And those who say's that "Breadfan" is a Metallica tune!

[@angiesan2838]

What happened? Anyone know why there was a gap in US marketing, radio play, gigs (including not limited to band turnover) I was told " this was an export from Wales) Always thought they should have headlined in the states .I have my own suspicions but don't want to create conspiracy theories.

[@johnthonig8832]

@@angiesan2838 Good question Who knows?

[@ItsBriiiiii]

​@@angiesan2838 it's because they did not take themselves or the music seriously enough to want the international stardom and the things that go along with it. They shunned superstar status of bands like Zeppelin and Sabbath along with the drugs and dark lyrics. They didn't promote the band to those levels and neither did the record company. Burke Shelley had said things like this in the past, anyway.

[@Rock-iw7ov]

Just got this album today for Christmas

[@roryobrien8509]

Best band outta Wales! DONTCHATHINK!!! Peace.

[@notlrachtron]

the riff at 3.00 ....awsome

[@paulgrasemann5826]

Ya, i forgot about this! Haunting- deep.

[@gsquaredthebassman]

Badass bass - oh my!

[@bonscottrules]

Sweet Riff!!!

[@robertcooper411]

Awesome song say no more

[@JamesCampbell-cg5xr]

What a tune 👌

[@kamilabudzynska3500]

kiedyś wyszydzani...przez naszych radiowych pseudofachowców,ale, ola to...są git,a po kilkudzisięciu latach...coś pięknego.że są w sieci,dzięki

[@gman-uy8ze]

this is it, the peak of metal.

[@UFO.Adelaide]

Been listening to the Welch version of cream as far as I a concerned ! original heavy duty riffs but the capability of melodies they definetly underrated still listening after 40 years

[@allanfmarsden]

*Welsh

[@trevorfarr529]

Brilliant

[@filosofemhliskjalf]

Running away Just isn't the way You got to get it yourself Watch what we do We just gotta make do And hide away on the shelf!!

[@careyjohnson4008]

Bad assery

[@tomsanders9491]

WOW!!! HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SINCE MY FIRST LIVE IN GIRLFRIEND STOLE MY 3 BUDGIE ALBUMS IN 1981

[@joannecairns4263]

Well - at least she had good taste! :-)

[@MrLinki1212]

is she still alive?

[@avi_s0ncin0]

Geddy Lee of Rush looks and sounds so much like Burke Shelly, most definitely a influential band for him

[@themcgeachys]

Just brilliant