Chris Masuak Australian Interview - Talks Radio Birdman, Hitmen, New Christs and Iggy Pop days

Enjoy this very insightful and interesting chat with Chris Masuak, influential member of Radio Birdman and The Hitmen. Chris has played in the bands Screaming Tribesmen and The New Christs and his musical style ranges from Detroit rock to country . Now based in Spain, Chris and his band members enjoy a dedicated following and continue to play and produce excellent work.
Hear some of Chris's stories and views of his time in Australia and much more. Make sure you check out the tour dates and catch a gig! The dates are listed in the video and on his website.
You can listen and learn more about the artists and the music on most platforms such as the website listed here and Spotify. There's also a great book you can find on the website.
Mark your diaries! Touring May and June 2023! the dates
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Fri May 19 St Peters NSW
Sun May 21 Woy Woy NSW
Fri 26 Northcote VIC
Sat 27 Geelong VIC
Sun 28 Canberra ACT
Fri Jun 2 Newcastle NSW
Sat 3 Jun Bellingen NSW
Sun 4 Southport Gold Coast QLD
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[@andrerock6754]

Really cooli nterview! Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated!

[@Gioia67]

Glad you enjoyed it!☺️

[@kevinteal5218]

Love your videos, I was living in Sydney, as a twenty something during that time, great memories

[@Gioia67]

Glad you enjoyed it Cheers👏👏👏😍😍😍

[@alexjohnson4778]

A very nice interview.

[@Gioia67]

Thank you 👌😀✌️

[@grahamhood1323]

Good interview Gioia, The Johnnys were first support for the Iggy Shows back then, Spencer and I were outside Iggy's dressing room at the Tivoli when he walked out puffing on a cigar butt, Jonesy had an unlit ciggy in his mouth and asked Iggy for a light, Iggy flicked the butt at him and said "I shit on your nose" SPJ picked it up and lit his ciggy, we ended up trading it for a couple of drinks at the bar after the show. I thought the bass player was kinda friendly but realised he was trying to pick me up which freaked me out no end. SPJ and I got into a fight at the Newcastle gig after we played, fighting for our lives in front of Rob Younger as the New Christs played on, we did the next show at The Family Inn with black eyes, Anthony Healey is right, they did the Batman Theme 7 times, the band were all shaking their heads and yelling "no, no" every time Iggy asked them to play it again. Can't wait to see Chris at the Link and Pin, I'll be playing in the support band

[@Gioia67]

🤣🤣🤣 great stories.cheers. See u at the Woy Woy gig ✌️

[@anthonyhealey7120]

I saw that first Iggy tour - at the Prairievale Tavern in far western Sydney of all places - and can vouch for the 'ordinaryness' of Iggy's backing band The Christs were of course excellent. Iggy was a little bit odd, at one point he said something like "If you're (the public) are going to be so boring, I'll turn my back to you for the next song." Which he did. Much later, at a Birdman show in Ulm, Germany (2007), John Needham told me that at a show during that first tour (The Family Inn?) Iggy got a bit sulky and did the same song multiple times, possibly for the whole gig - my memory is a bit vague on the details. Pity I can't post my excellent photo from the Tavern gig here.

[@thei-94barman50]

He used the Batman theme as a weapon of crowd destruction on that tour.

[@Gioia67]

Wow! Don't tell me he played at Greenfield Tavern??? I went to school across the road there during thst period . Prairiwood is the next suburb..Greenfield Park Tavern or Marconi club are the closest venues. Wow that's a great story. Put thst photo up on a Facebook page . Awesome 👌

[@johnathanwetherill456]

Great . So who is your next interview ? You have to talk to the Jets and Gleeso !

[@Gioia67]

🤣🤣 I talk to him often at gigs.he gave me some stories about a newcastle venue