Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno Reaction

[@sdwill66]

I wonder if the Haniers are ready for a spot of TISM? Maybe "He'll Never Be AN Ol' Man River" or "Greg ,The Stop Sign"? And for the video alone, "Thunderbirds Are Coming Out"...what a snapshot of an era.

[@heathcornbeef]

Showing your age ah? What? Hello hello is anyone there?my back hurts why can't i see anything hello is anyone there hello 🥱🥱😴😴😴💤💤💤

[@heathcornbeef]

Cynthia Chris once again not the first Thank you and i hope not the last thank you i hope you are enjoying this musical tour together around the world because i am having a hoot 👏👏👏👍💪👏🤘😆😁😄🤪😜 THANK YOU GUY'S

[@iankearns774]

I reckon so or maybe some Painters & Dockers.

[@heathcornbeef]

@@iankearns774 they sound like some wharf thug's

[@notguilty1467]

oh! painters and dockers! had forgotten them. awesome. also lime spiders?

[@DogInSpace]

Believe it or not, but the singer, Rob Younger, was the leadsinger of the Sunnyboys a little while after his time with Birdman. Jeremy Oxley asked if he could take over vocals as he felt he better represented youth. Old man Rob agreed and moved on to other great things. Sunnyboys also moved on to record great surf-powerpop classics. I was with a group of punks in Melbourne that loved Birdman, but that wasn't a too common thing in the Melbourne scene. A few were dubious about Radio Birdman. They were a Sydney band that mostly worked in the suburbs and were at odds with us Melbourne wimps that learned towards arty-farty punk like Boys Next Door and maybe, La Femme. Kinda laughable now because Radio Birdman was mostly made up of medical students, while La Femme were made up of ex-Sharpies (google them if you need clarity). This stuff still holds up to this day. I recommend check out Radio Birdman - Live at the Marryatville Hotels (1977). If a 14 minute gig film is too much, then just go for What Gives or New Race nzoz1977 Yeehup!

[@demolitiongirl-ie2rx]

Guitarist/co-founder, Deniz Tek, is from Detroit.. Guitarist, Chris Masuak, is from Kamloops The rest of them are Aussies... check out ''Descent into the Maelstrom'' (the deniz Tek upload)

[@heathcornbeef]

Until my Mum returns from 26 years of living in Australia mid September 👏👏👏👏💪😄this song is the best thing to leave the shores of Australia

[@GRAHAMESIMPSON]

You folks are really travelling down some arcane streets of Australiana - I always loved this song and I think the performance was filmed live at the Paddington Town Hall, a famous music venue in olden time in Sydney - chops to you two :)

[@garyfarrell954]

great band!!!

[@CameronMock-dd5nr]

Best band grew up with them saw them in July took my sons yeah

[@robbiegaddes4269]

When you put Australians , together with a super cool dude , from a Klondike, and a guy sniffing the fumes of a motor city you get the coolest music ever.

[@timmcgrath676]

Radio birdman is high and all the time ...the best

[@gerardcostello-j6b]

The Radio Birdman were a wild band in the 70s and 80s. They do a great version of the Doors LA Woman which was broadcast live on 2JJ in 1976.

[@jean-louisberlatier3433]

That's High Energy at its utmost, Pura Vida !

[@blueshorecreative3146]

Birdman is a great Aussie band. If you haven't listened to more, I recommend it. Also see them live if you get the chance. I saw them in Brisbane and they were awesome.

[@davidellis5141]

Excellent early days of Punk song. For some reason many who surfed 🏄‍♂️ got into punk in the early days. Free spirited individuals.

[@colrhodes377]

Hawaii 5 0 was one of my favourite shows when I was a kid. This was great and made me laugh because in my first band, we wrote a song called Bloodlust,and the guitarist could think of a suitable solo, so he played a speeded up version of the theme tune.

[@heathcornbeef]

Chris brother it was fun seeing you click and smile

[@hanierfamily]

I love the original theme song and the one for the new series. Obviously, they did, too.

[@heathcornbeef]

It's a real Rocker of a tune ah my friends hay that link i sent earlier early new Zealand punk with a skank it's brass heavy nice 👍

[@alwaysright3718]

Better than any American band...

[@letstalk3265]

Like The Saints, Radio Birdman are not punk. They play hard and fast rock. They're one of the greatest bands ever. Their first three albums are a must. Deniz Tek the lead guitarist was born in Ann Arbor Michigan and ended up finishing his medical degree in Sydney where he met Rob Younger and they formed the band. He is a dual citizen and when he did his National Service in the US Navy he was a flight surgeon and flew combat jets and whose call sign was ''Iceman'' and is heavily rumoured to be the role model for the character in the original Top Gun movie. This guy is a genius on too many fronts.

[@MsKatjie]

Seeing for the last time, this July 7th. They rock.

[@andysparks1973]

So lucky to see them live 20 years ago in Byron Bay . More chilled just as awesome .

[@liveitup67]

My husband loves this band. He and my older brother used to see them play back in the 70's. Radio Birdman and The Saints were never my thing. Split Enz's ''I See Red'' and Plastic Bertrand's ''Ça plane pour moi'' is the only punk accepted in my world. lol

[@SPKdesign1]

I haven't heard a lot by this lot but this is cool.

[@666marquis]

"Love Kills" is a slower, but very cool number by Radio Birdman as is the punkier "Murder City Nights" -- both songs are about Detroit, where Deniz Tek is from.

[@PhalseProfit13]

Please do descent into the maelstrom or any song, Monday morning gunk

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

One thing I forgot to mention. I worked with the guy that made this video. He made it in 1988 as a promo-clip for some Radio Birdman comp that was being released that year. He told me that Birdman/management gave him a whole lot of footage and photos for him to play with and this is what he came up with. I wasn't working with him in the film business. I was working with him in retail. I think he might have also edited some INXS videos in his past. Anyway, just thought I'd share that.

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

Add these to the list for future Radio Birdman inspection: *Radio Birdman - New Race nzoz1977* *Radio Birdman DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM Deniz Tek* I would request the TV performance of TV Eye and Kick Out The Jams, but it might get blocked by the Birdmen. Those three suggestions are great! DogsInSpace has been dropping this request, and I thought I'd help him promote it. The Reels - Misused Abused (visual + audio merge 2023)

[@PFay]

Often categorised as ‘punk’. Birdman actually arose prior to that at Sydney venues in 1974. Their seminal album Radios Appear released in 1976. Describing their sound as high energy rock and roll, guitarists Denis Tek and Chris Masuak were Detroit natives, which probably explains the band’s obvious Stooges & MC5 influences?

[@andylane3739]

Proto punk great Rock n Roll

[@phillipgreen3893]

the only tune I know by this band which I have on a compilation disc great tune

[@666marquis]

Radio Birdman are the BEST.

[@PhalseProfit13]

Excellent Excellent well done , pleas play more radio birdman they rule,

[@garrysalis4312]

Some say Aussie Thash 🎵

[@barrynelson7613]

Good review! Not Birdman's best song, but funny anyway. Their best songs include 'New race' (the brilliant studio 2:44 version), 'Hand of law', their fabulous cover of Roky Ericson's 'You're gonna miss me', 'Do the Pop', 'Love kills', 'I94', 'Breaks my heart', 'Hangin on' ... 'Crying sun' ... This band was/is the equal of the Stooges but almost completely unrecognised.

[@timmcgrath676]

The Birdman is flying now Radio up to the Birdman Descent into the maulstrom

[@peterbaker1522]

I love watching your reactions and its great to see people discover this stuff. But Birdman were not punk. Not that there's anything wrong with punk. But why do I care? Labels are silly

[@peterdawes1868]

Radio's we're not punk's. They we're flat out rock 'n' roll. Used to see them play quite often. Another Australian band you should look at is the Beasts of Bourbon. (Try, Ten wheel's for Jesus)

[@williamdowding3343]

Australian. We got rock

[@shanehumphries2392]

Ozzey punk before the sex pistols 1975? and more stuff too

[@Therenegadeaussie]

You do realise that it's from 1977?

[@CameronMock-dd5nr]

Too many

[@Buy_Me_A_Nightmare]

I have always loved these guys.