Radio Birdman - TV Eye (1977)

[pinballwizard150]

Raw and Heavy... Grunge needs to give this band a huge IOU!!

[beetle1835]

used to see rb at surry hills and narrabeen hotels back in the day,deniz,rob fkn legends

[TheKzag]

these guys bar a couple, are playing i n Thirroul tomorrow night...

[kulz59]

Radio Birdmen rule...

[Koolkitties]

These guys really liked funhouse

[zombieman49]

We need to bring this back into the music of today!

[UrbanGuerilla88]

WOW awesome cover.

[DJMarcO138]

My older brother turned me on to this band last week...dunno how I never knew about them until then, but damn - Radio Birdman was the shit!!!

[nzoz1977]

@raindogred i'll see what i can do

[Lungomolto]

G-R-E-A-T one of the best band ever along with the stooges, MC 5 and New York Dolls

[sonicsteev]

pure frenzy attack! stooges will do that 2 u! fast sped up ron asheton riffs!

[foiran]

when Punk was Punk, dickyeah

[upstairskey]

tat me up and call me peacock

[TheTHESTOOGE]

man i got a mike stand like the singers useing a vintage one i found in my garage. always feel cooler when useing it

[Wehategod]

Sheer Energy Man I recently Downloaded Radio Birdman Album i-tunes best of I love It great Stuff From Australia seriously Last Words The saints and Radio birdman and the Boys next door. How is the Punk Scene in Australia now adays?

[nzoz1977]

@Wehategod

You might want to look into the Melbourne underground scene. They seem to be sticking to their guns... just avoid the boy-band punks like Short Stack and you'll be fine... look into the Melbourne scene first.

[LaSolarGuitar]

@Wehategod Just saw Rob Younger perform with the New Christs in Lismore (N. NSW) sat. night and they still went hard. Celibate Rifles also played + other local punk bands. The scene is still happening and everyone had a great night.

[73mandala]

seen birdman a few times in oz in the 70s and they did the loudest gig i've ever heard half the crowd went outside it was awesome,those guitarists had our fillings falling out,glasses and bottles rattling and falling of tables people throwing up from the volume,these were the greatest days of rock n roll

[beetle1835]

still got the original birdman armpatch

[ZLUGGO]

Great version of a great tune.

[regusted]

Das' some badass sh*t right there!

NYC 2006 Radio Birdman Irving Plaza NYC - Best show ever!!!!!

[jimmbrady]

Radios Appear & Living Eyes - both albums are classics --

[Osloboditelj]

Birdman really did love the Stooges, didn't they?

[Voidchaser]

yep

[73mandala]

@Osloboditelj yes they were massively influenced by the stooges

[monkeykrueger]

i'm soo buzzed out the 'bird man 'rule..... too fucking much

[tonygb51]

PIP (Phillip Hoyle ) Keyboards.... was my family Doc for a few years when I lived in Taree NSW. last I heard he was the Boss or Med director at Taree base Hospital, very nice man.

[orangestoneface]

@tonygb51 hmm, most punks used drugs, then into medicine, hmm , easy acsess to drugs , or maybe not.

[maccnor]

Wow has bought back many memories,saw the band many times.I live in Geelong and saw them 3 times in 77 @ the Eureka Hotel what a band and still are. I have on video somewhere Rob Younger on Sounds talking about the upcoming New Race tour and taking the piss outta Donnie Sutherland very funny, must find and upload it. thanks for the memories, maccnor

[MattHatter]

MY GOSH! This band was so freakin' KICK ASS! Damn, almost makes The Clash look pale by comparasion. Very unfortunate these guys didn't get their due here in the States and that The Saints are better known when it comes to Aussie punk rock, not that The Saints don't kick ass too!

[rotcafarg]

Almost?

[hillsram]

Even Iggy would dig this.

[aaarrrggghhhh]

Absolutely he would.

[nameerf61]

no more Birdman after 77.

[epiphonic232]

Birdman reformed in '96 and played on and off 'til '07 - did 2 tours of the States.

[vermiciousk1]

yeah and they were friggin phenomenal.. saw them in baltimore .. sans pip but regardless they were spot ON!

[epiphonic232]

That show was a bit of a bummer for me cause of some weird dude who kept trying to dance with me. Chased me to the back by the bar. D.C. the year before was better.

[NapalmScum]

The vocalist has taught me at TAFE a few times. I never knew for a while.

[almightyzoso]

you lucky bastard :D

i'd kill to get one of their albums these days, let alone meet one of 'em

:D

[lukegarry15]

Fuck yeah!

[johnnycon]

Looks like the 60s the way the crowd dress and dance around.

[skjadhglsdl]

"such a great cover"

James Newel Ostemberg.

[11spike7]

Deniz Tek is one helluva guitar player.

[mangaspiked]

man awesome cover guys very intense

[mauri2185]

Exelent cover

[0moretones]

Great wild video!

Check New race, the superband of members of the stooges, MC-5 and Radio Birdman

[witeheaven]

puahhh!!! revolting!!

[nzoz1977]

You really do not know what music is, do you?

[UnwashedMusician]

@witeheaven pffft...

[oldredun]

@witeheaven . . . . hope you lucked onto some good taste in the last 2 years . . .

[mbyok]

Utter magic, somehow very overlooked

And what did Seymour Stein do to them?

Severely underrated but what genius.

[carleiscarroll]

yeahhhh

[mrenk]

One of the best covers ever, I prefer it to the original.

[zorbadegeek]

I finally get to see how these guys were live! I've been a fan of theirs for donkeys. Long live You Tube!

[aaarrrggghhhh]

Brilliant. I've been a fan since my teenage years... long time ago, and have never seen this before. Thank fuck for you tube.

[lordsod69]

Bloody brilliant! saw these guys in Brisbane yrs ago, Rob Younger-the singer, put my name on the door! i would say that this cover is just as good, if not better, as the original Stooges version, and i'm a huge Stooges fan!

[dildoid189]

primal, really cool

[brincacequias]

Oh my god!!!!!, That´s rock!!!!!!!!!!

[spadge321]

hey youtube is ok...

if i upload

the suburban lawns doing JANITOR

can one of you dudes upload that new race track you were on about

come on guys,, !!

[nzoz1977]

i did upload New Race. It's on this very account.

[nzoz1977]

Oh, and The Suburban Lawns doing JANITOR (television version, not video clip) would be greatly appreciated!!!!

[spadge321]

it's on my page ... they are lovely ,,, she is like a female version of IAN CURTIS,,, check it out,,,,

[nzoz1977]

will do!

[chikolocallo]

NZOZ, not New Race the song; New Race the Band. You've got so much other great stuff, is there any chance you have Nov 22nd 1963 or any other New Race stuff form that '81 tour? Probably wishful thinking. I don't even know if any part of the tour was filmed. Anyone else know?

[nzoz1977]

Oh yes, that New Race! I completely forgot about New Race, the band. I think I saw the mentioned song already up on YouTube... it might have been footage of Birdman doing the song. Sadly, I do not have any New Race material.

[scoutthedoggie]

New Race video does exists, I have some on a Betamax tape, I think its camcorder shot, I seem to remember seeing more footage in other collectors lists as well twenty years ago, no doubt something will turn up on Youtube in time.

[nameerf61]

mc5 stooges radio birdman my best prefered band!!!

[scoutthedoggie]

You have to like the 13th Floor Elevators as well?

[nzoz1977]

Roky Erikson has some cool shit.

[raindogred]

@nzoz1977 you should chuck the rolling stones in as influnces in your comments-start a trend:) Birdman did stones covers in their live show, for that matter so the MC5, and they definitely were an influence on every 60s garage band especially the likes of 13th floor elevators. Younger at one stage in the 90s had a fun stones cover band called Nanker Phelge (wiki it). don't mind me -just having a stones week on my ipod

[nameerf61]

13th floor e3levator, some t-rex stuff, etc...too

[denimdemon]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

[spadge321]

hey this is cool,, nice iggy cover,, anyone heard the chili peppers doing search and destroy ?

its ok man it's ok,,,

tiny

[Ninyae1]

Have you heard Birdmans November 22nd 1963?

Their most powerful song.

[nzoz1977]

Oh what a night!

[chikolocallo]

You are right. November 22nd 1963 is awesome and anyone into Birdman who hasn't heard it really should seek it out. However, its not a Birdman song, it was written by Ron Ashton after the demise of the Stooges when he was with Destroy All Monsters. The Birdman connection comes from the New Race live version from the '81 tour (New Race made up of Tek, Younger, Gilbert (Birdman), Ashton (Stooges) and Williams (MC5).

[Ninyae1]

Wow I saw that tour, while I knew Ashton was there I never realised that Williams was there too! Thanks for the update on the history of that song.

[reknawfiend]

Who is this Williams guy? I think you mean Dennis 'machine gun' Thompson.

[chikolocallo]

Whoops... Yeah, my mistake. Mr Thompson is who I meant. Serves me right for trying to be such a know-it-all!

[reknawfiend]

Lol. The rest of your posting was spot on. I was just in a pedantic mood last night...

[scoutthedoggie]

Certainly one of my favourite TV performances by any band ever.