Radio Birdman - New Race (1977)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1977:

Radio Birdman performing the song 'New Race', taken from the 1977 album 'Radios Appear'.

Note: This is the legedary performance that Radio Birdman did at the Paddington Town Hall in April, 1977;along with The Saints. Johnny Kannis does the introduction on stage. Johnny would later front The Hitmen.

Band Origin: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Track: New Race
Album: Radio Appears
Composed By: Deniz Tek
Produced By: John Sayers & Charles Fisher
Label: Trafalgar
Chart Position:
Release Date:
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Birdman
- http://www.radio-birdman.com/

Line-up:

Rob Younger -- Vocals
[ Radio Birdman (1974-1981) -- New Race (1981) -- New Christs (1980-present with gaps) -- Radio Birdman reformed (1996-present) ]

Deniz Tek -- Guitar
[ TV Jones (1972-1973) -- Radio Birdman (1974-1981) -- The Visitors (1978-1983) -- New Race (1981) -- The Passengers (1982) -- Angie Pepper Band (1984) -- The Deniz Tek Group (1991-1993) -- Radio Birdman reformed 1996-present) ]

Chris Masuak -- Guitar
[ Radio Birdman (1977-1981) -- Hitmen (1977-1983) -- The Screaming Tribesmen (1984-1989) -- The Raouls -- New Christs -- The Juke Savages -- Klondike's North 40 -- Radio Birdman reformed (1996-present) -- Hitmen (2007-present) ]

Russell Hopkinson -- Drums
[ Radio Birdman (1974-1981) -- The Visitors (1978-1980) ]

Warwick Gilbert -- Bass
[ Rats -- Radio Birdman (1974--1981) -- The Hitmen (1979-1980) -- New Race (1981) ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1977 1977 Australia Late Seventies 1970's 1970s 70's 70s

Extended Tags: Rob Younger, Dennis Tek, Johnny Kannis, Hitmen, New Christs, New Race

Musical Terms: Proto-Punk, Punk, Hard, Rock, Aussie, Old Australian Band

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Radio
• Birdman
• 1977
• Australia
• Late
• Seventies

[TheMaskedJohnson]

How the HELL are these guys never mentioned in the same breath as The Ramones, Sex Pistols, MC5, Stooges, Clash, etc ???????

[nzoz1977]

@TheMaskedJohnson same reason The Saints and Canadia's Teenage Head don't.... they're not from the UK/US, which is an important aspect in the dogmatic world of popular music.

[CraxiProfessional]

Who's that white dressed dude. What for? Totally escapes me...

[nzoz1977]

@CraxiProfessional That is Johnny Kannis... a Radio Birdman fan and mascot. He later became famous as lead singer of The Hitmen (see nzoz1979, nzoz1981, nzoz1982 - just for reference) with a couple of other ex-Radio Birdman members. Johnny Kannis and The Hitmen are a very important chapter in the Radio Birdman trilogy.

[sirvidia]

@TheMaskedJohnson and Ramones were earlier too

[sirvidia]

@TheMaskedJohnson Stooges were earlier and MC5 were WAY earlier

[lucalanini]

Does anybody know if there other videos of this gig and if it was commercially released?

[ManFromMelbourne]

Been told that the 2 guitarists in this band (Denis and Chris) are step brothers. Anyone know if this is true or not?

[waternwine]

@TheMaskedJohnson I've never heard of them and I'm nearly 40 years old and know about the Go-betweens and Died Pretty but just today saw their name mentioned in some compilation thing away from this site.

[DwainDwight]

wow. knockout stuff. great recording!!

one of the greatest bands ever. period. unstoppable.

[ThaKunzlermichael]

Nice guitar break brothers and sisters

[stektelj]

This is fucking rockn roll!!!!!

[DanaDolly]

@DanaDolly year*

[DanaDolly]

I love Radio Birdman! They've become one of my favourite bands and I'm a 13-yea-old girl. Thanks dad! :)