Radio Birdman!

Ze gingen later verder onder een andere naam.

Weet je toevallig nog welke ?

Ik kom er niet op.

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Op donderdag 26 februari 2004 19:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:
scientists?

Volgens mij the New Christs.

Van AMG:

Although the best-known band of the early Australian punk scene of the late '70s was the Saints, the first band to wave the punk rock flag in the land down under was Radio Birdman. Formed by Australian émigré Deniz Tek (originally from Ann Arbor, MI) and Aussie surfer-turned-vocalist Rob Younger in 1974, Radio Birdman's approach to rock & roll was rooted in the high-energy, apocalyptic guitar rant of the Stooges and MC5, sprinkled liberally with a little East Coast underground hard rock courtesy of Blue Öyster Cult. Their first EP, Burn My Eye, released in 1976, was a great record and still remains a seminal chunk of Aussie punk. Loud and snotty, with Younger bellowing his guts out and Tek on a search and destroy mission with his guitar, this was a great debut that set the stage for the impending deluge of Aussie punk bands waiting in the wings. After the release of their debut LP, Radios Appear (the title comes from a lyric in the Blue Öyster Cult song "Dominance and Submission"), in Australia a year later, Radio Birdman seemed poised to break Aussie punk worldwide. And although the American label Sire (then the home of the Ramones) was quick to sign them and distribute Radios Appear internationally in 1978, there was a gap of three years before they released a second album, Living Eyes. During that time, dozens of other Aussie punk bands stole their thunder, and Radio Birdman split up almost immediately after Living Eyes was released. Sire never released the record outside of Australia, and Radio Birdman, who should have been the biggest band in Aussie punk, were now highly regarded punk forefathers. After the band split in 1978, various members were busy forming other bands: Tek formed the New Race with Younger, ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, and ex-MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, released a handful of solo singles and EPs, and became a surgeon; Younger started his own band, the New Christs, and produced records by the second generation of Aussie punk bands influenced by Radio Birdman, most notably the Celibate Rifles; other Radio Birdman alumni ended up in assorted Aussie bands such as the Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus, and Screaming Tribesmen. Now the grand old man of Aussie punk, Tek formed a part-time project with Celibate Rifles guitarist Kent Steedman that rocks with the same reckless abandon Radio Birdman did when they were changing the course of Australian rock forever. 2001 saw a renewal of interest in Radio Birdman thanks to an excellent compilation, The Essential Radio Birdman: 1974-1978, released by SubPop in the States.

Jeetje ik wist niet dat ze zoveel invloed hebben gehad. Er zijn alleen maar goede bands uit voort gekomen.

Daar moet ik eens naar luisteren, ik heb de naam al een aantal malen voorbij zien komen.
Ah ik weet ook weer waar:
What the MC5 and Stooges were to the '60s, what Sonic's Rendezvous Band and Radio Birdman were to the '70s, and what the Celibate Rifles were to the '80s — that's what Sweden's Hellacopters were to the '90s.
Bij de biografie van de Hellacopters dus. Gezien dat toch wel een favoriet van me is zou ik Radio Birdman best wel eens goed kunnen pruimen

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Op maandag 1 maart 2004 23:48 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Tuurlijk.

Scientists waren o.a. de voorlopers van Le Hoodoo Gurus. Nou ja. Aussies. Als je een land naar een trainingspak noemt, is de bevolking vast ook niet te vertrouwen.

Ken je de Hoodoo Guru's ? Eén van de beste albums ooit. Stoneage Romeos. Klassieker.

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Op donderdag 26 februari 2004 19:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:
scientists?

Van de scientists is toevallig net een 'nieuwe' plaat uit "Pissed On Another Planet", met een wel geinige omschrijving ivm recente topics over de ramones, punk en dit topic:

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1976...Punk Rock...London...New York...CBGB....., everyone makes those connections. HOWEVER! Seeds were taking root in much more far off and strange places back then.
Perth Western Australia, the most isolated capitol city in the world. Kim Salmon was developing his paralell universe of punk and from it came forth The Scientists - on e of the cornerstones of 'garage rock'.
'Pissed On Another Planet' cronicles The Scientists early experiments in those Perth years 1978-1980. The sound was a brash blend of punk rock and anglo pop quite different to the primal swamp grunge blueprint known and beloved by ' garage heads' the world over. 'Frantic Romantic', Last Night', 'Pissed On Another Planet', 'Teenage Dreamer'....all those collecter's faves..., they're all here, along with previously unreleased material from the very first time this band was captured on magnetic tape.

Ik heb hem nog niet, maar voor mij wel een aanrader deze plaat.