Radio Birdman are a punk band that formed in Sydney, Australia in 1974. The… Read Full Bio ↴Radio Birdman are a punk band that formed in Sydney, Australia in 1974. The band's best known lineup consisted of Deniz Tek (vocals, guitar), Rob Younger (vocals, guitar), Chris Masuak (guitar), Philip "Pip" Hoyle (keyboards), Warwick Gilbert (bass) and Ron Keeley (drums)

Radio Birdman formed in 1974 and began recording in 1976 when the single Burn My Eye was released. They took their name from a misheard lyric in The Stooges song, 1970. (The actual line is "Radio burnin'") Their first LP, "Radios Appear" showed diverse influences, including Blue Öyster Cult and Detroit bands of the late 1960s, such as The MC5 and The Stooges. The album was totally ignored by commercial radio but was championed by Sydney station 2JJ (Double Jay) and became sufficiently successful in Australia to lead to a contract with Sire Records (US label, home of The Ramones), who released a different version of Radios Appear internationally. It took three years to record a follow-up, Living Eyes, and by then, the Australian punk scene had diversified and the band broke up before the LP was released in 1978.

The band's lyrics reference US-born guitarist/main songwriter Deniz Tek's home state of Michigan, with lyrics from tracks such as "Murder City Nights" referring to Woodward Avenue in Detroit:

"Cruising down Woodward gotta find me some action/Looking for a lover with a power reaction."

Many of their other songs, such as "Hand Of Law" & "Descent Into The Maelstrom" deal in apocalyptic images of war and violence, but these are more than balanced by the lighter pop culture references of tunes such as "Aloha Steve & Danno", an ode to the TV show Hawaii 5-0. "Man With Golden Helmet" (which Tek wrote in high school) is one of their most cryptic efforts: "Man with golden helmet/drinks water from the faucet..plays with tiny children/on his way home from work...he's a top man/in the language department". Deniz Tek wrote most of the lyrics and music for the band

All members went on to other bands. Younger's New Christs would be more oriented towards hard-edged, blues-based rock and roll. Tek and Keeley and keyboardist Pip Hoyle's band, The Visitors, and guitarist Chris Masuak and bass guitarist Warwick Gilbert's The Hitmen continued the Radio Birdman sound. Tek, Younger & Gilbert played in a one-shot touring band called New Race, with Dennis Thompson of the MC5 & Ron Asheton of the Stooges.

In the 1996, the band reformed sporadically to play gigs, but a full-fledged reunion didn't surface until the 00's, with the 2006 album Zeno Beach being enthusiastically received. The band split once again in 2008.

In 2014, the band announced that Younger, Tek, Hoyle and Dickson announced that they would tour Australia as Radio Birdman to coincide with the reissue of their back catalogue.

Did't Tell the Man
Radio Birdman Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Radio Birdman:

455 SD 455-SD : I got a dream machine from the Promised LAnd Got …
Aloha Steve & Danno Got to get a line to Danno Got to pick up…
Anglo Desire Girl When you're walking down the street You never know I'm aroun…
Break My Heart Did she forget to write or she just had nothing…
Burn My Eye Burned My Eye : Seen your plane comin' down Seen your friend…
Burn My Eye '78 Kenworth rolling upside my head 88 spitting out burning lead…
Burned My Eye Seen your plane comin' down Seen your friends they was hang…
Crying Sun Strange proliferations growing like the trees out the ground…
Dark Suprise Stay awake for days And I start to see through the…

Dark Surprise Stay awake for days And I start to see through the…
Descent Into Mailstrom Took a ride on the ocean Started swimming out Lost sight of…
Didn't Tell the Man I saw your picture in a magazine You′re talkin bout the…
Do the Movin' Change Do you want to dance, do the Moving Change We're…
Do The Pop Come on baby it's time to move You been saying there's…
Hand Of Law Fear and terror, watch out boy The sun is getting low After…
Hit Them Again Manipulations flashing out my hands I can't show you all my…
Hungry Cannibals All right Oh yeah Well come on Get down Halo of thorns…
I-94 I gave you my last box of matches Do you remember…
Iskender Time I got to go out yeah out for one After that…
Love Kills She smokes long cigarettes Ashes on her jeans Came out of Ch…
Man With Golden Helmet Man with Golden Helmet Drinks water from the faucet Man with…
Monday Morning Gunk I was lying on my bed Feelin' like I was…
More Fun More fun / You know it's too damn cool More fun…
Murder City Nights Moving to the sound of the midnite masses Fighting up termin…
New Race There's gonna be a new race Kids are gonna start it…
Non Stop Girls Seven Four, taking me away I'll never make it back to…
Non-Stop Girls Seven Four, taking me away I'll never make it back to…
Revelation The hate you hold It hits your chest Wont hit you locked…
Smith & Wesson Blues I went downtown For something to do Couldn't find nothing,sa…
Smith and Wesson Blues I went downtown For something to do Couldn't find nothing,…
Snake I know what motivates you But I don't know what…
T.V. Eye Lord See that cat Yeah I do mean you See that cat Yeah I…
TAnglo Girl Desire When you're walking down the street You never know I'm arou…
Time to Fall Woke up alone,I ain't got nothin' to lose Over at your…
TPBR Combo TPBR : On a 727 And I need a TPBR Now we're getting loade…
TV Eye Lord See that cat Yeah I do mean you See that cat Yeah I…
What Gives My heart rips open 'cause you're my all Staring at my…
What Gives? My heart rips open 'cause you're my all Staring at my…
You Oh yeah! Ah! You're gonna wake up one morning as the sun…

You're Gonna Miss Me Oh yeah! Ah! You're gonna wake up one morning as the sun…

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