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.
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.
Hanging On
Radio Birdman Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Hanging On' by these artists:
(I See MONSTAS Remix) Ellie Goulding You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
10.2 Torn and twisted propaganda Need a hand well I may hand…
9.7 I can see my eye is changing changing Looking back at…
A R I Z O N A I've just been hangin' 'round Waitin' for the break of day A…
Active Child You know we can't get away Because I'm calling your name Eve…
Active child (Grvrbbrs Remix) You know we can't get away Because I'm calling your name E…
Active Child vs. Ellie Goulding You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
adult recreation centre Take a seat won′t you my friend And let old Jack…
Andre Crom & Teenage Mutants Set me free, why don't you baby? Get out my life,…
bein I see it in your eyes, i feel it in…
Bennix Baby open up to me Don't give up so easily Open up…
Big Dismal I close my eyes And everything feels so right Like a magic…
BING You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
Blake Reary She gave me the key, I gave her my life To…
Bob Moses Everybody wants it their way Hear the sirens on the highway …
Britt Nicole You see my anxious heart You see what I am feeling And…
Cheyenne Kimball I've had a bad day Nothing ever seems to go my…
Cornelia Jakobs Miss you like I miss the days in aphelion Get no…
Count The Stars It's now or never as we kill the time away No…
Draper; Ellie Goulding You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
Drive-By Truckers Your momma can't stand the way you lay around all…
Drowning Fish I remember being happy I remember feeling young What’s h…
E.G. Feels like everyone I know is suddenly a TV show Living…
Elg 1: Ellie Goulding] You know we can get away Because I'm…
Ellie Goulding You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
Ellie Goulding Vs. Active Child You know we can't get away Because I'm calling your name Eve…
Ellie Goulding [feat. Tinie Tempah] You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
Emilee Moore VERSE 1 We’re just the end of a sentence A lingering…
Everyday Sunday God I'm in this place again I'm trying so hard not…
Falling in Reverse Last night I dreamed of you again You swim your way…
Harem Scarem If you go, if you'll stay Has become a mystery Have you…
IAMTHELIVING Feels like I been hanging on For much to long…
J Moss feat. Wayman Tisdale Some days I feel like it's all going wrong I'm not…
Jennifer James Are you, are you Coming to the tree Where they strung up…
Jill Phillips The weight I fastened on trying to make my world…
Julio Diniz so sorry, I can't take too much. I want to live with…
Kidz Bop I've had a bad day And nothing ever seems to go…
Kill3r-k (Hey) (Come here) (Let's make a deal) (It won't hurt) (Let's…
KNOWER hah hanging on yeah just scraping whatever you make gets tak…
Kris Wilson Sometimes when I feel that there's no point, I just…
Lauren Jones I would rip the words off your tongue If we could…
Lindy LaFontaine And I keep hanging on to thoughts and visions of…
LVNDSCAPE We were sleepin′ on the bedroom floor of your friend's…
Maize Mirchi You know we can get awayBecause I'm calling your nameEvery…
Manic Street Preachers Hold me down I don't ever want to see the day When…
Mark Lanegan By all rights we should be gone But you and me…
Marsheaux I pretend that I'm yours but believe me You are…
Marvin Gaye Hanging on trouble is all around me Times are getting hard…
Matt Finish It's going way down Everybody laughin' as he spoke…
McCully Workshop Hanging on to what you got Is such a natural thing…
Michael & The Bystanders You, are you You, are you You, are you You, are you, coming…
Michael Learns to Rock "Hanging On" You keep me dreaming on In the middle of the…
Monophonics Don't keep on saying it's too late That you know right…
People Press Play You draw a line around my head You think it's where…
Rebecca Ferguson (Verse) Every hurt I will keep Like gold in my pockets And e…
Renat [R.I.P] Nizamiev I've just been hangin' 'round Waitin' for the break of day A…
Resistors I once had dream Woke up and believed, you didn't…
Rocks (I don't wanna do nothing) (I don't wanna do nothing) (Witho…
RVBY Do you feel it Do you feel the way I feel…
Sarah & Pietro They pulled me over I was going to fast on that…
Teenage Mutants & Andre Crom Set me free, why don′t you baby? Get out my life,…
The Ducky Boys Sometimes when I wake up I just feel like giving up But…
The Motive Baby Can't you see you're hanging on Now the night is draggi…
The Tracks It wasn't my intention To go on with this show…
Tinie Tempah You know we can get away Because I'm calling your name Every…
Tom Billington Don't look down. Fight this feeling. It seems you're just …
You Silence I Bird Hanging On Hanging on I think I might mess it up Get it…
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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Tony Turner
My favourite song of all time No clue why I love all Radio Bird msan * deniz Tek this just hits a memory!
Cristina Godinho
Não deve ter sido o acaso,porque adorei,adoro
Patrick Kadas
Hanging On - Radio Birdman [Australia] - 1978 - "Notable guitar HOOKS. Mick Jagger-esque vocals. Good first impression. AMG pick. One of my BEST." - The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) (Sub Pop Records)-2001.
Marty Squire
love Deniz Teks fuzz guitar sound on this, like its going into a wah wah pedal that's switched in but the pedals not being moved around (til the end when its moving lots!)
Emerson Tomasini
This Band is really cool. 😎
nino espadas
estuve colgado de este grupo, y de este tema,mola.Hanging On!
Tony Turner
My favourite Birdman song !
ahoy there mate
a great aussie band
sandro cantini
uno dei miei gruppi preferiti degli anni 80
Tony Turner
Best ever Birdman IMHO just perfect!