Radio Birdman up above
I had a hit on my referer logs a week or so ago, someone searching on the term "radio birdman" and "Aloha Steve and Dano". Radio Birdman was the the wonderful Australian Band from the late seventies and 'Aloha' their reputation setting song
Radio Birdman - Wikipedia. They named themselves after an (apparently misheard) line from the Stooges song 'I feel allright'. Atomized got a hit for that search because I had mentioned them a year ago. Coincidentally: the last time I was possessed of the need to thank radio for being like I did last week. I like hearing them on radio, even with having the record, because well - who has a working turntable anymore. I bought their record Radios Appear out a used bin at some record store for $2.99 It has 'promotional copy not for sale' embossed on it it gold letters. No wonder they never get played on the radio.
Something about this hung about in the back of my mind and eventually I fired up Google to settle the question. They are on tour
Radio Birdman Announces U.S. Tour - Aversion.com. I had a suspicion thats why some might be searching for them. Deniz Tek, Rob Younger, the real band. They have a new record out Zeno Beach -- They'll even be in the U S this autumn. They're playing at the Black Cat in Washington DC on 6 September. One part of their story I'd like to nail down is that Deniz Tek was a Navy pilot. (trivia section of the wikpedia article). I assume that would be the U S Navy; Tek was the lone American in the band. A friend of mine forwarded to me an email he had been forwarded, a number of years ago, which because I would never delete anything like that, I still have. It seems to have been between (the late) Greg Shaw of Bomp! records and Deniz Tek sorting out what Radio Birdman material was going to be reissued. This was around the time of their first reunion tour. The last paragraph is interesting. BTW two things of possible interest: Sonically superior versions of both albums with previously unreleased extra tracks were released in
Australia on RedEye / Polydor last Nov. (REDCD49 and REDCD53) Also, we just finished mixes on a new live album which the band DOES own outright. We recorded it on our recent reformation tour. At least that oneshould see the light of day in America before too long.
Regards,
Deniz Tek
The live record he alludes to is not on iTunes but ought to be. The Australia reissues may have formed the basis of the Essential Radio Birdman CD released in 2001 on Sub Pop (which makes sense) but I'd have to look at one to be sure.
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