Radio Birdman: New Race: 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.Can’t spam Aussie punk without adding some Birdman…
Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno
Nearly every country (or in some cases, State/Province/Territory) has a primordial pre-punk/punk pioneer band or two that became the template for much of the underground music that came later. Any subsequent band either had to cop to the influence or purposely march in the other direction. Regardless, the spectre of the iconic band(s) loomed large.
Radio Birdman (along with The Saints) served in that role for the Australian punk rock scene. For the next decade or more, a good chunk of the bands to come from down under all carried the signature Ramones/Stooges/Surf Music DNA… perfect survival traits for succeeding in the tough, yet dynamic, Australian musical outback.
From the compilation album, The Essential Radio Birdman 1974 - 1978 (Sub Pop)
