Radios Appear was the first full length studio album by Sydney punk-rock band Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974...

. The album was recorded at Birdman's Trafalgar Studios, Sydney during 1976 and 1977. Trafalgar initially distributed the album via mail order and by sales from the backs of friend's and band members' station wagons. This laid the groundwork for future DIY punk bands in Australia. Radios Appear was hailed by many as a breakthrough album in Australian music and a decisive change from the uneventful early mid-seventies scene. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 13 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

.

The album's title was taken from the song "Dominance and Submission" by Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...

, one of the band's most important early influences.

1977 original

1. "TV Eye" (Dave Alexander/Ron Asheton
   Ron Asheton
   Ronald Frank Asheton was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges.Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
   
   /Scott Asheton
   Scott Asheton
   Scott "Rock Action" Asheton is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band The Stooges...
   
   /Iggy Pop
   Iggy Pop
   Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
   
   ) (The Stooges
   The Stooges
   The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
   
    cover)
2. "Murder City Nights"
3. "Anglo Girl Desire"
4. "Man with Golden Helmet"
5. "Descent into the Maelstrom"
6. "Monday Morning Gunk"
7. "Do the Pop"
8. "Love Kills"
9. "Hand of Law"
10. "New Race"

1978 overseas release

All songs written by Deniz Tek

Deniz Tek

Deniz Tek is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian group Radio Birdman who broke up, for the last time, after their last European tour in 2007...

, except where noted.

1. "What Gives?" (Tek, Warwick Gilbert) - 2:22
2. "Non-Stop Girls" - 2:40
3. "Do the Pop" (Tek, Dan Sisto) - 2:30
4. "Man with Golden Helmet" - 5:37
5. "Descent into the Maelstrom" - 4:22
6. "New Race" - 2:35
7. "Aloha Steve and Danno" (Rob Younger
   Rob Younger
   Rob Younger is an Australian rock musician, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974. After the Radio Birdman break-up, Younger joined the super-group, New Race, who were active in 1981...
   
   ) - 3:57
8. "Anglo Girl Desire" - 3:04
9. "Murder City Nights" - 2:22
10. "You're Gonna Miss Me
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    " (Roky Erickson
    Roky Erickson
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    ) (13th Floor Elevators
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     cover) - 2:25
11. "Hand of Law" - 4:44
12. "Hit Them Again" (Tek, Ron Asheton
    Ron Asheton
    Ronald Frank Asheton was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges.Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
    
    ) - 4:32

1995 remastered reissue

1. "Aloha Steve & Danno"
2. "Non Stop Girls"
3. "Anglo Girl Desire"
4. "What Gives"
5. "Murder City Nights"
6. "Man with Golden Helmet"
7. "Descent into The Maelstrom"
8. "Do the Pop"
9. "Hand of Law"
10. "New Race"
11. "Love Kills"
12. "Monday Morning Gunk"
13. "Hit Them Again"
14. "TV Eye" (Dave Alexander/Ron Asheton
    Ron Asheton
    Ronald Frank Asheton was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges.Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
    
    /Scott Asheton
    Scott Asheton
    Scott "Rock Action" Asheton is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band The Stooges...
    
    /Iggy Pop
    Iggy Pop
    Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
    
    ) (The Stooges
    The Stooges
    The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
    
     cover)
15. "You're Gonna Miss Me
    You're Gonna Miss Me (song)
    "You're Gonna Miss Me" is a 1966 single from the band 13th Floor Elevators from their album The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators. The song peaked at #55 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1966...
    
    " (Roky Erickson
    Roky Erickson
    Roky Erickson is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.-Biography:...
    
    ) (13th Floor Elevators
    13th Floor Elevators
    The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969...
    
     cover)

Personnel

• Warwick Gilbert - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Ron Keeley - drums
  Drum kit
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• Pip Hoyle - Organ
  Organ (music)
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   & Piano
  Piano
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• Chris Masuak
  Chris Masuak
  Chris Masuak is a Canadian-born Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter. He is as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974, and for his other outfits The Hitmen, and The Screaming Tribesmen...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
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   & Piano on "Descent into The Maelstrom"
• Deniz Tek
  Deniz Tek
  Deniz Tek is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian group Radio Birdman who broke up, for the last time, after their last European tour in 2007...
  
   - Guitar
• Rob Younger
  Rob Younger
  Rob Younger is an Australian rock musician, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974. After the Radio Birdman break-up, Younger joined the super-group, New Race, who were active in 1981...
  
   - Lead Vocals
• Ron Asheton
  Ron Asheton
  Ronald Frank Asheton was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges.Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
  
  - co-writer for "Hit Them Again"

External links

• http://www.divinerites.com/dr_birdm.htm
• http://www.radio-birdman.com/ - Official Radio Birdman Website
• http://perso.orange.fr/birdmanpage/index.htm