The Visitors was a self-titled album from the band The Visitors

The Visitors (band)

The Visitors were an Australian rock band formed in 1978 after the breakup of popular punk band Radio Birdman. The songs were written by Deniz Tek but unlike many other Tek bands, Tek did not sing vocals in The Visitors. Instead the vocals were sung by long time friend of the band Mark Sisto...

 released in 1983. The album was originally recorded under the 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...

 label Trafalgar Music, and the tapes were left to sit for four years with no interest bar the Phantom EP release. The insistence of Citadel to make the material available convinced Trafalgar into agreeing to allow Citadel to finance the remixes. Deniz was available for the remixes that were done at EMI 301's eight-track studio. However, he was not available to assist with the artwork, and the process ultimately took longer than expected.

Track listing

Side 1

1. Living World ( D Tek ) (2:54 m:s)
2. Brother John ( D Tek ) (4:29 m:s)
3. Haunted Road ( D Tek ) (3:34 m:s)
4. Life Spill ( D Tek ) (3:44 m:s)
5. Journey By Sledge ( D Tek / M Sisto ) (4:34 m:s)

Side 2

1. Sad TV ( D Tek ) (3:47 m:s)
2. Miss You Too Much ( D Tek ) (2:58 m:s)
3. Euro Girls ( M Sisto / P Hoyle ) (1:52 m:s)
4. Let's Have Some Fun ( D Tek ) (2:08 m:s)
5. Hell Yes ( D Tek ) (3:15 m:s)
6. Disperse ( M Sisto / P Boyce ) (4:32 m:s)

Credits

• Mark Sisto - Vocals & Backing Vocals
• 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
• Ron Keeley - Drums
• Pip Hoyle - Piano, Organ & Backing Vocals
• Steve Harris - Bass
• Angie Pepper - Backing Vocals

Technical details

• Produced by Deniz Tek and Charles Fisher
• Engineered by Alistair McFarlane
• Recorded live at Palms Studio 1979
• Remixed at EMI 301 by Deniz Tek and Pip Hoyle
• Except Disperse by Rob Younger
• Remix engineered by Alan Thorne

See also

• The Visitors
  The Visitors (band)
  The Visitors were an Australian rock band formed in 1978 after the breakup of popular punk band Radio Birdman. The songs were written by Deniz Tek but unlike many other Tek bands, Tek did not sing vocals in The Visitors. Instead the vocals were sung by long time friend of the band Mark Sisto...
  
  
• 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 Angie Pepper Band
  The Angie Pepper Band
  The Angie Pepper Band was a band formed in Sydney, Australia, which centralised around the artist Angie Pepper. Angie Pepper first came to notice as vocalist for the post punk independent Sydney band the Passengers, who produced one single on the Phantom label...
  
  
• Proto-Punk
• Australian Indie Rock

External links

• The Visitors' My Space Page
• Return Of The Visitors
• Radio Birdman
• Visitors