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Radio Birdman was one of the first punk rock|punk bands in Australia. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974 in music|1974. The group influenced the work of many successful, mainstream bands, and is now considered to be one of the most crucial bands to Australia's musical growth, but their main legacy was their towering influence over List of Australian indie rock bands|Australian indie rock in the 1980s.{{Fact|date=May 2007
Personnel
Original band members:
* Rob Younger, vocals
* Deniz Tek, guitar
* Chris Masuak, guitar
* Warwick Gilbert, bass
* Phillip 'Pip' Hoyle, keyboards
* Ron Keeley - drums
Current band members:
* Rob Younger, vocals
* Deniz Tek, guitar
* Chris Masuak, guitar
* Jim Dickson, bass
* Phillip 'Pip' Hoyle, keyboards
* Rusty Hopkinson|Russell Hopkinson, drums
History
Origins
Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed Radio Birdman in mid-1974 in Sydney, having recently left their bands 'The Rats' and 'TV Jones' respectively. The pair sought to begin a band that would have no commercial interest and break the norm at the time, so they recruited Classical music|classical keyboard player Phillip 'Pip' Hoyle, drummer Ron Keeley, bassist Carl Rorke and took their name from what sounds like "Radio birdman up above" in the Stooges song "1970". (Lyric sources lis... read all
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