The first-ever in-depth biography of iconoclastic Sydney punk band Radio Birdman.
'Radio Birdman live brought loyalty as strong and powerful as their music. Yeah hup!' Anthony Albanese, PM and fan
'Radio Birdman are analogous to dark matter: largely unseen yet profoundly influential.' Brad Shepherd, Hoodoo Gurus
'Murray's raw passion somehow doesn't mess with his skill to present the story, the context and the truth.' Tim Rogers, You Am I and The Hard-Ons
Sydney's legendary Radio Birdman were a stake through the satin and scarfed hearts of the mid seventies' music scene, revolutionising the conservative Australian industry in the process. Regarded as one of the earliest punk bands, before the world had heard of the Sex Pistols, Birdman were feared and loathed by many, yet adored by fiercely loyal fans. But their story has never been told in depth-until now.
Murray Engleheart's Radio Birdman: Retaliate First is drawn from more than 150 interviews with the band members, their closest associates, devotees and observers. From tales of singer Rob Younger filling his mouth with sheep brains from a human skull to fans breaking limbs while dancing wildly at gigs and publicans cutting the power in a desperate bid to halt their force-of-nature-like performances, the Radio Birdman story is one of confrontation, commitment and inspiration.
With 2024 marking their half-century of existence, and a commemorative tour that may be their last, it's the perfect time to look back over fifty years of the band that never took a backward step and made rock and roll thrilling and dangerous once more. Radio Birdman: Retaliate First is the ultimate insider's guide to how Australia's most hated act were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and became global icons.
'Riveting and insightful.' Stuart Coupe
Idols, an authentic compendium of 1970s’ New York style and attitude, and a confirmed masterpiece, began with an awestruck Larrain visiting Max’s Kansas City in the explosively liberating early years of the gay rights movement, and befriending Taylor Meade and John Noble. Once they came to be photographed, the rest followed. Idols represents a generation of New York’s most talented, outrageous, glamorous, and mostly gay personalities, after spending hours applying original makeup and costumes to pose for Gilles in his now legendary SoHo studio.
Ryan McGinley is a New York based photographer raised in New Jersey. After moving to New York in 1998, he began extensively photographing his downtown environs. He received a BFA in graphic design from Parsons School of Design in 2000. In 2003, at the age of 25, McGinley was the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work has appeared in galleries and museums worldwide, on the covers of magazines and albums, and has
been collected in five monographs, most recently in Life Adjustment Center (Dashwood, 2010).
This book is signed and second hand and is in great condition.
Originated by Tomato, this work is closely related to the message and imagery of techno band Underworld's music, creating a typographic map of a journey through the streets of New York.
This book is secondhand and is in great condition
In Generation Ecstasy, Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon, telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and blissed out. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music.
A rare book about rave culture, second hand in good condition.
Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail is a 2005 book written by Christopher Dawes, published by Sceptre Books in the UK and Thunder's Mouth Press in the US. It is a gonzo-esque quest to find the Holy Grail by punk rock legend Rat Scabies, the one-time drummer of The Damned, with whom Dawes strikes up a friendship when the two become neighbours in the London suburb of Brentford.[1][2][3][4]
"The book, which has been described as "The Da Vinci Code gets the punk rock treatment" (The Bookseller), begins with Scabies introducing Dawes to the alleged mystery of Rennes-le-Château, a remote French village associated with all manner of esotericconspiracy theories. Scabies and Dawes make several trips to Rennes-le-Château and also visit other places said to be linked to the Holy Grail, including Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. The book is an often hilarious account of the pair’s adventures - they even manage to wangle themselves an invitation to a Knights Templar initiation ceremony - and its supporting cast of characters includes Henry Lincoln (the author of Holy Blood, Holy Grail) and a CIA operative, plus assorted treasure hunters, occultists, alien channelers, reincarnated medieval heretics, and numerous members of secret societies." Wikipedia
Only 2 of these DEAD + SOLAR TONGUE split releases left!
DEAD: We Grit Our Teeth
SOLAR TONGUES: We Bite Your Lip
Orange cassette enclosed in a handprinted bag along with Trash Cult enamel pin, sticker and ear plugs, plus a digital download.
Assorted colours.
Limited edition of '5 only' individually (all different) screenprinted Test Press copies of this limited DEAD release!!
This release was purely for their 2024 US tour, and completely sold out. Re-issued for the Australian market, limited to only 200 copies and exclusive to Trash Cult!
Get yourself a test press early, they wont be around for long...
This is our lockdown album.
This album is dedicated to the friends we lost along the way. Tell your friends you love them.
credits
released October 14, 2022
Jace: Bass & Guitars
Jem: Drums & Metal Percussion
Jenny Divers: Sax
Recorded by Mike Deslandes at Sound Recordings - Winter MMXXI
Assisted by Alex Bennett | Mixed by Mike and Jem
Mastered by Lachlan Carrick
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Shared Circuits
The Smallest Warrior
Digging Holes
Pressing Matters
Nunchukka Superfly
ExelooB.
The Australian Redneck
Stitch
Burn Us Clean
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released July 25, 2021
Produced by DEAD
Jace: Bass/Vox. Jem: Drums/Vox.
Recorded live at The Tote, Collingwood 04/01/2020 and Mixed by Max Ducker at Cellar Sessions
except Shared Circuits and Exeloo recorded by the band.
Mastered by Kyle Spence
Art by Jace, Design and layout by Jem.
Centre Label photos by Pete Byrne and Zo Damage.
This album is dedicated to the memory of Sean Baxter; a man whose contribution to and support of underground music cannot be overstated.
This album was recorded at the only live show the band played in 2020, the last time we saw Sean. We love you Sean and you are sorely missed.
DEAD smash out a live record in “Classic” two piece mode aka Original Flavour.
You get banger after banger with no fancy studio trickery. At one point Jem sings the wrong words and what the fuck - they just left it in there! Real cowboy stuff.
In 2024 the band toured the US with this album as a “Tour Only” LP and it promptly sold out. In response to the cries of “It’s not fair we missed out” (harden up people, life’s unfair, get used to it) the band have made a second edition available for mail order and record stores. And then it’s not getting re-pressed. We really mean it this time. To quote Eminem “You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blah blah.”
Comes with a download, not available on any of the sweatshop streaming services - seriously, be an adult; buy original music. It’ll change your life.
Forget online specials, we've got a REAL-LIFE BONUS: Come in-store to collect the new ALIVE! DEAD record IN PERSON and you get to choose a FREE split 7". Only while we got em'...
Single sided limited run Red vinyl (only 100 copies) of individually signed red vinyl LP of an experimental improvised performance from 2015. The label features an individually hand drawn artwork.
This track was heavily edited into a series of segue vignettes incorporated on the solo album My Script. This is the first time available in its original full form.
Side 2 is engraved with the credits!
TAILS is the third book by former Sharpie Julie Mac that shares the unique 1960s-1980s Australian Sharpie subculture. Sharpies were a mid-century working-class youth movement that was despised by conservative society. Overlooked, hated and ignored for fifty years, Sharpies can now proudly claim their rightful place in Australian social history and these are their tales.
Come on an armchair adventure with Mac and other former Sharpies, as they describe their adolescent fight for diversity and acceptance in a hostile environment. A battle for the right to wear the hairstyles, fashions, tattoos and piercings of their choice.
This book is for every alternative teenager (or adult) missing their Tribe. Sharpie, Goth, Emo, Punk, Skater, Stoner, Metalhead and Misfit. It's not for Sucks, Dags, Straights or Norms, unless they are studying it for pointy head, academic purposes!
