Search - Radio Birdman :: Radios Appear

Lots of meat on them bones

B. Malloy | San Francisco, CA | 11/07/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There is a lot of better material on vinyl from these guys that has never been re-issued in a digital format, and that's a shame because this is a great band -- you'll think you've heard them before and then you realize that they invented a lot of what became cliches in the hands of less talented groups. This is probably the best intro to them available on CD -- there is another collection called "The Essential Radio Birdman" that has a lot of the same material (enough of it re-mixed to appeal to the collector) -- but this and "Living Eyes" are closer to the original sound and have a little less of the "greatest hits" quality. For the life of me I don't know why this band didn't get more attention but they are well worth listening to. A stripped down surf-punk sound that sticks with you."