DIVINE RITES Where Birdmen Flew

Est. 1996 Australian independent rock archive

Australian rock. Connected.

Bands, musicians, records, songs and first-hand stories — no longer isolated pages, but one living map of Australian independent rock.

Sydney
1974 Radio Birdman
01 Radio Birdman Australian proto-punk
Asteroid B-612 Bamboos Beasts of Bourbon Celibate Rifles Challenger 7 Charlie Owen Chris Masuak Christian Houllemare City Kids Decline of the Reptiles Deniz Tek Deniz Tek's Bands Died Pretty DM3 Dom Mariani Even Exploding White Mice Fixed Up Happy Hate Me Nots Hard-Ons HITS Holy Curse Hoodoo Gurus Howling Commandos Icecream Hands Jack and the Beanstalk Kim Salmon Leif Alan Creed Louis Tillett ME 262 Naked Lunch New Race Porcelain Bus Psychotic Turnbuckles Pyramidiacs Radio Birdman Rob Younger Rob Younger bands Screaming Tribesmen Seminal Rats Some Kind Of Justice Spencer P. Jones Sunnyboys Tex Perkins The Bo-Weevils The Breadmakers The Chevelles The Cruel Sea The Dubrovniks The Eastern Dark The Hitmen The Hunchbacks The Johnnys The Kryptonics The Lime Spiders The Lipstick Killers The New Christs The Panadolls The Passengers The Raouls The Scientists The Stems The Survivors The Trilobites The Victims The Visitors TV Jones Vanilla Chainsaws You Am I
Watch 28 videos · Live · Promo · Clips Explore 58 bands · 549 records Search Interactive network Discover Radio Birdman The New Christs New Race Citadel Records Discography · Interviews Read Articles · Interviews · Reviews · Books

Listen · Divine Rites Records · 1998

Storming the Citadel

Two records. Twelve bands. One Citadel tribute.

Vol. 1 DR02 · 7 tracks Listen

Storming the Citadel · Vol. 1 DR02 · 10-inch EP

  1. Slave Girl Jack & the Beanstalk
  2. Move A Little Closer Challenger 7
  3. Virginia Hunchbacks
  4. Liquor Fit Sheek The Shayk and his Royal Camels
  5. Sad TV Mother Jones
  6. A Legacy Of Morons Tension
  7. Sister’s Life Indignation
Vol. 2 DR03 · 5 tracks ★ Song of the week Listen

Storming the Citadel · Vol. 2 DR03 · 10-inch EP

  1. Voodoo Slaves Panadolls Song of the week
  2. Don’t Talk About Us Pyramidiacs
  3. Savage Backsliders
  4. Headin’ South Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen
  5. Mirror Blues Asteroid B-612
Storming the Citadel Two vinyl compilations Listen · Shop · Read
Song of the week From Storming the Citadel · Vol. 2 from STC02 Voodoo Slaves original release cover
Voodoo Slaves Panadolls
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The connected archive

Everything is connected

Follow any thread. One musician leads to every band they joined; one record opens its songs, credits, reviews and related stories.

Explore Bands & Artists & Musicians 58Bands 11Artists 338Musicians 549Records Browse bands & artists The connected archive Interactive Network Explore the network

Discography

Three essential discographies

Explore the records of Radio Birdman, The New Christs and New Race — three bands at the heart of the Divine Rites archive.

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Video archives

Radio Birdman, The New Christs, complete concerts, rare television footage and a documentary story — all gathered in one video archive. Explore every video 28 videos
Independent Australian label Citadel Records John Needham started Citadel Records in Sydney in 1982. Its catalogue runs from Radio Birdman and The New Christs to Died Pretty, The Stems, the Lime Spiders and a broad stretch of Australian independent rock. This page gathers the records, sleeves and current label links. Explore Citadel Records The historical archive Back catalogue 7-inch · LP · CD · overseas editions

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Interviews, reviews & documents

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Radio Birdman did it first, did it harder, and broke up sooner than any other Australian band.

Alex Wheaton · dB Magazine · Divine Rites archive
Reading Radio Birdman Books 11 Books documenting Radio Birdman and the Australian independent rock scene. Explore the books
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A fellow traveller since the early days

A long-standing partner of Divine Rites and an essential outpost for Australian rock’n’roll, I-94 Bar keeps the scene moving with news, reviews, interviews and live dates.

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