Radio Birdman library
Books
Books documenting Radio Birdman and the Australian independent rock scene.
Ten complementary references bring together dedicated Radio Birdman histories, memoirs by Deniz Tek and Chris Masuak, and wider accounts of the Australian independent scene that also document The New Christs and their contemporaries.
Full Throttle
Deniz Tek’s memoir follows the Radio Birdman co-founder from childhood in Ann Arbor to Sydney’s punk stages, emergency medicine and service as a decorated flight surgeon with the Marines.
- Edition
- Trade paperback · Publication date 27 October 2026
- Publisher
- Picador Australia
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 978-1-76190-211-6
Radio Birdman: Retaliate First
The first in-depth biography of Radio Birdman, built from more than 150 interviews with band members, close associates, devotees and observers.
- Edition
- Ebook · Retaliate First: How One Band Smashed the Rules of Australian Rock and Roll
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 978-1-76118-945-6
Orstralia: A Punk History 1974–1989
Built from more than 130 interviews, this history traces Australian punk from progenitors including Radio Birdman and The Saints through hardcore and the scene’s late-1980s diversification.
- Edition
- Paperback · 6 × 9 in
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 979-8-88744-039-2
Radio Birdman: When the Birdmen Flew — An Illustrated History
A chronological visual history assembled from photographs, flyers, posters, set lists, memorabilia and other archival material spanning Radio Birdman’s beginnings through 2007.
- Edition
- Hardcover · Full colour · 305 × 230 mm
- Publisher
- High Voltage Publishing
- Pages
- 400
Faith and Practice in Bedlam
Radio Birdman and New Christs guitarist Chris Masuak recounts his life through concise, thematically arranged stories tracing a path of music, self-discovery and redemption.
- Edition
- Paperback · 153 × 234 mm · Photographs and artwork
- Publisher
- High Voltage Publishing
- Pages
- 280
Stranded: Australian Independent Music, 1976–1992
A personal history of Australian independent music from punk to grunge, expanded with new commentary and photographs and featuring both Radio Birdman and The New Christs.
- Edition
- Revised and expanded paperback edition · 175 photographs
- Publisher
- The Visible Spectrum
- Pages
- 430
- ISBN
- 978-1-953835-08-6
Radio Birdman. Il rito del suono selvaggio
An Italian-language history of Radio Birdman covering the band, its discography and the later paths of The Visitors, New Race, The New Christs and the Deniz Tek Group.
- Edition
- Director’s Cut no. 12 · October 2018
- Publisher
- Tuttle Edizioni
- Pages
- 130
The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop
More than 1,000 interconnected entries document the bands and artists that shaped Australian popular music, with line-ups, releases, career histories and album discographies.
- Edition
- Second edition · A4 softcover · revised and updated through 2016
- Publisher
- Third Stone Press
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 978-0-9953856-0-3
Inner City Sound: Punk and Post-Punk in Australia, 1976–85
A contemporary account of the Australian punk and post-punk explosion, combining original articles, rare photographs and discographical material around pioneers including Radio Birdman.
- Edition
- Revised large-format paperback edition · 285 photographs
- Publisher
- Verse Chorus Press
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 978-1-891241-18-5
Radio Birdman
A book-length history devoted to Radio Birdman, illustrated with photographs and grounded in the band's own story, imagery and independent ethos.
- Edition
- First published in 1990; reprinted in 1992
- Publisher
- Sheldon Booth
- Pages
- 218
- ISBN
- 978-0-7316-7839-6