| Title: | HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up Day Day |
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| Created: | Thu May 05 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Does anyone remember Budgie? They were one of Pioneers of
Brittish Hard Rock that never really made an impact in the USA. They
release their first album in 1971. They had a Black Sabbath flavor without
the Satanic lyrics. They were a three piece featuring Burke Shelley
on Bass and lead vocals. He also was the main writer for the band.
He had this incredible urge to write the most bizarre lyrics and
song titles. Tony Bourge, the guitarist was excellent and played
some of the most inventive guitar passages. Ray Phillips played
drums on the first 3 classic albums. Pete Boot played on the 4th
and all the remaining by Steve Johnson (?). Tony left in 1978-79
and was replaced by John Thomas on guitar. This lineup changed the
sound to a real heavy metal sound and released the classic Power
Supply album. I think they disbanded in around 83 but this I'm not
sure of.
Discography
(Burke, Bourge & Phillips)
1)Budgie (1971)
2)Squawk (1972)
3)Best of Compilation of the first 2 albums
4)Never Turn Your Back On A Friend (1973)
(Burke, Bourge & Boot)
5)In For The Kill (1974)
(Burke, Bourge & Johnson)
6)Bandolier (1975)
7)If I Were Brittania, I'd Waive The Rules (1976)
8)Impeckable (1978)
(Burke, Thomas & Johnson)
9)4 song EP (all unreleased songs)(1979)
10)Power Supply (1980)
11)Nightflight (1981)
12)Deliver Us From Evil (1983)
13)Best of Compilation
14)2 songs live on the Reading festival double lp.
That's all I can think of, if anyone knows of any other material
then please pitch right in.
Rich
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| 221.1 | CSC32::J_HERNANDEZ | Thu Sep 01 1988 13:46 | 2 | ||
Never heard the music but at least they have a few cool album covers
the devil dog sez "She's anything but typical"
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| 221.2 | Budgie | ZUMA::MINARDI | Thu Sep 01 1988 17:26 | 6 | |
Metallica covers a Budgie tune called "Crash Course in Brain
Surgery" on Garage Days Re-Revisited.
/Motorbreath...enough Robert Palmer
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| 221.3 | I never heard of 'em till now | YODA::MCCARRON | Huh? | Thu Sep 01 1988 19:17 | 9 |
I heard one of the new Metallica tunes from "...And Justice For
All". I forget the name, but it's supposed to be a Budgie cover.
Now that I think of it, it reminded me of "Crash Course in Brain
Surgery".
Paul
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| 221.4 | What's a budgie? | TORA::JMINVILLE | Only a fool would say that | Thu Sep 01 1988 19:40 | 5 |
What is a budgie? I've heard it talked about in Monty Python skits.
Isn't it some kind of pet unique to the U.K.?
Mr. Dallison?
joe.
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| 221.5 | Polly want a cracker? | DRUID::RANDERSON | Thu Sep 01 1988 19:52 | 3 | |
It's a parrot ain't it?
the Bomb
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| 221.6 | Its not a Parrot though. | EARLEY::DALLISON | Louder, I still have brain cells | Fri Sep 02 1988 08:42 | 13 |
A budgie, is a small, exoticlly coloured bird, which old grannys
have on a six foot high stands, in a cage. They normally come in
pairs and are often given silly names like "Bill and Ben" or "Tick
and Tock" etc.
Cats love 'em, my sister had two and they used to fight like mad,
an one day she found one of her budgies beat to buggery by the
other so she called one Tyson and the other Spinks :-)
-Tony_the_ornithologist
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| 221.7 | ...and they're delicious | CSC32::G_HOUSE | Big Yolanda will get YOU! | Mon Sep 05 1988 19:17 | 3 |
Yeah, over on this side of the pond, we call them parakeets.
gh
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| 221.8 | BUDGIE STAYED AT MY HOUSE!! WOW!! | PAR5::C_DENOPOULOS | Mon Sep 12 1988 12:29 | 3 | |
I'm babysitting my Mom's budgie while she's on vacation.
Chris
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| 221.9 | Breadfan | BUFFER::GOLDSMITH | Thu Aug 10 1989 19:30 | 4 | |
Speaking of Budgie, Metallica covered another song, Breadfan, on
the B side of Eye of the Beholder. What the hell's a breadfan anyway?
Steve
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| 221.10 | My wit never seems to expire. 8^) | ANT::SLABOUNTY | It's 7 o'clock and I wanna mosh ... | Thu Aug 10 1989 19:56 | 13 |
>Speaking of Budgie, Metallica covered another song, Breadfan, on
>the B side of Eye of the Beholder. What the hell's a breadfan anyway?
Well, if "battery" is another word for "fan", and "Nissen" is
another word for "bread" ...
... then a "breadfan" is a "Nissan battery".
GTI
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| 221.11 | Breadfan::Pratt | RIGEL4::JBONNO | Thu Aug 10 1989 20:42 | 8 | |
No, No, No.
Everybody knows a breadfan is like a PRATT!
jab
ps. Feeling funny again, Shawn?? :-)
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| 221.12 | Fluffy's in the breadfan! | BUFFER::GOLDSMITH | I'm a Sun King baby! | Tue Sep 05 1989 16:41 | 5 |
Please, guys, I'm eating.
At the end of the tune, on the EP, it says, (in a little girls voice:)
"Mommy, where's Fluffy?" So, I seem to think that Fluffy's in the
breadfan. A tragic story.
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