A group of outsiders get together in 1974 Sydney, and RADIO BIRDMAN is born with a mission - to keep compromise from their art. Birdman are turned off and kicked out of venue after venue. Their determination to do things their own way, against the industry, is unwavering, and drives them together - they become a family as much as a band. A 'New Race' of disaffected youth gain a rallying point when Birdman start their own venue, 'The Funhouse', and release their own records. B... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of outsiders get together in 1974 Sydney, and RADIO BIRDMAN is born with a mission - to keep compromise from their art. Birdman are turned off and kicked out of venue after venue. Their determination to do things their own way, against the industry, is unwavering, and drives them together - they become a family as much as a band. A 'New Race' of disaffected youth gain a rallying point when Birdman start their own venue, 'The Funhouse', and release their own records. But the intensity that drives Radio Birdman causes their break up. 20 years later they reform. Have they found peace with their struggle against the industry and each other?
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| The AustralianDavid StrattonLovers of the music scene will find the nostalgic footage from 40 years ago exhilarating, but the film, well-made though overlong, is strictly for fans of this kind of music. |
| DeciderBenjamin H. SmithFor fans of Radio Birdman, Descent Into The Maelstrom delivers on all counts, and its skillful portrait of the band will appeal to any music fan looking for a new documentary to watch. |
| The Sunday AgeCraig MathiesonDescent Into the Maelstrom ticks off each needle flicker on the timeline, but it almost never seizes on a crucial moment or pushes its subjects, a collection of greyed baby boomers, to explain themselves. |
| User ReviewJason KThis is a documentary that needed to be made. Post implosion of Radio Birdman in 1978 our music scene really hit its straps: Midnight Oil, the Sunnyboys, the Hoodoo Gurus, the Lime Spiders, the Hard-Ons, Died Pretty, the Celibate Rifles - all can look back and shake the hands of this band, they took their power and made their own brilliant contributions. Full review is now up on Salty Popcorn. |
Descent Into the Maelstrom: The Untold Story of Radio Birdman
