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.

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1974 Radio Birdman
01 Radio Birdman Australian proto-punk
Radio Birdman ✦ The New Christs ✦ Died Pretty ✦ Lime Spiders ✦ Deniz Tek ✦ Screaming Tribesmen ✦ Citadel Records

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.

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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.

Divine Rites · Video collection

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 29 videos

Archive highlights

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.

Craig Barman, thanks for all your help since the beginning.

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