Burn My Eye

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Burn My Eye

EP by Radio Birdman
Released	1976
Recorded	Trafalgar Studios, 1976
Genre	Proto-Punk
Length	11:32 m/s
Label	Trafalgar
Producer(s)	John Sayers and Charles Fisher
	Burn My Eye EP (1976)	Radios Appear (1977)

Burn My Eye was the debut EP recorded by Sydney punk rock band Radio Birdman. It was a low-budget EP recorded at Trafalgar Studios, after rejection from many other venues and labels. Part of the reason that many labels were reluctant to sign the band was because of their unconventional sound, which was quite different than the music then popular in the Australian rock scene during the 1970's. The members of Birdman were not impressed with the acoustics of the typical 70's studio which they described as 'dead sounding and quiet', in contrast to the high tempo, hard-rock sound for which Birdman is known. To the sound engineers' horror, Birdman decided to alter the studio's sound more to their liking by hauling sheets of corrugated iron from nearby demolition sites up the stairs of the studio and covering the walls with them to 'lighten up the sound'.

Birdman also experimented with some other unconventional sounds on the EP, such as the smashing of VB cans on their heads, used as a percussion instrument throughout the recording.

The Burn My Eye EP was only produced once and has not been re-issued, so original copies of the EP are extremely rare.