Dirty Bird

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Dirty Bird
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Hardcore
Years active	1993-present
Members
Uncle Anus - Vocals Richard Shakes III - Guitar Mary in New Orleans God of Thunder - Bass Dave Low-Key Gonzalez - Drums Vern Verner - Guitar

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dirty Bird endorse themselves as "Canada's drunkest hardcore band". Formed in 1993, they've been billed with other notable groups such as The Misfits, Nashville Pussy, Dayglo Abortions, DOA, Gang Green, New Bomb Turks, UK Subs, Death Sentence, and The Vibrators.

Dirty Bird have released a 7" EP on blue vinyl, a split 12" LP with Toronto locals Ulcer, a DVD entitled "Dirty Bird Invades Naughty Camp 2001", and three self released CDs, the latest being 2008's "Dirty Bird - Seeks" A two disc anthology comprised of material from 1993 to 1999 will be released in 2008 as well.

Dirty Bird can be found on the Trooper tribute album "Shot Spots" performing "Boys in the Bright White Sports Car", and on no less than ten independently released compilation albums.

They have a large fan base in Southern Ontario, have toured the north eastern United States, across Canada, and the Pacific Northwest.

Dirty Bird is also a common name for fast food outlet Kentucky fried Chicken (KFC)