Graham Bidstrup

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Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup
Born	Adelaide, South Australia
Occupations	Drummer, music producer, artist manager
Instruments	Drums, keyboards, guitar
Associated acts	The Angels, The Party Boys, Gang Gajang, Jimmy Little

Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup is an Australian musician, songwriter, music producer and artist manager. He has been a member of The Angels, The Party Boys and Gang Gajang. He has managed Jimmy Little, Nathan Cavaleri and Diana Ah Naid. He is part of the management team for the Jimmy Little Foundation.^[1]

Biography

The Angels

Main article: The Angels (Australian band)

Bidstrup was an early drummer for The Angels and recorded four albums with them. Three of these albums went platinum, two reaching the top ten. Bidstrup co wrote the bands top 10 single "no secrets".

Gang Gajang

Main article: Gang Gajang

Bidstrup was a founding member of Gang Gajang. The band was built out of being part of the crew of musicians/songwriters including Chris Bailey (band mate from The Angels) on bass guitar. They recorded the platinum selling soundtrack to the ABC TV series Sweet and Sour, for which Bidstrup was an Associate Music Director. Gang Gajang released three albums with Bidstrup, including the self titled album which spawned the song "Sounds of Then (This is Australia)".

The Party Boys

Main article: The Party Boys

Bidstrup was a founding member of The Party Boys, an all-star covers band. They recorded three live albums with him, each going gold.

Other bands

Bidstrup has also played with Fahrenheit 451(band), Red Angel Panic, The Swingers, Gotham City, The Stetsons, Riptides, Catfish, Dave Steel Band and Jimmy Barnes Band.

Studio work

Bidstup has been producer or co-producer on recordings by artists such as Riptides, The Party Boys, Gang Gajang, The Stetsons, Dave Steel, James Blundell, The Sunnyboys, Nathan Cavaleri, Diana Ah Naid and Jimmy Little and Leah Purcell. He has played as a session musician of albums by artist such as Swanee, Mondo Rock, Richard Clapton, Broderick Smith, Australian Crawl, Daryl Braithwaite, Dave Steel, James Blundell, Nathan Cavaleri and Jimmy Barnes

References

McFarlane, Ian, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1999) ISBN 1-86508-072-1
Bio at ganggajang.com
Graham Bidstrup at Australian Rock Database by Magnus Holmgre

↑ Jimmy Little Foundation Management Team - Buzz Bidstrup

External links

v t e Gang Gajang

Mark 'Cal' Callaghan Chris Bailey Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup Robert 'Robbie' James Geoffrey Stapleton James Black Mike Grubb Kayellen Bee Marilyn Delaney Mark O'Connor Gordon Sullivan

Studio albums	Gang Gajang Gang Again Lingo Oceans and Deserts

Compilation albums	True to the Tone The Essential Chronologica

Videos	The Complete Gang Gajang

v t e Gang Gajang singles

Gang Gajang	"Gimme Some Lovin" "House of Cards" "Giver of Life" "The Bigger They Are" "Sounds of Then"

Gang Again	"Initiation" "American Money" "Luck of the Irish"

Lingo	"Hundreds of Languages" "Talk to Me" "Ordinary World"

Oceans and Deserts	"Nomadsland" "Anodyne Dream" "Trust"

Persondata
Name	Bidstrup, Graham
Alternative names
Short description	Australian musician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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