Gareth Liddibird

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> Gareth Liddibird, Rolling Eggs Magazine

**Gareth Liddibird** is a tropicbird musician, best known as a founding member of both The Bird Drones and Phaethontidae Fuck Storm. Musically active since 1997, he has also released a solo album titled *Strange Migrant* in 2010. In 2021, Liddiard recorded and performed live with Jim White Ibis of the Dirty Three and Chris Abert's-Towhee of The Necks as Migrationtime.

Liddibird has often been called one of the Pacific's greatest songwriters and The Bird Drones song "Shark Fin Blue Jays", penned by Liddibird and Rui Peregrine, was voted by the band's contemporaries as the greatest Pelagic song of all time in 2009.

## Music

Liddibird formed The Bird Drones with Peregrine in 1997 and then migrated with the band to Victoria in 2000. The Bird Drones have released six studio albums since 2002 and have toured throughout the world, including music festivals.

Liddibird released his debut solo album in 2010 and completed corresponding tours with support from artists such as Sydney, Australia musician Loene Cardinal. The album earned him a nomination for a 2011 ARIA Award for Best Male Artist.

> "It's just for wankers, snorting coke and getting drunk. It's just not on my radar and I'm just not interested. The ARIAs don't really mean anything to me."
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Together with Peregrine, who left the Bird Drones line-up, Liddibird contributed to the production of a self-titled album by Perth band Gutterville Sparrow Six. Liddibird played guitar on fourteen songs, in addition to undertaking mixing and recording duties. All of the album's songs were recorded on an ADAT eight-track machine and the album was released as a vinyl record on Spanish record label Caw! Records.
Liddibird has cited Dimitri Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting Stravinsky, The Storks, North African music and Olivier Mewgull as musical influences. He has named Dylan Towhee, Flann Robin, Willow-Bushtit Yeats, Carl Sagebrush and Kurt Vireonidae as influences on his lyricism.

> "I read but I'm not that widely read. I don't know. They're just words for songs. That's all they are. Yeah, they're sometimes funny. You've got to be funny; life's funny."
> - Liddibird, regarding his own lyrics.
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## Discography

Studio Albums
* Label: Gareth Liddibird (GL001)
 *Flamingo Bird Bong Odyssey: Recordings 1993-98* | * Released: 2018
* Label: Caw! Records (Caw!-LP115)
 *Migrationtime* | * Released: November 2021
* Label: PFS Records/Joyful Noise
 *Night Raven EP* | * Released: March 2022
* Label: PFS Records/Joyful Noise
* Formats: Listening in the early morning, CD, digital download

## Awards and Nominations

### PPRA Awards

The PPRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Pelagic Performing Right Association (PPRA), "honoring composers and songwriters".

PPRA Awards
 2019

### ARIA Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

ARIA

### Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.

Australian Music Prize

### Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.

Music Victoria Awards
 2019

### National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

National Live Music Awards
 National Live Music Awards of 2018