Graham Leslie "Buzz" Bidstrup was born on 30 August 1952 and is an Australian musician, songwriter, music producer and talent manager.
17 Facts About Graham Bidstrup
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Graham Bidstrup was a member of the Angels, the Party Boys and Gang Gajang.
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Graham Bidstrup has managed Jimmy Little, Nathan Cavaleri and Diana Ah Naid.
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Graham Bidstrup was the CEO of the Jimmy Little Foundation from 2005 to 2015 and is the founder and Managing Director of associated Uncle Jimmy Thumbs Up Ltd.
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Graham Leslie Bidstrup was born on 30 August 1952 in Adelaide.
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Graham Bidstrup completed a mechanical engineering course at the Adelaide University of Technology in the early 1970s before travelling to Europe.
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Graham Bidstrup played in other Adelaide bands Taxi, Pegasus and Gotham City.
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Graham Bidstrup recorded four studio albums with the band, The Angels, Face to Face, No Exit and Dark Room.
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In 1980, Graham Bidstrup co-wrote and co-produced the Angels' top ten single, "No Secrets" with their singer Bernard "Doc" Neeson.
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Graham Bidstrup left the Angels in 1981 to focus on screen music production.
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Graham Bidstrup worked on Heatwave, Starstruck and Greetings from Wollongong.
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Graham Bidstrup was a founding member of Gang Gajang in Sydney in 1984.
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Graham Bidstrup was the music director for the Quiksilver cult surf film, Mad Wax, which showcased Gang Gajang's music.
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Graham Bidstrup was a founding member of The Party Boys, an all-star covers band in 1982 featuring Kevin Borich, Paul Christie, Harvey James and James Reyne.
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The last recording Graham Bidstrup made with the Party Boys was in 1983 on "No Song Too Sacred", which featured Shirley Strachan on lead vocals.
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Graham Bidstrup learned his early engineering and production skills under the mentorship of Harry Vanda and George Young at Alberts Records, and then with young engineer Mark Opitz, who co-produced two Angels albums Face to Face and No Exit.
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Graham Bidstrup has played as a session musician on albums by artists such as Swanee, Mondo Rock, Richard Clapton, Broderick Smith, Australian Crawl, Dave Steel, James Blundell, Nathan Cavaleri, Aly Cook, Johanna Campbell and Jimmy Barnes.