Graham Bidstrup
| Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Graham Leslie Bidstrup |
| Born | 30 August 1952 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation(s) | musician, music producer, songwriter, artist manager |
| Instruments | drums, keyboards, guitar, ukulele |
| Associated acts | The Angels, The Party Boys, GANGgajang, 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 GANGgajang. He has managed Jimmy Little, Nathan Cavaleri and Diana Ah Naid. He was the CEO of the Jimmy Little Foundation from 2005 - 2015 and is the founder and Managing Director of Uncle Jimmy Thumbs Up Ltd.
Graham Bidstrup (aka Buzz Throckman) joined The Angels soon after the release of their first single "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" in 1976. Staying until 1981, he recorded the four albums with the band, The Angels (1977), Face to Face (1978), No Exit (1979) and Dark Room (1980) before leaving to pursue a career in music production for films including Heatwave, Starstruck and Greetings from Wollongong many for young bands of the time including The Riptides, The Honeymoon and The Numbers. Three of the Angels albums went platinum, two reaching the top ten. In 1980, Bidstrup co-wrote and co-produced the Angels top ten single, "No Secrets" with singer Doc Neeson.
Bidstrup was a founding member of GANGgajang. The band emerged in 1984 with Chris Bailey (band mate from The Angels) on bass guitar, Mark Callaghan from The Riptides, (a band Bidstrup had previously produced) and Kayellen Bee. They wrote songs and performed on the platinum selling soundtrack to the ABC TV series Sweet and Sour, for which Bidstrup was an Associate Music Director. With the addition of Geoffrey Stapleton on keyboards and Robert James lead guitar in 1985 the line up was complete and GANGgajang have now released four albums including the platinum selling self titled album which includes the now iconic song "Sounds of Then (This is Australia)". Bidstrup was the music director for the Quiksilver cult surf film, Mad Wax, that featured GANGgajang's music exclusively. GANGgajang were subsequently voted “No 1 band in the World” by the World Professional Surfers’ Association 1988/89. GANGgajang are still very much active in both live performance and recording and celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2015.
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