Exotic Birds |
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Exotic Birds | |
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![]() Adams, Kubiszewski & Freer in 1984 | |
Background information | |
Origin | |
Genres | |
Years active | 1982 | –1991
Associated acts | |
Past members | Tom Freer Tim Adams Mark Best Frank Vale Richard Carpenter Marty Step Nick Rushe |
The Exotic Birds was a
The band's first single, "Dance the Night Away," was backed with an earlier recording, "Who Knows Why," by Kubiszewski and Nick Capetanakis (who performed with Kubiszewski in a prior group.) The order of the songs was accidentally flipped on the record, so the older song appeared as the A side. "Who Knows Why" received moderate local radio play and became a surprise hit in Japan. The band eventually grew to five members. Adams left to do orchestral work, but Mark Best and Frank Vale signed on. Then by 1985,
Kubiszewski reformed with a new line-up including
In 1993, Kubiszewski left to play drums with
Reznor, Vale and non-Exotic Birds member Mark Addison were the fictional band "The Problems" in
One-time Exotic Birds manager
Kubiszewski played percussion on some of Reznor's early
To this day, Freer, now with the