Exotic Birds: Adams, Kubiszewski & Freer in 1984

Adams, Kubiszewski & Freer in 1984

Kubiszewski & Freer in 1984

The Exotic Birds was a pop music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1983 by three Cleveland Institute of Music percussion students, Andy Kubiszewski, Tom Freer and Tim Adams. They wrote their own music and were described as synth pop, techno-pop and techno-dance. They achieved mainly local success but appeared as an opening band for the Eurythmics. Image File history File links Adams, Kubiszewski, Freer in 1984 Promo photo. ... Image File history File links Adams, Kubiszewski, Freer in 1984 Promo photo. ... Image File history File links Exotic Birds during a sound check. ... Image File history File links Exotic Birds during a sound check. ... Image File history File links Exotic Birds Andy Kubiszewski and Tom Freer. ... Image File history File links Exotic Birds Andy Kubiszewski and Tom Freer. ... Pop music, in popular and contemporary parlance, is a subgenre of popular music. ... ... Located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, the Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the worlds premier music conservatories. ... Duo Annie Lennox and David Stewart in a promotional shot for their 1999 album, Peace. ...

The band eventually grew to five memebers. Adams left to do orchestral work, but Mark Best and Frank Vale signed on. Then in 1986 Trent Reznor joined the band on keyboards, programming and backing vocals. Shortly after that, Reznor's roommate, Chris Vrenna replaced Freer on drums, who was departing for the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. But this was clearly Kubiszewski's band as neither Reznor nor Vrenna wrote any of the songs. By 1988 the band had broken up. Trent Reznor, founder of Nine Inch Nails. ... Image:Chrissy cakes. ... Norrköping Symphony is a Swedish orchestra. ...

Reznor, Vale and non-Exotic Birds member Mark Addison were the fictional band "The Problems" in Paul Schrader's 1987 Cleveland set movie Light of Day featuring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett. Paul Schrader (born 22 July 1946 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a screenwriter and film director, renowned for his characters that fall into desperation while their world crumbles around them. ... A movie which debuted in 1986, involved notables such as John Linquites, Danny Wrath Forbes, and Trent Reznor. ... Michael J. Fox (born June 9, 1961) is a Canadian-born actor, made famous by his roles as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy and as Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties. ... Joan Jett (2003) Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rock and roll guitarist, singer, and actress best known for her hit I Love Rock N Roll, which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20th to May 8th, 1982. ...

One-time Exotic Birds manager John Malm was Reznor's long-time manager and co-founder of Nothing Records with him. Nothing Records is a vanity label founded by Trent Reznor and John Malm, Jr. ...

Kubiszewski played percussion on some of Reznor's early Nine Inch Nails tracks and went on to drum for The The, Crowded House, Prick and Stabbing Westward. Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN and typeset as NIИ) is a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ... Matt Johnson The The was a British musical group that has been around since the early 1980s in different forms, with Matt Johnson being the only constant band member. ... Crowded House was an Australian/New Zealand rock group between 1986 and 1996; two original members were from Australia and one was from New Zealand. ... Prick is an industrial rock act headed by Kevin McMahon. ... Stabbing Westward was an American industrial rock and alternative rock band composed of Christopher Hall, Walter Flakus, Stuart Zechman, Jim Sellers and David Suycott. ...

To this day Freer, now with the Cleveland Orchestra, and Adams with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra remain close friends and often teach together. The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the major symphony orchestras in the United States. ... The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of the major orchestras in the United States. ...

Exotic Birds cover from 1984

Image File history File links Exotic Birds, 1984, Saturn Records This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Image File history File links Exotic Birds, 1984, Saturn Records This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ...

Tracklisting

1. "I'll Never Say Goodbye" (A. Kubiszewski 3:52)
2. "Waiting For You (Na Na)" (A. Kubiszewski 5:40)
3. "No Communication" (A. Kubiszewski 3:38)
4. "Fade Away" (A. Kubiszewski 5:40)
5. "Take Your Chances" (A. Kubiszewski 5:03)
6. "Demon Dance" (T. Adams 5:30)
7. "No Communication (TV Version)" (A. Kubiszewski 3:53)

Exotic Birds' L'Oiseau album cover from 1986

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L'Oiseau Tracklisting

1. "Dancing on the Airwaves" (A. Kubiszewski 3:40)
2. "Have You Heard the News" (A. Kubiszewski 3:42)
3. "The Meaning of Love" (T. Freer/A. Kubiszewski 2:37)
4. "This Must Be Heaven" (A. Kubiszewski 4:53)
5. "Nothing Lasts Forever" (T. Freer 3:54)
6. "Fighting Fire With Fire" (A. Kubiszewski 4:58)

External links

• Tim Adams bio
• Tom Freer homepage
• Article on Adams and Freer
• IMDB entry for Andy Kubiszewski