Artist
Budgie
Budgie is a hard rock artist from Cardiff, Wales formed in 1967. 92 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hard Rock · Cardiff, Wales · Best hard rock albums
- 92
- Releases
- 1971–2025
- Active years
- 1967
- Formed
Artist
Budgie is a hard rock artist from Cardiff, Wales formed in 1967. 92 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hard Rock · Cardiff, Wales · Best hard rock albums
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Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
1973
Live Flight
2022
Bandolier
1975
If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
1976
Impeckable
1978
LIVE @ SPIT 21/09/24 (Live)
2025
The Ballad Of A Dopehead
2025
Lovers On Ice
2025
Panty Soakers 0
2024
Melt The Ice Away (Live)
2024
Smile Boy Smile (Live)
2024
Bread Fan (Live)
2024
Wild Night Vol 2 (Live)
2024
Love For You & Me (Live)
2024
Breaking The Rules (Live)
2024
King Biscuit Radio 1978 (Live)
2024
Radio Tunes of 1978 - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2024
Live On King Biscuit Radio 1978 (Live)
2024
Dream Catching Songs
2023
Breaking All The Rules Vol. 1 (Live)
2021
Sky High Percentage (Live)
2021
Breaking All The Rules Vol. 2 (Live)
2021
Crimes Against Humanity (Live)
2021
Breaking All The Rules Vol. 3 (Live)
2021
Wild Night Vol 3 (Live)
2020
Crime Against Humanity (Live)
2020
TV Tour (Live)
2020
Young Is A World (Live)
2020
The Author (Live)
2020
Wildfire (Live)
2020
Budgie Tv - 1972 - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2020
Rocking Man (Live)
2020
Budgie - Live American Broadcast - 1976 (Live)
2020
Turned To Stone (Live)
2020
Live America Broadcast - 1976 (Live)
2020
Recordings of 1980 - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2020
I Turned To Stone (Live)
2020
The Live Sessions (Live)
2020
Panzer Division Destroyed (Live)
2020
Rocking Reading (Live)
2020
She Used Me Up (Live)
2020
Crime Against The World (Live)
2020
Lighter Than Air (Live)
2020
Budgie - Recordings of 1980 - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2020
Whiskey River (Live)
2020
The 1970s Storm (Live)
2020
Turn To Stone (Live)
2020
Flying Sky High (Live)
2020
Sky Hight TV Tour (Live)
2020
I Came You Saw (Live)
2020
Live in '76 (Live)
2020
Live on TV 1972 (Live)
2020
You're A Superstar (Live)
2020
Superstar (Live)
2020
The Whisky River (Live)
2020
Live in Reading (Live)
2020
Forearm Smash (Live)
2020
Truth Drug (Live)
2020
Breaking All The Rules (Live)
2020
Panty Soakers 5
2020
Breadfan (Live)
2020
Live TV Session 1972 (Live)
2020
Live TV Session 1976 (Live)
2020
Live At Reading 1980 (Live)
2020
Budgie LIVE (Live)
2020
Budgie TV - Live American Broadcast - 1972 (Live)
2020
Holy Ghost Zone II
2020
The Live Tracks (Live)
2019
The Hits (Live)
2019
Sky High (Live)
2019
Panty Soakers 6
2019
Truth Serum (Live)
2019
Panzer Division (Live)
2019
Twisted Superstar (Live)
2019
Holy Ghost Zone
2018
Panty Soakers 3
2017
You're All Living in Cuckooland
2006
Deliver Us From Evil
1982
Nightflight
1981
Power Supply
1980
In for the Kill
1974
Squawk (2013 Remaster)
1972
Squawk
1972
Budgie
1971
Budgie (2013 remaster)
1971
Budgie is a Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band from Cardiff. They are described by author Gary Sharpe-Young as one of the earliest heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock (an influence on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and acts such as Metallica) being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day" Budgie's music is a cross between the progressive metal textures of Rush and heaviness of Black Sabbath. Burke Shelley's vocals have been compared to Geddy Lee due to his similar approach of high-pitched banshee wails (incidentally, Shelley and Lee are also the bass players in their respective bands). Although Budgie remained quite obscure during their early career, many future stars of hard rock/metal have cited them as an important influence and covered their songs, including Iron Maiden, Metallica, Van Halen, Melvins, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden.
