Selon la bio de Nick Cave de Mark Mordue, Boy on Fire : The Young Nick Cave, il adorait débiner Radio Birdman :
Nicky Danger, as Nick was calling himself then, did an interview for the punk zine Alive ’n’ Pumping, in which he gave his bile against Tek free rein. Asked what bands he liked or hated, Nick was pure punk disrespect. ‘I think Deniz Tek is an arsehole and his brain is as big as a pea. Birdman rip off everyone like The Stooges, MC5, Doors, Bay City Rollers, etc. I guess Rob Younger is a good front man, though; I mean that seriously. The Pistols are okay.’
Within a year Nick would be up in Sydney with The Boys Next Door saying things such as ‘I hate Radio Birdman’ on stage for no other reason than to take yet another gratuitous stab at that band’s legendary status – this time on Birdman’s home turf. It was a very Nick thing to do, and not the first or last time he would define himself with an unforgiving zest against others. It all went with punk rock’s demolishing ethos of malice and disrespect, though it still must have been galling to be so obviously and quickly dropped, as well as slurred for no clear reason. To make matters worse, the ‘other’ great Australian act of the era, The Saints, had behaved boorishly in Sydney after Radio Birdman had welcomed the Brisbane band by organising live shows and accommodation.