Budgie

Burke Shelley, founder, frontman, singer and bassist of the cult Welsh rockers Budgie, has died at the age of 71. The sad news was confirmed by Shelley's daughter Ela Shelley, who posted the following yesterday on the band's official…

»Deliver Us From Evil« packed a heaping gallon of excellent, melodically tinged hard rock, so it's a real shame that Budgie shut down all studio activity for a long time after its release.

Budgie's second album, "Squawk", from the famed rock'n'roll "budgies" out of Wales, already gave a sharper outline and a clearer picture of a band on the rise, one that was carving out its own little corner under the open sun

The cult Welsh band that delighted us across most of its albums with a unique knack for making music that was punchy, complex and innovative all at once, as well as a whole string of cheeky and

Budgie could hardly wait for the day they'd step through the studio door and record their debut! Roger Bain, who had also produced Black Sabbath's debut a year earlier, took the producer's seat. Budgie are a band whose riffs aren't the most…