Rob Younger

Rob Younger
Birth nameRobert Kent Younger
BornSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • producer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1974–present
LabelsCitadel

Rob Younger (born Robert Kent Younger) is an Australian rock musician, vocalist, songwriter and producer. He is a founding mainstay of the punk rock group Radio Birdman, and he is a pioneer of the local independent music scene. Radio Birdman, formed with Deniz Tek on guitar in November 1974, was one of the first punk rock bands ever formed in Australia, and it is considered one of the most influential and crucial bands in Australian music history. Younger formed a short-term super-group, New Race, in 1981. He also formed New Christs in that year, who is still active today.

Rob Younger, during a performance by Radio Birdman in Melbourne in 1996.

Younger undertook production work, particularly with bands on the Citadel Records label. He has teamed up with the label's engineer-producer, Alan Thorne, and has worked independently in Australia and Europe. Younger and Radio Birdman are cited as influential by various rock artists, including The Hives and Silverchair. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, Daniel Johns of Silverchair announced the induction of Radio Birdman into the ARIA Hall of Fame.