New Race | |
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| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Alternative punk rock, indie rock, garage, proto-punk |
| Years active | 1981 |
| Past members | Rob Younger Ron Asheton Deniz Tek Warwick Gilbert Dennis Thompson |
New Race was a Detroit rock–styled supergroup based in Sydney, Australia, formed in April 1981. New Race was a concept [citation needed] band featuring three members of Radio Birdman: Deniz Tek, Rob Younger, and Warwick Gilbert, along with their inspirational mentors: Ron Asheton of The Stooges, and Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson of MC5.
New Race played one tour of the East Coast of Australia, which consisted of seventeen shows. Many of these shows were recorded in anticipation of a live album at the end of the tour, and it was these recordings which formed the band's only "official" album, The First and the Last. There are two quality "bootleg" albums, also from these recordings, released on French label Revenge Records. The three albums include Radio Birdman originals, songs from the MC5 and The Stooges, and songs from Deniz Tek's post-Birdman band, The Visitors, and Asheton's post-Stooges band, Destroy All Monsters, along with one original song, "Columbia", credited to the entire band.
At the conclusion of the tour, both Ron Asheton and Dennis Thompson returned to the United States to pursue new musical avenues.