In the pantheon of badassery in punk rock, no one has a lead on Deniz Tek. In addition to helping to bring Detroit-style rock ‘n roll to Australia and then to the world with Radio Birdman and playing with some of those Detroit legends in New Race, Deniz became an emergency room surgeon, then a navy pilot and flight surgeon and finally a Kona coffee farmer in Hawaii. We talk about it all, from his early years working at an auto plant in Michigan to his current music with James Williamson of the Stooges, an upcoming reissue of the New Race LP and how he’s still learning new things and taking on new challenges. Yeah hup! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Deniz’s website https://www.deniztek.com/ TEKONA Coffee https://www.tekonacoffee.com/ Deniz Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/258125-Deniz-Tek https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/feb/23/cult-heroes-deniz-tek-radio-birdman-punk-rock-australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Birdman Bill’s disaster at sea reading list https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/862342-bill-florio?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=disaster-at-sea Kona Coffee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kona_coffee https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/01/04/story1.html Pepsi Kona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOM5i1amTKg Olive Oil Police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSaj9RRzGE Easybeats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnqxbdnzlhw Michael Banzai Ramos https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/pilot-lands-home/attachment/commercial-pilot-michael-banzai-ramos-calls-mira-villa-a-luxury-condominium-community-in-summerlin-home-he-purchased-the-cielo-floor-plan-one-of-the-few-top-floor-units-not-price/ Mort Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s499hbtwUEs&list=PLDkPmVsDCFndWsJKC024MsUxf2RZhmD3L Aloha Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkKiZ9VSD6U