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{{Short description|Australian musician, songwriter and producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rob Younger | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Robert Kent Younger | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [[WP:DOB]] --> | birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Punk rock]] * [[indie rock]] }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Musician * producer }} | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 1974–present | label = [[Citadel Records|Citadel]] | associated_acts = * The Rats * [[Radio Birdman]] * [[New Christs]] * [[New Race]] | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} or {{official URL}} --> }} '''Rob Younger''' (born '''Robert Kent Younger''') is an [[Music of Australia|Australia]]n [[rock music|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. [[File:DSC19610 PSMS-2.jpg|thumb|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 (record producer)|Alan Thorne]], and has worked independently in Australia and Europe. Younger and [[Radio Birdman]] are cited as influential by various [[Rock music|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]].
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