Chris Masuak (ex-Radio Birdman) & Dog Soldier in Southport

Six years after his last visit to Australia, former Radio Birdman guitarist Chris “Klondike” Masuak is returning with his hand-picked local band Dog Soldier for a select run of East Coast shows.

He’ll play his only Queensland show at Vinnies Dive Bar at Southport on Sunday, June 4 with support from Brisbane’s The Square Tugs and the duo Mick Medew & Ursula, the latter featuring his former Screaming Tribesmen bandmate Mick Medew..

Masuak’s musical history reads like a muscle car ride through the mean streets of Australia’s rock and roll underground.

The Canadian-born Masuak achieved teenage notoriety as guitarist for Australia’s legendary Radio Birdman, and then waged a War Against The Jive with the country’s hardest working rock and roll band, The Hitmen.

Next came a stint with the original live version of the New Christs, followed by international prominence with the chart busting Screaming Tribesmen. Mick Medew of Mick Medew & Ursula is his old bandmate in the Tribesmen.

A member of the ARIA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Masuak has an impressive back catalogue of rock, pop and blues releases under his own name and fronting the Viveiro Wave Riders. He is now based in Galicia in northern Spain.

Dog Soldier comprises bassist Tony Bambach (Aberration, Green Spiders, ex-Lime Spiders) and drummer Stu Wilson (Aberration, The Rivers, ex-New Christs).

Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier will re-trace Klondike’s storied career, drawing on material from his key bands - with a few surprises thrown in.