Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup has been actively involved with the Australian entertainment industry for over thirty five years as a musician, songwriter, music producer and artist manager.
From 1976 – 81, he played drums with The Angels aka AngelCity (USA, UK Europe).The Angels recorded three albums with producers George Young and Harry Vanda ( AC/DC ) and he co wrote / co produced songs which saw chart success not only in Australia but also overseas including the most successful Angels Australian hit single “No Secrets”.
In 1984 Buzz co-founded another legendary band, GANGgajang. He was music director for the Quiksilver cult surf film Mad Wax and subsequently GANGgajang was voted “No 1 band in the world” by the World Professional Surfers Association 1988/89. He has also produced, recorded or played on soundtracks for many major Australian feature films, including Heatwave, and Starstruck documentaries and television series, like the 1984 ABC series Sweet and Sour where he was associate music director.He has produced over 45 albums for a wide variety of artists and his work as a session musician has has been heard on many hit records, including Australian Crawls “Reckless”, Jimmy Barnes “No Second Prize” and Richard Claptons “Solidarity”. Buzz began his management career in 1984 with GANGgajang but has also managed other artists including Nathan Cavaleri and Diana Anaid. He produced both their debut albums.
Buzz met Jimmy when he was asked to help promote the Messenger album and has managed his music and business affairs since 1999. While not touring with The Angels or GANGgajang Buzz has organised concerts including the Bon Scott Celebration Concert in WA and the AC/DC tribute concert for the 2008 Adelaide Guitar Festival. Buzz also has a long term association with the NSW Schools Spectacular Talent Development Project and was a board member or the Australian Music Managers Forum.