Budgie - 05 - In The Grip of Tyrefitter's Hand 

R.I.P. Burke Shelley! Thank you so much for decades of classic material sir. You will be sorely missed.

I love how they go from blusey, to psychedelic proto-heavy metal, then throw in some funky stuff. It's so delicious to hear.

this must be one of the best heavy metal songs ever

We need more Budgie fans

RIP Burke Shelley. You 've always been a legend to my ears!

Budgie - The most underrated band in the rock history !

I am old & I am more than my share of cynical but I just realized there is a group of people I actually feel sorry for on this God-forsaken rock - People who have never heard of Budgie...

I can never go to the tyre repair shop without thinking of this band.

Saddened to hear of the passing of Burke Shelley at the start of jan 2022,a great singer and bassist,met him a few times at Budgie gigs, such a lovely bloke,he’ll be saddly missed🕊🙏🌹

The riff, the bass, the pure simplicity of the complexity. Genius. Thanks Burke. Live on chap.

Budgie is resposible for some of the coolest riffs. Breadfan is not the only one! This song is fantastic!

In the 1982 during my teens hood...i like Budgie...even Budgie was not so well known enough such as Led Zeppelin & Deep Purple. Jakarta Indonesia 1982.

I was Gigging near Torrevieja last night,and met a Welsh tyre fitting Budgie fan 😂😂 so we posed a photo as tribute 😂😂😂😂😂 just put it on my Facebook page

What an awesome classic ! Together with "breadfan" & baby please don`t go" this tune is immortal in my ears and soul !

Takes me back 30 years, an 18 year old girl soaking in Prog rock, miss the vibe in the rock clubs in town, the long hair and leathers. Glad I experienced great music before all the crap came in x

First heard this band back in 1976. A boyfriend had a kick ass stereo with turntable and monster speakers. He played Budgie a lot. I was hooked instantly.

R.I.P Burke shelley. thanks for all the music!!

Just found out Burke Shelley passed away. I've been listening to Budgie for about a year - been hooked from the moment I heard "Breadfan". Listened to all the albums several times. I'm incredibly grateful to Burke Shelley for persevering with Budgie, and creating incredible music that will live on forever! May he rest in peace.

This is my favorite BUDGIE album... followed by BANDOLIER 👊🏼💜🖤💜🖤💜✌🏿

Saw them 3 times at Plymouth Guildhall. Seen a lot of top bands in my time and these guys are up there with the best

This is one of the best album ever imo, I've been a huge fan since the 70's.

Un underrated group.........I like the sound of Budgie......Are they still playing now in 2023?RIP, Burke Shelley.........

R.I.P. Burke Shelley. :(

First saw Budgie in 1973 - my first gig at Newcastle City Hall. The support was a four piece Judas Priest! Met Burke Shelly years later at a gig in Trillions in Newcastle. Really nice down to earth bloke - I was able to have a chat and a beer. Treasured memories of a very underrated band. RIP Burke.

Budgie had some great song titles have a look and listen

Love the cover art by Roger Dean. RIP Burke.

The greatest band that no one heard of.

Yes,this band should have been huge, forever a fan, thought provoking lyrics,mega riffs and melodies, the change of pace in many of their tracks remind me of early Sabbath, privileged to have seen them 3 times, even crossed the Pennines from Bolton to Wakefield town hall to get my fix. Keeping the rock alive brothers and sisters.

Budgie always sounds to me like what later Rush records would have sounded like if John Rutsey didn't quit.

Up there with the best bass guitarist to walk on this planet he definetly left some heavy prints in the music industry

I was once a tyrefiter, absolutely love this most underrated band,

Man that riff in between the verses is fucking heavy!!! especially with the bass

Give this band a listen they have been going for years top rockers

Yes a happy chap i am too, having got this, In For the Kill and Bandolier in the late 70s. certainly up with the really famous bands.

The riffs in this song are some of the very best...

Still got all my Budgie album’s on vinyl 🎸

Rest in peace Burke, discovered your pretty unknown but way-ahead-of-its-time band in 2018 when I started playing bass. A real underrated underground rockband! Will now try to learn some Budgie songs on bass.

Very underated Band .Excellent musicians all three ...Burke is a Legend ...

How did I miss this band ?? I thought I had heard it all during the day. Budgie is absolutely great!!

Congratulations, Budgie! Like you a lot......Your sound is like a swedish dish called klappgröt.......God bless you!

I am 60. Heard these sounds 30 years ago. Still amazing.

Bloody hell, I love this band, from the proto grunge of the first two albums, to the classic era epics like this, Parents and Zoom Club etc to the hard rocking funk of "If I were Brittania...." and "Impeckable". Awesome. Black Sabbath + Little Feat = Budgie

Geddy Lee of RUSH cited these guys as a major influence on their sound and this is one of many songs that really shows where RUSH got the sound they became so famous for....

I am a Tyre/tire fitter!! whoooooo hoooo budgie! A band tribute to my trade!

My first girlfriend cheated on me with a Tyrefitter! What a betrayal as a Budgie fan back then in the 1970s! Loved the irony!

Wicked riffs.

This is the band that brought us Rush.

Bought this album twice. Once on vinyl when I was still at school in 1974 and then later on CD so I could listen on CD. Bet the lads wouldn't recognise Butetown now as the gentrified Cardiff Bay area.

This is THE Budgie contribution. Be humbled, and slide into the groove. It's a wave, and you? You can ride, crash, or observe.

Great bass playing from Burke Shelley on a very heavy track.

This album is truly a masterpiece. I can think of countless rock albums afforded this label, with many skippable tracks. This album however is superb from front to back

23 now first heard this band when I was 18 n wow they still sound great after all those years

I work in a tire factory making tires, to be honest I mostly scream at the robot that makes them, and I love this song!

This is epic song great riff and middle 8 before the guitar riff love it

With a chorus riff that would grace any Sabbath album this tune just rips my head off !

Budgie...that name...Mr Shelley, really? what were you thinking! Back in the day they were the band to see. Their song titles...amazing! Tony Bourgh should get the recognition he deserves.

This jam never gets old..

One of my choice tracks budgie rock on in the afterlife shelly ✌️😎

BUDGIE ROCKS 💜💜💜

They are most definitely underrated

Very good album ,still got it

This bass rocks

RIP Burke! What an inspiration you was!

Classic tune by these underrated founders of heavy. GOd/Jesus bless and save all that read this. have a blessed day.

I was counting the awesome riffage for a FB group post and came up with at least 8. That's more than Zep or Sabbath in one song!

Budgie f'n rocks ...

Damn! I should listend to Budgie more often! Great Music!!

The outro hooked me in a record store in Seattle, circa 1990-91. Unreal.

What a guitar rift xx

Magic. I still have the vinyl ;-)

Great band and as lots of people say, very under-rated.

a great band from wales

Lyrics You've got your feelings And your old fashioned feelings About the world and its ways No retribution no simple solution I think we're caught in a maze And all that plunder And that feeling down under It tends to gnaw at you We're in the grip it's a total eclipse And the tyre fitter's got you Now let me explain this feeling of pain Comes from the man at the top His grip is so tight, his political might The tyrefitter will not stop He's bleeding your brain He'll drive you insane Nobody is making a move He'll give you a pen, but he's got him his gun Yeah the tyre man is oh so shrewd I'm licking my wounds and I'm mending my bones And catching the wind out of town We're all in the grip of the tyrefitters hand And it's doing me some harm We're running away and it just ain't the way You gotta get it into yourself Watch what we do, yeah we gotta make do And hide it away on a shelf

Bass is thumpin'

I love this fucking band!!! My favorite i never had one but they are far superior to any current bands..nobody just rocks no frills no bullshit like budgie funk hard rock heavy blue nwobhm what ever you wish to label them it doesn't matter cause they are still the shit..!!!!!!!

Great underrated band!

top track for me.. in the grip....

Earth should be controlled by Budgie!!!

really THE most bad ass groove ever set to vinyl

All the unfortunate people who haven't heard of them!!!

Budgie, as per the comment I just read about Budgie being the most underrated band, yep, I agree, but they have influenced so many other bands...

They should've been huge, shame, way better than most bands of there day

omg forgot this band, who doesnt love them!!!!

Great Album and great artwork by Roger Dean

kiedyś wyszydzani...przez naszych radiowych pseudofachowców,ale, ola to...są git,a po kilkudzisięciu latach...coś pięknego.że są w sieci,dzięki

the riff at 3.00 ....awsome

What a tune 👌

Awesome song say no more

this is it, the peak of metal.

Just got this album today for Christmas

Badass bass - oh my!

In the grip of Budgie's talent...

Sweet Riff!!!

MONSTER BAND. NO MODERN METAL JUNK WILL EVER TOUCH THIS BAND.

Geddy Lee of Rush looks and sounds so much like Burke Shelly, most definitely a influential band for him

Budgie dropping is a cute name

great band- took me forever to get the first two on cd- never had the vinyl- should have gold records easy

Brilliant

I meet Burke Shelly in Fiesta San Antonio Texas… RIP❤… Abe3 😎💕🙏🙏🙏

yeah, mighty hand!