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Formed early in the new millenium by Joel O'Keeffe on vocals and his
younger brother, Ryan, on drums, Airbourne hails from the rural Victorian
town of Warrnambool, AUSTRALIA.
Instantly convinced that their futures lay in Rock 'n' Roll, it would
take the O'Keeffe brothers several years to find like-minded musicians
in their hometown. After a few false starts that saw the band perform
as a three-piece with a now long-gone bass player, Joel was introduced
to guitarist David Roads when the two worked at the Hotel Warrnambool.
Bringing their guitars to work and after their shifts, jamming on song
ideas, Roads was soon asked to join the O'Keeffe brothers for a jam at
their house. Bassist Justin Street completed the picture in 2003.
One year later the quartet released the appropriately-titled "Ready
To Rock", their 8-track EP debut.
Already having slayed audiences on the main stage at the 2006 Big Day
Out, Airbourne have also shared the stage with The
Rolling Stones, Motley Crue, The
Living End to name drop a few. In 2006 the group got their biggest
break yet when, after a huge amount of interest from several international
labels, they relocated to Los Angeles to begin work on what would become
their first full-length album, "Runnin' Wild"; the 11-song set
was released in Australia in June 2007 and worldwide in early 2008 on
Roadrunner Records. It debuted at #106 on the American Billboard Top 200
Albums chart highlighted by two energetic Hot Mainstream Rock hits, the
first single, "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast", peaked at #16
on the Billboard chart and the title-track fell just shy of reaching the
top 20. "Runnin' Wild", which was an acclaimed record lauded
by critics in Australia, where it became a top 20 album, contained another
single, the minor hit "Diamond In The Rough".
Airbourne have a new tune ready to hit radio called "No Way But
The Hard Way". The track is the first single from the band's brand
new album "No Guts, No Glory" which will be released in Europe,
Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on March 8, 2010 and in U.S.
on April 20.
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