Airbourne

[Dead N' Bloated]

Sorry if there is already a thread for them but I couldn't find it.

Anyone heard of these blokes? They Just toured with Motorhead and Rose Tattoo in Australia. They are very AC/DC but faster. Great Aussie Rock.

I only bought the album today coz everyone kept telling me I'd Love em and they were right. These blokes kick arse.


 

[mrlee]

i heard them...they basically are ac/dc just with different people playing the music lol

they even have brothers who are the main guys in the band!

[metallex78]

Not a big fan of theirs, but it's good to see them flying the flag for Aussie pub rock in these days of emo crap everywhere.

[mrlee]

hmmm

listened to the album.

it is ac/dc done perfect however, its done so good i feel these guys can continue for ac/dc when they stop.

They are young and do it with top quality.

i suggest everyone check there album out.

[Malcolm]

Jonni Starr of DirtyRock.net recently conducted an interview with AIRBOURNE drummer Ryan O'Keeffe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

DirtyRock.net: Why did you guys choose New Jersey to be your U.S. base?

Ryan: As we've discovered, a lot of bands have a U.S. market or UK market. And it's not very often that an act will be going well on both markets and it happens to be that we are. So we need to be positioning ourselves in between the UK and L.A. and that's New York. That way we're six hours from L.A., six hours from London so if we've got to jump on a plane and tour or do a last minute show or even an interview we're able to do it with ease. Plus Roadrunner are in New York anyway, all the other labels are in L.A., Roadrunner are in New York, so we're able to be close to them. It's just a center point where we can go everywhere in America and everywhere in the UK at a cheaper rate (laughs).

DirtyRock.net: You've built up a fairly strong following in Australia. Are you worried you might lose some of the momentum relocating indefinitely overseas or have people been supportive?

Ryan: Oh mate, it's only until Ev, our mixer, really said it and he sometimes gets mistaken for being in the band, but he goes, "One of the things you really realize from crowd members is how supportive they are about us going overseas. Everyone, everyone who even mentions about USA it's always positive." "You guys rip it up overseas," "Good luck, we'll be here thinking about you," "Do it for Australia." You know, everyone, I think they're all sort of on our side in that respect and know it's got to happen, we've got to take that step and get out there.

DirtyRock.net: You mentioned about going to the UK. How has the support been over there?

Ryan: Really good, really good. It's one of those things when we've been talking to them, all of us ? band, crew and label ? feel that we shouldn't fail. Or we don't want to be the ones to fail because there aren't that many people out there doing rock 'n' roll and if we fuck it up, we're going to look like dickheads! Because there are a lot of people out there who want this sound back who grew up with it or a lot of kids who like discovering it because they've spent their earlier years listening to emo or nothing Australian, as far as I'm concerned. There's a lot of passion going around the AIRBOURNE camp about this. They're all really supportive ? it's great.

DirtyRock.net: A lot of people when they talk about AIRBOURNE always compare your sound to AC/DC. Obviously they're a fantastic band but do you ever get sick of the comparisons or embrace it?

Ryan: Embrace it. Every band is going to get compared to something. Any band you think of is going to get compared to something otherwise how are you going to describe them? And geez, I'm proud of someone to go "What are they like?" "?They're like AC/DC." Oh, they're like one of the best rock bands in the world? That's flattering. It's one of those things that I don't feel I even deserve to be compared to band such as AC/DC.

[mrlee]

cool interview. airbourne are great, im seeing them on there uk tour february the 6th

[Dr. Blutarsky]

keeps me from getting sick

http://www.vitacost.com/Airborne-Effervescent-Health-Formula-Orange/csrc-SHOPFEED-froogle

[Malcolm]

Australian rock band AIRBOURNE has scheduled the following dates:

Feb. 21 - Urban - Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 23 - The Boardwalk - Sacramento, CA
Feb. 26 - Roxy - Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 27 - Beauty Bar ? Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 29 - Bluebird ? Denver, CO
Mar. 01 - Black Sheep ? Colorado Springs, CO
Mar. 04 - Record Bar ? Kansas City, MO
Mar. 05 - Outland Ballroom ? Springfield, MO
Mar. 06 - Pop?s Nightclub ? Sauget (St. Louis), MO
Mar. 09 - White Rabbit ? San Antonio, TX
Mar. 10 - House Of Rock ? Corpus Christi, TX
Mar. 11 - Lola?s ? Ft. Worth, TX
Mar. 12 - Scout Bar ? Houston, TX
Mar. 14 - Midnite Rodeo 3 ? Abiline, TX
Mar. 18 - State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL
Mar. 19 - Social ? Orlando, FL
Mar. 20 - Studio A ? Miami, FL
Mar. 21 - Fuel ? Jacksonville, FL
Mar. 23 - Poor House Music Hall - Raleigh, NC
Mar. 25 - The Handlebar ? Greenville, SC
Mar. 26 - Recher Theatre ? Baltimore, MD

[mrlee]

what i thinks cool is the band are actually making it so they play bars first in these new countries because they wanna build up there fan base honestly, rather than jumping straight into a bigger venue.

[Izzy]

trouble is...they are AC/DC, (when i first heard their single i assumed it was a new AC/DC song)

You cant really give them any praise because they offer nothing new - its blatant plagarism

[mrlee]

trouble is...they are AC/DC, (when i first heard their single i assumed it was a new AC/DC song)

You cant really give them any praise because they offer nothing new - its blatant plagarism

listen to the album, most songs are played extremely fast and heavier so its not always a total rip off of ac/dc.

also the band doesnt say its original, they say they are influenced by australian rock bands and thats where the sound is from.

It may not be anything new, but its certainly a really great album, fast fist pumping rock, no ballads, no bullshit. Just kick ass hard rock so if you want that, lsiten to the album, if you want experimental stuff where a band is trying to cross italian orchestra with rock and industrial, tihs band aint what your looking for.

[demo23nz]

The problem with sped up, heavier AC/DC is that it essentially results in AC/DC with less dynamics and less sense of groove.

And it really is like 90% AC/DC 10% Rose Tattoo... Which would be fine I guess, but I already have albums doing that by half a dozen bands. Anybody remember Rhino Bucket?

I dunno, I went to see them live thinking it would be cool, but it just got old real quick. Same for the album. Whenever I start it on shuffle play, it's good for about three songs and then my mind wanders...

I mean, they're not awful, and if people dig them, then cool... But for me, I just don't see anything to get excited about. I'd rather see a slightly more distinctive band, with a decent chance of longer lasting success, get that big record label push I guess.

[mrlee]

The problem with sped up, heavier AC/DC is that it essentially results in AC/DC with less dynamics and less sense of groove.

And it really is like 90% AC/DC 10% Rose Tattoo... Which would be fine I guess, but I already have albums doing that by half a dozen bands. Anybody remember Rhino Bucket?

I dunno, I went to see them live thinking it would be cool, but it just got old real quick. Same for the album. Whenever I start it on shuffle play, it's good for about three songs and then my mind wanders...

I mean, they're not awful, and if people dig them, then cool... But for me, I just don't see anything to get excited about. I'd rather see a slightly more distinctive band, with a decent chance of longer lasting success, get that big record label push I guess.

the fast thing is what i like about them alot. i can leave the album on n really get into it n i never get bored.

i guess its all down to taste. i listen to alot of stuff, i guess a fast non stop rock album is just something i like to blast out time to time.

[demo23nz]

Oh, so do I... Totally...

I just don't like the way these guys do it I guess. They kind of blast past the groove a little.
But then, I can't imagine too many people taking my opinion into account when they decide what they like... lol

[Malcolm]

Australian rock band AIRBOURNE has scheduled the following dates:

Feb. 21 - Burt's Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 23 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
Feb. 26 - Roxy - West Hollywood, CA
Feb. 27 - Beauty Bar ? Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 29 - Bluebird ? Denver, CO
Mar. 01 - Black Sheep ? Colorado Springs, CO
Mar. 04 - Record Bar ? Kansas City, MO
Mar. 05 - Outland Ballroom ? Springfield, MO
Mar. 06 - Pop?s ? Sauget (St. Louis), MO
Mar. 08 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
Mar. 09 - White Rabbit ? San Antonio, TX
Mar. 10 - House Of Rock ? Corpus Christi, TX
Mar. 11 - Lola?s ? Ft. Worth, TX
Mar. 12 - Meridian ? Houston, TX
Mar. 14 - Midnite Rodeo ? Abiline, TX
Mar. 17 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
Mar. 18 - State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL
Mar. 19 - The Social ? Orlando, FL
Mar. 20 - Studio A ? Miami, FL
Mar. 21 - Fuel Coffeehouse ? Jacksonville, FL
Mar. 23 - Poor House Music Hall - Raleigh, NC
Mar. 24 - Cattle Annie's - Lynchburg, VA
Mar. 25 - The Handlebar ? Greenville, SC
Mar. 26 - Recher Theatre ? Towson, MD
Mar. 28 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA
Mar. 29 - Jack Rabbit Slims - Albany, NY
Mar. 30 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ
Mar. 31 - Northstar - Philadelphia, PA
Apr. 02 - Imperial De Quebec - Saint-Romuald, QC
Apr. 03 - Les Saints - Montreal, QC
Apr. 04 - Zaphod Beeblebrox - Ottawa, ON
Apr. 05 - Mod Club - Toronto, ON
Apr. 06 - Small's - Hamtramck, MI
Apr. 08 - A1A Entertainment Complex - Lexington, KY
Apr. 09 - The Machine Shop - Flint, MI
Apr. 10 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL
Apr. 11 - The Annex - Madison, WI
Apr. 12 - The Rock Nightclub - Maplewood, MN
Apr. 17 - Rock On The Range - Colombus, OH

Support at the shows will come from ENDEVERAFTER and STONE RIDER.

[mrlee]

OMG THATS AN AWESOME SHOW. ENDEVERAFTER AND AIRBOURNE TOGETHER!!! AWESOME

[CheapJon]

So i checked this album out, i think it's kickass.. it's the kinda music where you wanna have a musclecar like a shelby from the late 60's and go out and race while listening to it, awesome

as said, very ac/dc, and the singer kinda sounds like blacke lawless

all in all, very cool up'n'coiming band

[mrlee]

haha i love your description of them cheapjon, with the car. Mustang, filthy engine growl.

But yeah its one kick ass album!!! i never tire of it.

[mrlee]

they have recorded the theme for some wrestler guy from WWE, someone called "My Kennedy" , ive heard a preview of it, typical airbourne, sounds like its gonna be pretty rockin!


not the theme, but i like the video lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1viguDcN0
XD

oh and i was at this show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rSpuIZbKwc

[Red1]

Not really digging them to be honest.  If they were playing a festival I would probably make the effort to see em live though cause I'm sure they put on a good show.