Airbourne

**Airbourne** are an Australian hard rock band from Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. Original members are Joel O'Keeffe, Ryan O'Keeffe, David Roads and Adam Jacobson, but Adam leaves the band in 2004 and was replaced by Justin Street. In 2004, the band release their first EP, called "Ready to Rock". Their first studio album was released in 2007 and is called "Runnin' Wild". This album have three singles: "Runnin' Wild", "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" and "Diamond in the Rough". In 2010, the band released their second studio album, called "No Guts. No Glory". The third studio album is called "Black Dog Barking" and was released in 2013.

## History 
### Formation and *Ready to Rock* (2001–2006) 
Airbourne formed as a hard rock band in late 2001 in the Victorian country town of Warrnambool by Joel O'Keeffe (born c. 1985) and his younger brother Ryan (born c. 1986).

In March 2004 the four-piece won a statewide band competition, Push-On, in Melbourne. By that time Jacobson was replaced by Justin Street (born c. 1986) on bass guitar – Ryan had met Street while stumbling home drunk from a party one night.

### ''Runnin' Wild* (2006–2009) 
In 2006 Airbourne travelled to the United States to begin work on their first studio album, *Runnin' Wild*, with producer Bob Marlette (Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper).*Runnin' Wild'' was released in Australia on 23 June 2007. Three singles were issued from the album, "Runnin' Wild" (May), "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" (June), a playable track on *Guitar Hero World Tour*; and "Diamond in the Rough". In February, Capitol Records had cancelled their contract with Airbourne, but the album was still issued in Australia through EMI. In June, the band signed with Roadrunner Records for international distribution.

The album peaked in the top&nbsp;30 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, top&nbsp;40 on New Zealand's RIANZ Albums Chart and appeared on charts in Austria, Switzerland and France. During late 2007, the group toured the United States supporting Kid Rock and Korn. ''Runnin' Wild* was issued in North America, Europe and Japan in January 2008, after which they relocated permanently to the US. The album reached the Top&nbsp;100 on the UK Albums Chart and appeared on the *Billboard* 200. In September 2007, they issued a five-track live extended play, *Live at the Playroom''.

In a September 2008 interview with MetalSucks, Joel discussed comparisons with AC/DC, "whoever you are when you come out, especially if you’re from Australia and you sound like we do, you’re going to get compared to anyone who is out there. It doesn’t matter who you are, you are going to get compared to somebody. To be compared to the best rock and roll band in the business, who are still going today and are about to release another album, there is no higher compliment..." In November at the Astoria in London, Dan Hawkins (Stone Gods/The Darkness) joined Airbourne on stage to play the AC/DC song, "Whole Lotta Rosie". Hawkins played Joel's guitar (white Gibson Explorer) while Joel sang without any guitar.

### *No Guts. No Glory.* (2009–2011) 
 Club), Finland in March 2010. (L-R): Joel O'Keeffe, Ryan O'Keeffe (obscured) and David Roads. Justin Street is out of view.|alt=Three members of the band are in view. The man at left is singing into a microphone while playing his guitar. He is bare-chested, has shoulder length curling dark hair and wears dark pants. The second man is obscured behind his drum kit at mid-stage. The man at right is playing his guitar. He has his eyes partly closed, has over shoulder length hair and is slightly turned to his left. He wears a dark tee shirt and dark pants. Behind the musicians are large speakers and stage lights of white, red and blue are overhead. The band's name 'Airbourne' is displayed on a back-board, above the drummer.]]
Roads confirmed that in January 2009, Airbourne would enter the studio to begin recording their second album, *No Guts. No Glory.* In the 17 January issue of *Kerrang!* magazine, Joel revealed they had earlier written the tracks in the Criterion Hotel, "We're getting all our gear plugged in and getting set for Aussie pub rock written in an Aussie rock pub!"

The album was produced by Johnny K, mixed by Mike Fraser, and was released on 8 March 2010 in the UK, Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and in the U.S. on 20 April. "Born to Kill", was first played live at the Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand in October 2009. In January 2010, another new song, "No Way But the Hard Way", was played on the BBC Radio 1's *Rock Show*. On 9 February it was available on iTunes, as the first single from the album. The album reached the top&nbsp;20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and top&nbsp;20 on albums charts in Austria, New Zealand, Finland, Greece, Sweden and Switzerland. In the UK it peaked at No.&nbsp;31, while on the US *Billboard* 200 it reached the top&nbsp;100. The album's name, *Black Dog Barking*, was announced in early February 2013 on their Facebook page. It was released on 21 May 2013 via Roadrunner. The cover artwork was once again created by Australian artists *The Sharp Brothers*, who also did the cover artwork for *No Guts. No Glory.* According to David Roads, the idea behind the album title was, to use the Black Dog as a metaphor for the bands ability to break the rules, especially not to care for db limits.  At the end of 2013 Airbourne toured Europe, supported - amongst others - by the Swedish band Corroded.

### Recent events (2014-Present) 
In November 2014,  Joel O'Keeffe revealed the band was already writing songs for their next studio album.

In January 2015, The band revealed that they signed for a worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records.

## Members 
* Joel O'Keeffe – vocals and lead guitar
* Ryan O'Keeffe – drums
* David Roads – chorus and rhythm guitar
* Justin Street – chorus and bass guitar

### Past members 
* Adam Jacobson – chorus and bass guitar

## Discography 
### Albums 
* ''Runnin' Wild* (2007)
* *No Guts. No Glory.* (2010)
* *Black Dog Barking* (2013)
* *Breakin' Outta Hell* (2016)
* *Boneshaker* (2019)

### EP 
* *Ready to Rock* (2004)

### Live albums 
* *Live at the Playroom (2007)

## References 
## Other websites 
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