Airbourne (band): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Airbourne

| alt = Three members of the band are in view. The band's name 'Airbourne' is displayed on a back-board, above the drummer, who is obscured behind the lead singer.

| caption = Airbourne performing at [[Wacken Open Air]] 2019

| landscape = yes

| alias = Airborne

| years_active = {{start date|2001}}–present

| label = {{hlist|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]/[[EMI Music Australia|EMI]]|[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]|[[Caroline Records|Caroline]]|[[Nettwerk]]|[[Universal Music Australia|Universal]]/[[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]}}

| website = {{URL|airbournerock.com}}

| current_members = * Joel O'Keeffe

The album peaked at No.&nbsp;21 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]] in Australia, top&nbsp;40 on New Zealand's [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ Albums Chart]] and appeared on charts in Austria, Switzerland and France.<ref name="AusChartsRunnin">{{cite web | url =http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Airbourne&titel=Runnin%27+Wild&cat=a | title = Airbourne – ''Runnin' Wild'' | publisher = Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)) | access-date = 1 November 2011 }}</ref> The group signed a publishing deal in May 2007 with Artwerk Publishing, a joint venture between [[Nettwerk]] and [[Electronic Arts|EA Games]], where the group "will be featured in multiple global EA games later this year."<ref name="Eliezer"/> ''the.Dwarf.com.au''{{'}}s Andrea Batz reviewed the album, "If AC/DC had a son it would be called Airbourne with a little doubt thrown in if the milkman was Iron Maiden!"<ref name="Batz">{{cite web | url=http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/layout/set/print/albumreviews/runnin_wild_airbourne | title=''Runnin' Wild'' – Airbourne | last=Batz | first=Andrea | website=thedwarf.com.au | date=30 July 2007 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070908061850/http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/layout/set/print/albumreviews/runnin_wild_airbourne | archive-date=8 September 2007 | access-date=13 December 2021 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Batz expanded, "A definite no-holds-barred feast of wreckless, yet well-organised rocker's bliss. Neat and tidy, simple and clean yet filthy, dirty, sexy and gritty. A formula that has evaded artists for quite some time."<ref name="Batz"/>

 

 

In a September 2008 interview with Axl Rosenburg and Vince Neilstein of ''[[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..."<ref name="Rosenburg">{{cite news | url = http://www.metalsucks.net/2008/09/02/exclusive-interview-with-airbournes-joel-okeefe/ | title = Interview with Joel O'Keeffe | first1= Axl | last1 = Rosenburg | first2 = Vince | last2 = Neilstein | work = [[MetalSucks]] | date = 2 September 2008 | access-date = 1 November 2011 }}</ref> In November at the Astoria in London, [[Dan Hawkins (musician)|Dan Hawkins]] ([[Stone Gods]]/[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]) joined Airbourne on stage to play the AC/DC song, "[[Whole Lotta Rosie]]".<ref name="Ling">{{cite web | url = http://www.daveling.co.uk/diarynov08.htm | title = Dave's Diary | last1 = Ling | first1 = Dave | work = Dave Ling – Music Journalist | date = 29 November 2008 | access-date = 1 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402021525/http://www.daveling.co.uk/diarynov08.htm | archive-date = 2 April 2012 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

From mid-2011 the band started working on their third studio album, ''[[Black Dog Barking]]''.<ref name="McMillen">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110828193423/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/interviews/airbourne-_-interview20110602.aspx?ctpage=0&sp=true | url = http://www.thevine.com.au/music/interviews/airbourne-_-interview20110602.aspx?ctpage=0&sp=true | title = Airbourne – Interview | last = McMillen | first = Andrew | author-link = Andrew McMillen | work = The Vine | archive-date = 28 August 2011 | date = 2 June 2011 | access-date = 13 December 2021 }}</ref><ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="AirbourneFacebook">{{cite web | url = https://www.facebook.com/airbournerock/posts/10151280939713870 | title = Airbourne Facebook Page: ''Black Dog Barking.'' | website = Facebook | date = 6 February 2013 | access-date = 6 February 2013 }}</ref> It was recorded at Van Howes Studio, Los Angeles, and The Armoury, Vancouver with [[Brian Howes]] producing and was released on 21 May 2013 via Roadrunner.<ref name="Meta Black Dog"/><ref name="Stereoboard">{{cite web | url = http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/177224/9 | title = Airbourne Announce Release of New Album ''Black Dog Barking'' | publisher = Stereoboard UK | date = 6 February 2013 | access-date = 6 February 2013 }}</ref> The cover artwork was by Australian artists The Sharp Brothers, who had provided cover artwork for ''No Guts. No Glory.'' According to Roads, the title has "Black Dog" as a metaphor for the band's ability to break the rules, especially not to care for [[Decibel|dB]] limits.<ref name="Rowehl:">{{citation | title = Airbourne / Alive and Kicking | last = Rowehl | first = Dennis | date = 11 December 2013 }}</ref> It was their second album to get into the top&nbsp;5 in Germany and peaked in top&nbsp;20 in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland.<ref name="AUS Chart Black Dog">{{cite web | url = https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Airbourne&titel=Black+Dog+Barking&cat=a | title = Airbourne – ''Black Dog Barking'' | last = Hung | first = Steffen | work = Australian Charts Portal | access-date = 11 December 2021 }}</ref>

 

 

===''Breakin' Outta Hell'' (2014–2019)===

From March 2019 the band were recording their fifth studio album, ''[[Boneshaker (Airbourne album)|Boneshaker]]'', at [[RCA Studio A]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] with production by [[Dave Cobb]].<ref name="Peters">{{cite web | url=http://www.hysteriamag.com/airbourne-boneshaker/index.html | title=Airbourne // ''Boneshaker'' | last=Peters | first=Kris | website=Hysteria Magazine | date=25 October 2019 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20191224033821/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/179671/20191224-1145/www.hysteriamag.com/airbourne-boneshaker/index.html | archive-date=24 December 2019 | access-date=11 December 2021 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/airbournerock/posts/10156226760053870|title=Airbourne|via=Facebook}}</ref> It was released on 25 October 2019, which reached top&nbsp;10 in Germany and Switzerland, and top&nbsp;20 in Australia and Austria.<ref name="AUS Chart Boneshaker">{{cite web | url = https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Airbourne&titel=Boneshaker&cat=a | title = Airbourne – ''Boneshaker'' | last = Hung | first = Steffen | work = Australian Charts Portal | access-date = 11 December 2021 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/airbourne-to-release-boneshaker-album-in-october/ |title=AIRBOURNE To Release ''Boneshaker'' Album in October |date=23 August 2019 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET }}</ref> ''Hysteria Magazine''{{'}}s Kris Peters observed, "[they] have served up another meat and potatoes take on their beloved genre, following their now sacred formula of no ballads, no acoustic guitars and no keyboards... If you think rock n roll is dying in this country, spend half an hour with this album through your speakers and your doubts will be cast aside."<ref name="Peters"/> However, ''The Soundboard''{{'}}s reviewer felt Airbourne, "exist in a time where genre regimentation has effectively been dissolved altogether, and sticking to so rigidly to one single reference point only shows more limitations than benefits on paper... It's effectively the fifth time they've made this exact album, rotating through their own tropes with the ease of a band more than content with spinning their wheels, because it'll yield a positive result from their fans regardless."<ref name="Soundboard">{{cite web | url = https://thesoundboardreviews.com/2019/10/18/album-review-boneshaker-by-airbourne/ | title = Album Review – ''Boneshaker'' by Airbourne | work = The Soundboard | last=staff writer | date = 18 October 2019 | access-date = 11 December 2021 }}</ref>

 

 

==Influences==

Airbourne's influences include [[AC/DC]], [[Bad News (band)|Bad News]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Judas Priest]], [[Pantera]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[The Angels (Australian band)|the Angels]], [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Motörhead]], [[Metallica]], and [[Rose Tattoo]].<ref name="Standard" /><ref name="Official" />

 

 

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* ''[[Madden NFL 09]]''

* [[Royal Rumble (2008)]]

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|"[[Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast]]"||''[[Runnin' Wild (Airbourne album)|Runnin' Wild]]''||

* [[Extreme Rules (2013)|Extreme Rules 2013]]

* ''[[NHL 14]]''

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|"Firepower"||''[[Black Dog Barking]]''||

* [http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/music/Airbourne-interview/article-323359-detail/article.html Interview in the Leicester Mercury, England]

* [http://australianrockshow.libsyn.com/episode-64-airbourne-interview/ 2016 Interview – Australian Rock Show Podcast]

* [http://www.metalchroniques.fr/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1318 Pictures of the No Guts, No Glory Tour]

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