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(New
York, N.Y.): AIRBOURNE-unswerving champions of the hard rock
cause whose spectacular global success, live and on record, has consistently
clenched a fist for the genre as a whole- have signed a worldwide deal with Spinefarm
Records.
Driven
by a formidable "Work hard, play hard" ethic, and keen to entertain
on the grandest of scales, this award-winning quartet, formed in regional
Australia in 2003, have been proudly walking the rock 'n' roll path since their
early teenage years, inspired by the music's great and glorious past, yet
determined to move things forward on a wave of blurred limbs and boundless
energy.
Led
into action by brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe, vocalist/lead
guitarist and drummer, respectively, the lineup is completed by David
Roads on guitar and Justin Street on bass. The four
have spent the past 10 years establishing themselves as a true force of nature:
living on the road, selling out major venues, charting albums and appearing on
bills with some of rock's most legendary names, from Iron Maiden to the Rolling
Stones.
With AIRBOURNE,
everything is to the hilt, which means that front man Joel O'Keeffe is
as likely to be climbing the lighting rig or going "walkabout" in the
venue as positioned behind the mic; it also means that their three studio albums
- Runnin' Wild (2007), No Guts. No
Glory (2009) and Black Dog Barking (2013)
- are home to some of the most rousing rock anthems of the past few years.
Songs
like "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast," "No Way But the Hard Way,
"Live it Up" and "Runnin' Wild" itself comprise a
body of work that hasn't escaped the notice of AC/DC's Angus Young, who was
recently asked in an interview what he thinks of modern rock music, saying,
"I see it as healthy, because there's newer stuff coming through. I really
like Airbourne."
Since
the release of Runnin' Wild, a silver record in the UK, AIRBOURNE have
notched up an impressive array of international facts 'n' stats. These include
Top 20 chart entries, No. 1 Rock Chart positions, awards for Best Album and Best
Live Act, numerous placements in video games and TV/movie outlets,
plus key spots at the biggest festivals around the world, the likes of Wacken
and Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park in Germany and Sonisphere and Download in the UK,
with Sweden Rock, Greenfield (Switzerland), Hellfest (France) and Graspop
(Belgium) already confirmed for 2015.
Now,
with sights set on absolute world domination and Album Number 4 likely to be
released later this year, AIRBOURNE have joined forces with Spinefarm
Records in a new global deal that sees Spinefarm partnering
with Universal Germany's Vertigo imprint for the German-speaking markets.
"We're
pumped up to have signed on the dotted line to the world's toughest and truest
hard rock label, Spinefarm. We have worked with some of the guys on this team
in the past, and we're extremely confident about having each other's back in
the trenches for many hard rockin' years to come. We're chompin' at the bit to
get ROCKIN' and KICKIN' ARSE in 2015 and beyond." - CHEERS from AIRBOURNE.
2015
finds AIRBOURNE perfectly placed to take things to a new level
everywhere, building on their passion, hard graft and heady achievements, and
bringing along an ever-growing army of fans for the (white-knuckle) ride; and
one thing is for sure, there'll be no resting on laurels...
Ask Joel
O'Keeffe about his days in college, and his response neatly spotlights
"The AIRBOURNE Way":
"I
drove by the college on the way to a gig," he recalls. "This was in
the early days, all the gear was in the back of the van. I planned to stop off
and pick up the diploma certificate, but in the end, I didn't bother. I didn't
want anything to fall back on, NO Plan B... I knew what I wanted to do, I was
committed to Rock 'n' 'Roll, so as far as I was concerned, it was and still is
all or nothing."
Raise
the flag for Rock 'n' Roll.
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Source: Freeman Promotions
