Airbourne

Airbourne is an Australian rock band formed in 2003 by brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe. Joel picked up his first guitar at the age of 11 and Ryan had his first drum kit at the same age with Joel being 15 at the time. It took the brothers several years to find like-minded musicians with the same taste for making rock and roll music in their hometown. 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, Dave was soon asked to join the O’Keeffe brothers for a jam at their house. Bassist Justin Street completed the picture in 2003, when Ryan ran into him while stumbling home drunk from a party one night. As it turned out his new mate played bass, and was interested in jamming with a band that were looking to move to Melbourne. And so Airbourne was formed.

Airbourne released their first EP, “Ready To Rock” in 2004. Later that year, they signed with Capitol Records.

In 2006 Airbourne relocated to the United States to begin work on their first international studio album, Runnin' Wild, with producer Bob Marlette. Runnin' Wild was released in Australia on 23 June 2007. Three singles were released from the album, "Runnin' Wild", "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast", a playable track on Guitar Hero; World Tour and "Diamond In The Rough".

On 19 February 2007, Capitol Records cancelled their record contract with Airbourne, but the album was still released in Australia through EMI. The band has now signed with Roadrunner Records for distribution throughout the rest of the world. Amongst all the overseas hype, Airbourne still failed to be played on any of the major Australian Radio networks until 2010.

“No Guts. No Glory.”, their latest album, was released on 8 March 2010.

A lot of people compare Airbourne to AC/DC. About these comparisons, Joel O’Keeffe said: "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."