Airbourne (band)

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Airbourne
Origin	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Genre(s)	Hard rock, Heavy Metal
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Roadrunner, EMI
Website	Official website
Members
Joel O'Keeffe Ryan O'Keeffe David Roads Justin Street
Former members
Adam Jacobson

Airbourne is an Australian hard rock band originating from Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, where they gained a steady following with their pub rock sound.

1 History
2 Members
3 Discography
4 Awards and Nominations
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Their independent eight track EP 'Ready to Rock' was released in 2004. In early 2005, the band relocated to Melbourne. Later that year, the band signed a five album record deal with Capitol Records and have since supported Mötley Crüe, Motörhead and The Rolling Stones, as well as playing in several summer music festivals. Their first album, titled Runnin' Wild, was released in Australia on 23 June, 2007. So far, three singles have been released from the album, "Runnin' Wild", "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" and "Diamond In The Rough". On February 19 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 fails to be played on any of the major Australian Radio networks.

Airbourne's music has also been featured in several video games, such as Madden 08 and NHL 08. According to Gamesindustry.biz, the band's music also features in the newly released games Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, Need for Speed: ProStreet, Skate, Grand Theft Auto IV, NFL Tour, Burnout Paradise and NASCAR 08. The song "Runnin' Wild" was also featured in a commercial for the console game Army of Two.^[1]

One of their songs, Stand Up For Rock and Roll, was the official theme song for WWE's Royal Rumble 2008.^[2] They also perform Mr. Kennedy's entrance theme "Turn Up The Trouble" for WWE. Their song "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" is also the official theme song of NASCAR 09.

The song Stand Up For Rock and Roll appears in the movie Bring It On: In It to Win It.