My buddy Pedro is a self confessed “mammoth power chord” addict. Like a ruthless label A&R guy he selects the music he likes (and in many cases hates) by listening to the first 30 seconds of each song. I have tried to tell him that certain tracks are slow burners but he says he has no time for a song that doesn’t catch him right away. At least I know that when he recommends a track he really likes them.
I can imagine that discovering Australia’s Airbourne was a dream come true for him. The rest of this review is more or less taken directly from the email he sent me urging me to write about this band:
Airbourne‘s debut album ‘Runnin’ Wild’ had me hooked in ten minutes. Opener ‘Stand Up For Rock N Roll’ is an absolute mind blast and it hadn’t been since I first heard AC/DC back in high school that a band was so fast to capture my attention.The title track was next on and I had to turn the volume UP, I was headbanging alone in my room like a drunken nutter. At this point i honestly expected the rest of the album to consist of a lot of filler, instead it just got better and better. Imagine listening to a hard rock Green Day album and you might get the idea of how well this album is produced and how bombastic it sounds. Its hard to believe these guys are in their early 20s’s!
When I heard Airbourne were hitting Milan I knew I had to see them and in front of my eyes they delivered a hair standing performance. Frontman Joel O’Keeffe howls, wild solos, head thumping beats as well as constant stage diving, mad mosh pit action and repeated fist pumping made every person in the crowd enjoy a perfect evening. It finally seems like a new band is playing nothing more and nothing less than the straightforward rock n roll I love.
-Another great rock n roll lesson hailing from Australia.
Buy it now on Amazon
