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“All right people, welcome to the show, are you ready to rock? Are you ready to go? Now we’ve got what you want, and we’ve got what you need, So get your ass down here, and let your ears bleed.”

– Stand Up For Rock’N’Roll

It is as clear a statement of intent as you’re ever likely to hear. One verse that says everything you need to know about Melbourne, AU four piece Airbourne and their debut album, Runnin’ Wild: forget your worries, get down to the front of the stage and lose your mind to some ear-bleeding, sweat-soaked rock’n’roll. Or, as the song continues, “Drink your beer, Drink your wine, Let’s have a good time.” Stand up for rock ‘n’ roll indeed.

Airbourne vocalist Joel O’Keeffe first realized rock ‘n’ roll was worth defending at the tender age of nine. Born and raised in the rural Victorian town of Warrnambool – population: 32,000 – the local pastimes revolved around playing football and falling down drunk. For young Joel, however, his only interest was devouring the albums he’d stolen from his uncle by Rose Tattoo, AC/DC, The Angels, Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs and Cold Chisel. “It’s hard to explain, but that’s always what I wanted to hear,” remarks Joel. “Straight-ahead Aussie pub rock.”

From the album’s fist-pumping title track to the anthemic What’s Eatin’ You and the self-explanatory rock explosions of Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast and Diamond In The Rough, Runnin’ Wild is an exercise in booze-and-sweat soaked rock ’n’ roll that isn’t looking to change the world by abolishing Free Trade, but simply provide the ultimate soundtrack to the biggest all-night rock party there is.

“You have to bleed and do anything you can to make sure the album gets out there,” says Joel. “Every day you wake up and say, ‘how are we going to do this?’ We haven’t had time off in three years. It’s every day, 24 hours.”

The album ‘RUNNIN’ WILD’ is set for release on Roadrunner Records in early 2008.