“If you want to do something that’s not 9-5, then
you should go for it because you only get one
life, you may as well live it.” - Ryan O’Keeffe
A
irbourne lead the way for
modern-day debauchery
on their recent Breakin’
Out Of Hell Tour. Perhaps the
sex, drugs, rock and roll days
have long gone, at least they are
no longer glamorised in our
modern day society as much
as the legendary 80’s, however,
Rock n Roll is still very much
alive in the form of Airbourne,
and you can’t deny indulging in
a few pints or five. If you have
ever been to an Airbourne show
you will already know of the high
energy and party spirit the band
produce.
We caught up with drummer
Ryan O’Keeffe at Hard Rock Hell
Festival in Wales before the band
embarked on eight dates across
the UK. Ryan told us “all of our
headline dates sold really well, it’s
the most successful tour we have
ever had, onwards and upwards
hopefully!”
The band recently published a
documentary on their YouTube
channel titled It’s All For Rock
n Roll, filmed by Joe Brady,
produced and directed by Matt
Stocks. The documentary gives
an insight into the band’s per-
sonality, drive for rock n roll and
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life as a band. Ryan told us; “Matt
had been on the bus filming a lot
of stuff. Part was filmed on the
UK tour back at the beginning of
the year, but over time, filming
on The Black Dog Tour and this
one, finishing up at the filming of
the video ‘It’s All For Rock n Roll’.
Matt and Jo were really passion-
ate about wanting to get it done,
so it was them that really made it
happen. We really appreciate the
hard work that they did.”
There is a part of the documen-
tary where Ryan is giving advice
to bands who are starting out.
We noted to him that the advice
could actually be
applied to any-
thing you want
to achieve in life.
When asked to
describe the spirit
of rock n roll
he delves back
into part of that
advice...
“The spirit of
Rock n Roll is... Freedom, yeah,
your not misled anywhere, it is
what it is. It’s a lifestyle that if
you can be fortunate enough to
be your own boss in, it’s com-
plete absolute freedom and you
get to see the world. With social
media and stuff these days, when
you are in a band, you are more
exposed to seeing some of the
restrictions that a normal life can
have. A lot of people complain on
Facebook ‘oh I got to go to work
in the morning’ or ‘I haven’t had
a holiday for so long’ and ‘my
boss sucks’ and all that sort of
stuff. All the things we don’t real-
ly have to worry about. So I guess
that’s why in the documentary
we are passionately saying work
hard for it. But if you do want to
do something that’s, not 9-5, then
you should go for it because you
only get one life, you may as well
live it.
Celebrating the
10-year anniversa-
ry of Airbourne’s
debut Runnin’
Wild, the band
recently released a
15 track collection
of B-Sides entitled
Diamond Cuts - The
B-Sides on 180g
heavyweight dia-
mond coloured vinyl, housed
in a gatefold jacket. The album
introduces 2 new tracks, ‘Money’
and ‘Heavy Weight Lover’ plus 13
B-Sides collected from the bands’