Author Topic: AC/DC got kids they didn't know about? (Read 5326 times)

Ratrod · « **on:** March 17, 2008, 12:05:14 PM »

Check 'em out.

The band is called Airbourne.

http://www.myspace.com/airbourne

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:19:18 PM »

there was a thread about these guys a while back - havent even bothered listening much tbh. Do we really need a band that sounds the same as a bands whos songs all sound the same?

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:54:38 PM »

Airbourne do sound great
It was JT I think who raised the last thread

Their album has been one of the best releases this year in many peoples eyes - they recently played here in the UK

Another Aussie band worth checking is Tonk

Mr Ed · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2008, 01:18:18 PM »

I $%&#ing despise copycat bands. Airbourne are a copycat band.

The first time I heard them I actually thought it was AC/DC.

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:21:02 PM »

Not bad, but in all fairness, they sound too similar to AC/DC in a tribute band sort of way, as opposed to taking an idea from them, and exploring it in a unique and creative way.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:22:31 PM »

I don't really have a view on the band but i have a view on the music critics of today, because it seems that they complain about all the bands nowadays being modern and cr@p sounding just shout and scream etc. and nothing like the good old days of straight up rock and roll or heavy metal. But, finally a band comes along that sounds old school but then they get blasted for "copying the sound" so i don't really see how you can win :?

kevincurtis · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:41:23 PM »

I bought the album a month or so ago, put it on and smiled all the way home - I love AC/DC but let's face it, they aren't going to release too many more albums and I personally think it's great if someone picks up the mantle...maybe they are a little too 'on the nose' at the moment, and could do with throttling back occasionally, but give them some time :)

indysmith · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2008, 03:23:33 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

i don't really see how you can win :?

There are other things bands can do besides copying old bands and shouting and screaming :P ...I expect

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2008, 03:54:06 PM »

Yeh but i can't name many bands that are completely original and don't get cussed down for some reason.

Twinfan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2008, 05:10:10 PM »

Airbourne are awesome. I went to see them twice on the tour, as did MartinW, and we loved both shows. Met the rhythm guitarist (Dave) and bass player (Justin) after the second gig and they signed both mine and the missus' tickets :)

Long live good old fashioned rock and roll :twisted:

kellar · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2008, 05:42:13 PM »

Quote from: Mr Ed

I #$%!& despise copycat bands. Airbourne are a copycat band.

The first time I heard them I actually thought it was AC/DC.

If there were more bands that sounded like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the million other great bands that roamed the earth when music didn't suck, than maybe we wouldn't be stuck in the pathetic state that we are in with today's music scene.
I welcome the sound of good old fashion rock n' roll!! :twisted:

goddamn electric · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2008, 05:52:47 PM »

Im a big fan of airbourne, ive been playing the CD in the car constantly since i first picked it up. ok its no secret they take a lot from AC/DC but im ok with that, theyre obviously playing music that they love and they do it great! there are some seriously good riffs in that album!

Philly Q · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2008, 06:36:55 PM »

I slagged them off for sounding exactly like AC/DC (and God knows they do!!), but it's still a very good album, I have to admit.

It's not as if AC/DC are in a hurry to release anything new (I've always wondered what they do between albums, they almost seem to vanish off the face of the earth). And - to be totally honest - most of the last few albums have been fairly shitee anyway.

Quote from: kellar

If there were more bands that sounded like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the million other great bands that roamed the earth when music didn't suck, than maybe we wouldn't be stuck in the pathetic state that we are in with today's music scene.

I sort of agree, but the great thing about '70s bands (and guitarists) is that they didn't sound like each other, so I don't really want a bunch of soundalikes. Those guys had influences like The Shadows, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry and old blues and jazz players, but they didn't just copy them, they came up with something unique and new. People today only seem to go back a few years and everything "new" sounds just like something you've heard before.

But it's not totally the bands' fault - rock'n'roll only started in the '50s so by the '70s it was still young and evolving. That can never really happen again. Nowadays there are too many bands, too much music and it's all become stagnant. There'll never be another Beatles, another Hendrix - not because no-one's that talented, but because they'd simply be lost in the crowd.

Ratrod · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2008, 07:40:10 PM »

It has me GAS-ing for an Explorer with Riff Raffs.

'nuff said.

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2008, 09:41:12 PM »

Copy cat bands, like all those poxy cookie monster pricks coughing up phlegm you mean? They're 10 a penny!

What goes around comes around, so if bands are sounding like stuff from the early seventys, bring it on. I've had enough of angry yank c*nt kids to last me a lifetime. :lol: