AIRBOURNE Guitarist Talks Next Album, Supporting IRON MAIDEN In New Video Interview

August 28, 2011

The official U.K. fan site of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE recently conducted an interview with the band's guitarist, Dave Roads. During the chat, which can be seen below, Roads talks about recording AIRBOURNE's forthcoming third studio album, supporting IRON MAIDEN on the U.K. leg of the "Final Frontier" world tour and first picking up the guitar.

AIRBOURNE performed at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival on Friday, August 5 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The concert, which was broadcast live on German TV station ZDFkultur, can now be seen below.

Featured songs:

00:00 Raise The Flag
03:50 Born To Kill
07:48 Diamond In The Rough
11:28 Chewin' The Fat
16:51 Blackjack
24:30 Bottom Of The Well
32:58 Cheap Wine & Cheaper Woman
41:21 Girls In Black
45:37 No Way But The Hard Way

AIRBOURNE was among the nominees in the "Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album" category at the 2010 ARIA Awards (an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association [ARIA]). (Note: The award eventually went to PARKWAY DRIVE.)

AIRBOURNE's sophomore album, "No Guts. No Glory.", sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 89 on the Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released in the U.S. on April 20 via Roadrunner Records. The special-edition digipack version of the album includes five bonus tracks and a bottle opener.

Interview:

Wacken Open Air performance:

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