Airbourne are an Australian hard rock band formed in Warrnambool, Victoria, in late 2001. Founding members are Joel O'Keeffe on lead vocals and lead guitar, his younger brother Ryan O'Keeffe on drums and David Roads on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. They were joined by Justin Street on bass guitar and backing vocals in mid-2004. Roads amicably left in 2017, Mathew Harrison joined in 2018 and was replaced by Jarrad Morrice on rhythm guitar and backing vocals in mid-2022, who was replaced in turn by Brett Tyrrell in mid-2023.
Airbourne performing at Wacken Open Air 2019
Bass player Justin Street (left) and Joel O'Keeffe on-stage, August 2008
Roads performing at Elbriot, January 2014.
Airbourne performing in 2019
Warrnambool is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Allansford) marks the western end of the Great Ocean Road and the southern end of the Hopkins Highway.
Warrnambool foreshore from Pickering Point
War Memorial, Warrnambool
Overview of the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum
Lighthouse at the Maritime Museum