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News : Airbourne reveal official music video for Lemmy tribute, “It’s All For Rock N’ Roll”

By on February 28, 2017

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The effervescent rockers Airbourne have revealed their newest music video for track, “It’s All For Rock N’ Roll”. Written as a tribute to the late, great Lemmy Kilmister, a beloved and personal friend and long-time supporter for the band (having even starring in Airbourne’s first ever music video with “Runnin’ Wild”), the song serves as the climactic track from Airbourne’s latest release, Breakin’ Outta Hell; released last September and their first for Spinefarm Records. Breakin’ Outta Hell had seen the band achieving their highest ever week-one chart positions worldwide, entering the German charts at No. 3 and the UK charts at No. 9 and highest ever chart in Australia at No. 13

‘It’s All For Rock N’ Roll’ was written about Lemmy, a man the band looked up to, befriended and loved, having shared stages with Motörhead on numerous occasions over their decade-plus career, both in Europe and Australia; when they needed someone to drive a large truck (recklessly, of course) in their ‘Runnin’ Wild’ video (2007), Lemmy was the first name on the list, and he duly obliged with a memorable, authority-baitin’ cameo. Motörhead’s famous ‘bomber’ lighting rig, a noted part of ’Head history since the late ’70s, was enthusiastically lent to Airbourne by the Motörhead camp, adding real emotional weight to both the ‘It’s All For Rock N’ Roll’ clip and the song itself – an anthemic number recorded to honour one of rock’s most revered and influential figures, and also to celebrate the hard rock genre as a whole, the loyalty and the legacy…

Airbourne’s frontman, Joel O’Keeffe had this to say of Lemmy and his profound legacy:

“When Motörhead played, Lemmy was there for the fans and the fans were there for him. It didn’t matter what was happening in the world at that point, because Motörhead was onstage; the crew had everything dialled in, and the crowd were there and lovin’ it – all for rock ‘n’ roll…

“Whenever we were on tour, we looked forward to seeing the festival posters with the big Motörhead logo on there, and now there’s just a big black hole. ‘We are Motörhead, and we play rock ‘n’ roll’, we were so used to hearing that, and when it’s not there anymore, it hits you hard…

“Lemmy meant so much to us, and so much to rock ‘n’ roll itself…”

The music video (which premiered exclusively on imotorhead.com) can be viewed through the link below.

World premiere of Airbourne video – “It’s all for Rock n’ Roll”

Airbourne will next hit the Download Festival this June, taking to the main stage for the first time, with a headline appearance at the Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales to follow in November.

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Jonathon is an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi novelist and music journalist. Thanks to the influence of the music he grew up with, he has always possessed a keen interest in metal and rock. He is also a huge fan of mythology, legend, and folklore from all across the world. You should follow him on Twitter.