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AIRBOURNE FAIL AT GRAMMAR

 Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 2:30pm by

airbourne - no guts. no glory.I, for one, happen to like Airbourne. Much like Doc Coyle, I generally can’t get behind bands who unscrupulously rehash their forebears, but for some reason in the case of Airbourne I find it acceptable. I’m not suggesting anyone raise them up on the “bringing back true rock n’ roll” alter, but at the very least Airbourne deserve a light (light!) pat on the back for capturing and reinvigorating the energy of vintage AC/DC.

But grammarians the band members are not. Phil Freeman of Heavy Metal Superfan points out that it’s all in the punctuation:

See, “No Guts, No Glory,” while trite as all hell, is at least a purposeful title that might conceivably inspire someone to purchase your album (out March 8 on Roadrunner ) and enjoy your brand of fist-pumping, beer-guzzling rawk. But that wasn’t the path you chose. No, you went with…

No Guts. No Glory.

Whoopsie! Oh, the difference one piece of punctuation can make. And yes my grammar is always perfect, damnit.

-VN

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  • http://www.fuckoffmyself.blogspot.com Jedsan

    I fully not comprehend written as the material published can see on page’s band. For that my eyes of head can be made to know the source of pain. But with looking.

  • evilfatguy

    ^That is amazing.

    As for the post, I’m pretty sure they intentionally printed it that way. You know, self-deprecating humour and all?

    • Chris

      I’m with you on this one. They probably realized how funny it would be to completely change the meaning behind the phrase through that use of a period, rather than a comma.

  • http://schenkeltown.blogspot.com SchenkelTown

    taint salad

  • pigchop

    The title, as it is written, suggests no guts, nor glory within. Oh well – I still dig this band taking me back to Bon Scott era AC/DC. Right on.

  • Somebodythatmatters

    What a fucking boring band, and no they didn’t do it on purpose cause they fixed it recently.

  • I killed a Dunky

    yo la tengo :P

  • BTK666

    As an Australian, a Musician and a Metalhead I implore you to not ever cover this band again. Granted that you have done so in a way which contains adequate levels of mocking but to offer any form of encouragement to these wankers is unacceptable. They are the bane of the local music scene here and thanks to Roadrunner being, well, Roadrunner the hipsters love it. All these reasons pale in comparison to the fact they are not a Metal band, they are a Douche band, specifically created for Douche’s.

    • gauche

      for Douche’s what?

  • http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com Jeremy Rosen

    And in case you missed it on twitter, Vince, if you’re gonna fucking call out Airbourne on their grammar, how about using the right altar?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Simon-Threadgate/1049955838 Simon Threadgate

    I’m Australian and I like Airbourne. Saw them support Rose Tattoo and Motorhead at the Civic Theatre about 2 years ago in Newcastle, they were amazing, got the album and I dig it. I’m not saying they are the best band or anything, but what they do, they do really well with conviction and swagger (and I don’t know anyone who’d say they are a metal band, they just do hard rock).

  • lol

    Well of course the irony is that a band name, much like a company is a singular entity and not a plural. The title “Airbourne Fail At Gammar” implies that “Airbourne” is plural which it isn’t. There’s only one Airbourne. The band, like a company, is an it. So ironic for YOU to be playing the role of grammar nazi with such a horrendous grammar error you’ve committed yourself (all the time I might add).

    • http://www.metalsucks.net Vince Neilstein

      I disagree with your assertion that a band is an “it.” Like you said, we do this all the time… but we do it as a matter of course.