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I heard of this young Australian group a while back and have been watching them with interest since..

The four members of Sky Bombers guitarist and lead singer Hugh Gurney bass player Ravi Sharma, drummer Scott McMurtrie, and guitarist Sam Bethune -- all attended high school together.

One was kicked out of the school orchestra and all four were banned from the school's music room, forcing them to rehearse in a cramped spare room belonging to Scott McMurtrie's mother and host their first concert at a party in the  family backyard.

I love this type of beginning... thats true rock and roll roots...

A five-song demo of their songs called Sirens intended to be given away to friends at another early gig, found its way to Albert Productions, the label who had signed such classic Australian rock bands as Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, the Easybeats, and AC/DC. Albert Productions snapped up the young members of Skybombers and sent them to Los Angeles for six weeks to record their first album, 2008's Take Me to Town.

They used the opportunity to line up supports for several big-name American bands including X and Foo Fighters.

This new has grown on me over the last weeks...