Check out Longreef from Australia

Like Crocodile Dundee and bands like AC/DC and INXS, the members of Longreef have come from Down Under to conquer the U.S.A.!

Having relocated to America from their native Sydney a little over two years ago, the band has taken to their adopted land, tirelessly touring around the country, opening for the likes of Gary Allan and Seether, playing Florida’s DeLuna Fest with Stone Temple Pilots, 30 Seconds to Mars and Bush, winning fans at every stop.

Lead singer and songwriter Josh Barker originally formed the band as Inakin in Australia with Longreef guitarist Nick Miller and drummer Aaron Carruthers. That group played up and down the east coast of Australia, starring in a reality TV series, The Resort.

They dedicated a tribute song, “Without You, to noted Aussie animal expert Steve Irwin on the one-year memorial of his death. They also played for the country’s troops stationed in The Solomon Islands to quell civil unrest there.

Barker was the first of the trio to move to America, settling in L.A., where he began co-writing with Vertical Horizon’s Matt Scannell and Carmen Rizzo. He then relocated to Nashville, where he recorded a full album with the help of 3 Doors Down’s Chris Henderson and Alissa Moreno. Eventually he called on Miller and Carruthers to join him, and added bassist Jim Wark to the line-up.

Interspersed with a heavy touring schedule that took them to the Gulf Coast, then to the Midwest and the East Coast, Longree went into the studio to record their debut EP, which they released in June. Their first single, “Lonely,” reached #33 on Billboard’s R&R Indicator chart.

They began to draw interest from some major record labels, with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger among the band’s high-profile fans, but chose instead to return to the studio to record another album. "Dirty Motel" included five new songs to show off the band’s increasing prowess, harder edge, strong bridges and musical range.

Josh Barker: Singer/songwriter
Nick Miller: Guitars
Aaron Carruthers: Drums
Jim Wark: bassist

You can learn more about the band online at  www.longreefmusic.com / .