BORDER band Midnight Alibi has rocked some of the most famous venues on the west coast of the US on its first international tour.
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Supporting Texan rock band Drowning Pool, they played at Whisky a Go Go, The Viper Room (Johnny Depp's club in the 1990s) and Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood.
Those venues have launched the careers of some of the world's most influential groups such as Guns N' Roses, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac and Motley Crue.
Midnight Alibi singer James Oswald said the two-month-long tour had been surreal.
He said they played at three of West Hollywood's most iconic venues within a week.
"It's hard enough to get into one, let alone three, in a week," he said.
"The keyboard player from Guns N' Roses (Dizzy Reed) turned up to our Viper show.
"We were upstairs at Whisky A Go Go; anybody who's anybody has sat in that room!"
Oswald said the music community throughout the US had embraced them.
"The other groups and the people were so welcoming; we felt so accepted there," Oswald said.
"These are the things that make a tour successful and to them we are extremely grateful."
Formed in Albury in 2012, Midnight Alibi is renowned for its loud and dirty, adrenaline-pumping brand of rock 'n' roll.
Since then the band has toured the country and released two critically-acclaimed EPs; the latter Love Yourself Sick included the popular radio track, Down The River.
Among the tour highlights, Oswald said they visited Prince's home and studio and hung out with iconic rock band Foreigner.
"We had a game of shuffleboard against Foreigner; we won by one point!" he said.
"We played table tennis on Prince's table.
"It was everything you'd expect for a rock band going to America and trying to break in over there."
Oswald said they collaborated with photographer Richard Simpkin to donate a picture of Michael Hutchence to the Rainbow Bar and Grill, which previously didn't feature any Australian artists in its collection.
He said the band would return to the US later this year.
"We're just some boys from Albury-Wodonga," Oswald said.
"It goes to show it doesn't matter where you come from there are opportunities for everyone who puts in the work, appreciates those opportunities and is willing to learn from iconic bands."