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| '''AC/DC''' is an ] ] whom some claim to have invented hard ]. | '''AC/DC''' is an ] ] whom some claim to have invented hard ]. | ||
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| Born in Scotland, the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young moved with their family to Australia as children. Malcolm began playing guitar first, soon followed by Angus. Malcolm first played with a band called "The Velvet Underground" (not the Lou Reed group). Their older brother George had some success with his band "The Easybeats", and asked the boys to do some session work for a project he was doing. Angus then formed a band called "Tantrum". After The Velvet Undergound, Malcolm decided to form a more pure rock-n-roll band, and enlisted Angus. The name "AC/DC" (alternating current/direct current) was suggested by their sister Margaret after she read it on a vaccuum cleaner label. Apparently the term had a bisexual connotation that they were unaware of, and they often had to deny they were a gay band. The early lineups were changed often, but the enlistment of their driver, Ronald "Bon" Scott as frontman signified the beginning of real success. Upon his death in 1980 after choking on his own vomit after a night of hard drinking (an unfortunate fate shared by the legendary Jimi Hendrix 10 years earlier), the band decided that the last thing Bon would want was for them to quit. They brought in singer Brian Johnson, and released their biggest selling album to date, the unmistakeable "Back In Black", named in tribute of Bon. | Born in Scotland, the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young moved with their family to Australia as children. Malcolm began playing guitar first, soon followed by Angus. Malcolm first played with a band called "The Velvet Underground" (not the Lou Reed group). Their older brother George had some success with his band "The Easybeats", and asked the boys to do some session work for a project he was doing. Angus then formed a band called "Tantrum". After The Velvet Undergound, Malcolm decided to form a more pure rock-n-roll band, and enlisted Angus. The name "AC/DC" (alternating current/direct current) was suggested by their sister Margaret after she read it on a vaccuum cleaner label. Apparently the term had a bisexual connotation that they were unaware of, and they often had to deny they were a gay band. The early lineups were changed often, but the enlistment of their driver, Ronald "Bon" Scott as frontman signified the beginning of real success. Upon his death in 1980 after choking on his own vomit after a night of hard drinking (an unfortunate fate shared by the legendary Jimi Hendrix 10 years earlier), the band decided that the last thing Bon would want was for them to quit. They brought in singer Brian Johnson, and released their biggest selling album to date, the unmistakeable "Back In Black", named in tribute of Bon. | ||
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Revision as of 23:30, 20 December 2002
AC/DC is an Australian rock band whom some claim to have invented hard rock.
The group was formed in Sydney, Australia in 1972.
Born in Scotland, the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young moved with their family to Australia as children. Malcolm began playing guitar first, soon followed by Angus. Malcolm first played with a band called "The Velvet Underground" (not the Lou Reed group). Their older brother George had some success with his band "The Easybeats", and asked the boys to do some session work for a project he was doing. Angus then formed a band called "Tantrum". After The Velvet Undergound, Malcolm decided to form a more pure rock-n-roll band, and enlisted Angus. The name "AC/DC" (alternating current/direct current) was suggested by their sister Margaret after she read it on a vaccuum cleaner label. Apparently the term had a bisexual connotation that they were unaware of, and they often had to deny they were a gay band. The early lineups were changed often, but the enlistment of their driver, Ronald "Bon" Scott as frontman signified the beginning of real success. Upon his death in 1980 after choking on his own vomit after a night of hard drinking (an unfortunate fate shared by the legendary Jimi Hendrix 10 years earlier), the band decided that the last thing Bon would want was for them to quit. They brought in singer Brian Johnson, and released their biggest selling album to date, the unmistakeable "Back In Black", named in tribute of Bon.
AC/DC is generally divided into "Bon Scott era (1975-80)" and "Brian Johnson era (1980-present)". Some fans have a preference, but die-hard devotees point to the merits of both singers and love them equally.
Must listen - Highway to Hell, Back in Black
Discography:
1974 - High Voltage (Australia)
1975 - T.N.T. (Australia)
1976 - High Voltage
1976 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1977 - Let There Be Rock
1978 - Powerage
1978 - If You Want Blood (Live)
1979 - Highway To Hell
1980 - Back In Black
1981 - For Those About To Rock
1983 - Flick Of The Switch
1984 - '74 Jailbreak (EP of old cuts)
1985 - Fly On The Wall
1986 - Who Made Who (soundtrack to the Stephen King movie 'Maximum Overdrive')
1988 - Blow Up Your Video
1990 - The Razors Edge
1992 - Live (released as both a double and a single album)
1995 - Ballbreaker
1997 - Bonfire (tribute to the late Bon Scott including several discs of old cuts)
2000 - Stiff Upper Lip
2003 -