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"It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll" Angus McKinnon Young and Malcolm were born in Scotland, but immigrated to Australia. Malcolm was born the 6th of January 1953. Angus Young was born the 31st of March 1955. Their older brother George played in a band, so Malcolm was soon learning how to play this heavenly instrument. Angus got curious, too, and started up. He formed a band and called it "Tantrum". Malcolm joined "The Velvet Underground" (which has no connection to Lou Reed). But what he really wanted was to form a new band, so he asked Angus to join in with Colin Burgess on drums, Larry Knedt on bass and David ĞDaveğ Evans on vocals. The name AC/DC was invented by Angus and Malcolm's sister Margaret, and it comes from letters on the back of their mother’s vacuum cleaner. (Not "Anti Christ Devils Child / Children" or "After Christ the Devil Comes").
They were finally ready to start recording their first album, where George Young stepped in and played the bass. Dave Evans failed to meet up on a several numbers of shows, so a guy named Ronald Belford Scott (born in Kirremuir, Scotland the 9th of July 1946) stepped in on vocals. This guy was also known as Bon Scott. The album was titled High Voltage. This album did not contain the song High Voltage. Early 1975, they got another bassist. His name was Mark Evans, and a bit later, they got company by the drummer Phil Rudd. With the setup Angus, Malcolm, Bon, Phil and Mark, they released their second album in the end of 1975. The title became TNT. On this album, the song "High Voltage" was released. The word "AC/DC" got more known, and they were ready for England and Europe. In that connection they released a new album also called High Voltage. "High Voltage" was a collection album containing songs mostly from "TNT", but also a couple from "High Voltage". "High Voltage" was also released with its own, different cover in Britain. Later, in December 1976, they released Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
A special thank you to my Brother-in-law, EZtool and Divahious on their collection and contributions of these wavs. |
 AC/DC did always release two editions of one
album. One was released in Europe and one in Australia only. On the Australian edition of
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, there are included a few songs which weren't released on the
other one. The 18th of February 1977, they released Let there Be Rock, also in two
editions. The Australian edition did also include a few songs that were not released on
the normal "Let there be Rock".
On the 28th of April 1978, they released Powerage, one of their best records ever. Somehow, a great song called "Cold Hearted Man", disappeared from the record when the cassettes and CD's took over the market. After the release of Powerage, there was tour-time again. If You Want Blood, You've Got it is the result of that tour. The songs on "If You Want Blood, You've Got it" are live recorded songs collected from tours in Australia, Europe and USA. If you listen carefully on the track "Rocker", you'll hear small details like Malcolm messing with the string and begins playing half a time before the rest of the band. Just for some seconds, of course.
In 1979, they released Highway to Hell. "Highway to Hell" was also released as an Australian edition, which had a different picture. My opinion is that "Highway to Hell" is the best AC/DC record ever. "Powerage" and "If You Want Blood, You've Got It" comes very close to it. "Ride on, Bon. On the Highway to Hell"The big shock came when the singer Bon Scott was found dead in February 1980.
"Back in Black" The 1st of April, they found a new singer called Brian Johnson, born in Dunston the 5th of October 1947 |
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AC/DC was born, and the first live show
was located at the Chequers Club, Sidney, on the New
Years Eve 1973/1974. Then, they started recording a single, but they quitted it.
Colin Burgess was replaced with Ron Carpenter. He was replaced with Russell Coleman, who
at last was replaced with Peter Clark. Larry Knedt was replaced with Rob Bailey. They
continued working on the single, and it was released in 1974. The single contained two
songs. "Rockin’ in the Parlour" and "Can I Sit Next to You Girl".
The last one was later released with Bon Scott on vocals. Soon, Rob Bailey and Peter Clark
quitted. Malcolm had to take over the bass for a while, and Mark Kerrante was placed
behind the drums.
AC/DC was ready for USA, but was USA ready for AC/DC? When they
reached USA, the trouble started. There were difficulties between Malcolm and Mark Evans,
what resulted in Mark leaving the band. He was replaced with Cliff Williams (born in
Romford the 14th of December 1949), a bassist who could do exactly what was expected of a
bassist. They were put on a tour with Black Sabbath, but were kicked off because there
occurred problems between Malcolm and the Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. A rumor
says that Malcolm hit Geezer at the hotel. AC/DC got kicked off the tour and put on with
Kiss. The 7th of December 1977, they recorded a live show in the Atlantic studios. It was
sent on the radio. However, they released it and called it Live from the Atlantic Studios.
