![]() ![]() They’re the boozy, scuzzy denim everyman personified, the Henry Fords of stadium rock: you can have any AC/DC album you like… so long as it sounds like ‘Back In Black’, 35 years young this week.įormerly the singer of ’60s bubblegum pop band The Valentines and woolly prog chancers Fraternity, Bon Scott was painting ships and literally shoveling shit (he worked at a fertilizer plant) when he jumped at the chance to audition for AC/DC. ![]() They’re the jukebox in the dive bar in your head. ![]() Since releasing their debut album ‘High Voltage’ in early 1975, AC/DC has become a byword for rock music in its purest form: huge, crunching riffs played at face-melting volume, lashed to pummeling boogie rhythms and hilariously basic lyrics about sex, good times and the irresistible power of rock’n’roll itself. On the 36th anniversary of the world-conquering ‘Back In Black’ going to UK number one, we salute the immutable rock behemoth that is Australia’s AC/DC (P.S we wanted to give a slot to part-time frontman Axl Rose, but the A was obviously taken…)ĪC/DC were formed in Sydney in 1973 by guitar-wielding brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, plus original vocalist Dave Evans, soon to be replaced by charismatic frontman Bon Scott. ![]()
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