AC/DC
- By Super Admin
- Published 09/17/2007
- Australia culture and arts
- Unrated
The group AC/DC was formed by the English:
Angus and Malcolm Young in
Due to sister’s advice it was named AC/DC.
Apart from that Angus was so inseparable with his guitar, that, even when he
came home from school, he started to play, always forgetting to take off the
school uniform. The same sister advised him to stay like this forever. So it
became the style of a group – hooligan schoolboys. Soon Dave Evans, bassist Rob
Baley and drummer Peter Clark joined Malcolm and Angus. The first concert was
given on
It wasn’t very successful, but due to it the
local record company “Albert Records” became interested in AC/DC. After that
the group came to their studio and recorded a couple of songs from their
concert: “Rockin’ In The Parlour” and “Can I Sit Next To You Girl”. The new
single was produced by George Young and Harry Wanda.
Suddenly the arguments because of the group’s
musical career appeared. The Youngs wanted to play rock’n’roll and American
blues, but the other members of the group preferred pop rhythms. Straight
before the recording debut album there were only Youngs in AC/DC left. But
nothing could stop the brothers, so they offered the job of a vocalist for the
driver of their bus – Bon Scott. The other members were collected very quickly.
Now the AC/DC consisted of Bon Scott (vocals), Angus Young (guitar), Malcolm
Young (guitar), Mark Evans (bass) and Phil Rudd (drums). As a result the debut
album “High Voltage” was released.
In 1975 the new album named “T.N.T.” appeared.
It was produced by the same people: George Young and Harry Wanda, who, seeing
the great success of AC/DC in
In the April of 1976 the group headed to
The album “Let There Be Rock” was released in
1977. It was full of AC/DC super hits, and the track “Let There Be Rock” became
the hymn of the group.
A very unpleasant moment for a group happened
when Evans left AC/DC. Cliff Williams became their new bass guitarist. After
the new AC/DC tour the group started to record a new album and released
“Powerage” in 1978. It performed a cool energy with Angus’s guitar. The album
was very successful.
New album “Highway To Hell” was released in
1979. This CD also had a huge success.
Suddenly a weird thing happened to Bon Scott.
On
But soon Bryan Johnson became their new
vocalist. So in 1980 AC/DC headed to
The next album was “For Those About To Rock (We
Salute You)” (1981).
After a couple of years AC/DC gathered in a
studio in spring of 1985 and in a few months released “Fly On The Wall”. Soon
it was awfully criticized by the critics.
The next album “Blow Up Your Video”, 1988,
brought two hits: “Heatseeker” and “That’s The Way I Wanna Rock’n’Roll”. The
group headed for a tour and finished it at the end of 1988.
The next album “The Razor’s Edge” blew up all
the barriers on its way. It was so successful, that the group decided to shoot
a concert video.
The new CD named “Ball Breaker” appeared in
1995 and shocked all the fans of the group. The genre of it performed hard
blues. The only interesting track in it was “Hard As A Rock”.
