AC \ DC -Behind The Legends and The Music

"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 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 sewing machine. 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 quit 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 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. 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!! was also released with its own, different cover in Britain. Later, in December 1976. they released Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 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. 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 On the 28th of April 1978 they released Powerage one of their best LP'sever. 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. The songs on If You Want Blood You've Got it are live recorded songs collected from tours in Australia Europe and USA. 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. In 1979 they released Highway to Hell. !Highway to Hell! was also released as an Australian edition which had a different picture. i think that!Highway to Hell! is the best AC/DC CD ever.