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AC/DC founder member guitarist Malcolm Young has had to leave the band and enter care because of dementia:
Newly retired AC/DC guitarist and founder Malcolm Young has called time on his illustrious career due to an ongoing battle with dementia
Only 61, but a 40-year career in a global rock force would take its toll on anyone.
Newly retired AC/DC guitarist and founder Malcolm Young has called time on his illustrious career due to an ongoing battle with dementia
Only 61, but a 40-year career in a global rock force would take its toll on anyone.
The band confirmed they will embark on a world tour to celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band and promote Rock Or Bust, their 15th studio album, at an undisclosed date.
With Young, the band's songwriter of 40 years, departure, brother Angus Young will be taking on wordsmith duties writing future songs.
Due to be released on November 28, Rock Or Bust is and comes six years after the band's hugely successful album Black Ice.
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AC /DC - Stopping the rock
Veteran Aussie rockers AC/DC have been forced into temporary hiatus, because long-standing lead singer Brian Johnson runs the serious risk of going deaf
You would have to think the prognosis is pretty bad here - once the body starts to deteriorate like that, it rarely makes a reasonable recovery. It's not as though they're going to be able to modify their sound to accommodate, either.The band said doctors advised the 68-year-old Back In Black singer to stop touring immediately or risk total hearing loss.
The group’s shows beginning on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, until April 4 in New York are being rescheduled for later in the year, probably with a guest vocalist.
AC/DC opened the most recent US leg of their Rock or Bust tour on February 2 in Tacoma, Washington.
Johnson flew back to the North East last month to be was among the mourners at Brendan Healey’s funeral.
AC/DC are due to begin a European leg on May 7 in Lisbon, Portugal
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AC/DC - Live at River Plate
Aussie rock legends have recently reached agreement on selling their music through iTunes, and this South American show is their latest effort. The concert is reliably entertaining; as Brian Johnson puts it, they're united by the language of rock. Many standards were here: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, You Shook Me All Night Long, Back In Black, Hell's Bells, Whole Lotta Rosie, Highway To Hell and For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) amongst others. Good show.
Heyday TV: AC/DC: In Performance
Mary Anne Hobbs presents a reflection of the Aussie rockers' story, from early success, the sad death of Bon Scott, the recruitment of Brian Johnson for a mega-selling classic album, and the subsequent hit & miss albums. The quality of the albums seemed less important than the quality of the live shows, though, which is perhaps fair enough.
Aussie rock legends have recently reached agreement on selling their music through iTunes, and this South American show is their latest effort. The concert is reliably entertaining; as Brian Johnson puts it, they're united by the language of rock. Many standards were here: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, You Shook Me All Night Long, Back In Black, Hell's Bells, Whole Lotta Rosie, Highway To Hell and For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) amongst others. Good show.
Heyday TV: AC/DC: In Performance
Mary Anne Hobbs presents a reflection of the Aussie rockers' story, from early success, the sad death of Bon Scott, the recruitment of Brian Johnson for a mega-selling classic album, and the subsequent hit & miss albums. The quality of the albums seemed less important than the quality of the live shows, though, which is perhaps fair enough.
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AC/DC: The Bon Scott Years - Music In Review
How the Aussie rockers developed their sound and slowly made progress outside their homeland, especially in the USA, until their frontman's sad death. The album-by-album approach well charted their steady progress and increasing love for silly clichés, eg Let There Be Rock. The somewhat smutty tendency speaks volumes about the machismo of heavy metal, but no-one could dispute theie gift for rock. Bon's death really spelled the end of an era, and things were never really the same after.
AC/DC - The Brian Johnson Years
A follow-on from the previous Bon Scott-led doc, this led mostly on the 'Back in Black' album, and whether Bon had much involvement in it after all. The albums thereafter were a bit of a decline, oddly, though being Stephen King's favourite band, and even Rick Rubin's ultimate band seemed accolades of dubious benefit to them. They persist, though.
How the Aussie rockers developed their sound and slowly made progress outside their homeland, especially in the USA, until their frontman's sad death. The album-by-album approach well charted their steady progress and increasing love for silly clichés, eg Let There Be Rock. The somewhat smutty tendency speaks volumes about the machismo of heavy metal, but no-one could dispute theie gift for rock. Bon's death really spelled the end of an era, and things were never really the same after.
AC/DC - The Brian Johnson Years
A follow-on from the previous Bon Scott-led doc, this led mostly on the 'Back in Black' album, and whether Bon had much involvement in it after all. The albums thereafter were a bit of a decline, oddly, though being Stephen King's favourite band, and even Rick Rubin's ultimate band seemed accolades of dubious benefit to them. They persist, though.
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AC/DC's Brian Johnson: Rock Icon
Former chick-lit author and Tory MP Louise Mensch visits the frontman in his Florida abode to do a profile on him. He of course is down to earth and modest about his success. I didn't realise she was married to the guy who used to manage Metallica (and now AC/DC luckily). She was among the many in the audience in their 'Thunderstruck' video. Brian's happiness is clearly connected with his wife of nearly 30 years, Brenda. His love of fast cars, good food and power boats were perhaps more typically rock star stuff.
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds
Surprisingly thorough effort crammed in over an hour to relate the saga of the Aussies who sold millions of records around the world, especially of their 1980 opus 'Back In Black'. Angus Young's elder brother George had been in the Easybeats, and he helped out with songwriting and production. More than half of this looked at the Bon Scott days, which account for maybe 1/5 of the actual running time of the band. After BiB's mega-success, the band went into something of a decline, though their most recent LPs have shown resurgence. But time seems to be counting against them releasing any more new material.
Former chick-lit author and Tory MP Louise Mensch visits the frontman in his Florida abode to do a profile on him. He of course is down to earth and modest about his success. I didn't realise she was married to the guy who used to manage Metallica (and now AC/DC luckily). She was among the many in the audience in their 'Thunderstruck' video. Brian's happiness is clearly connected with his wife of nearly 30 years, Brenda. His love of fast cars, good food and power boats were perhaps more typically rock star stuff.
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds
Surprisingly thorough effort crammed in over an hour to relate the saga of the Aussies who sold millions of records around the world, especially of their 1980 opus 'Back In Black'. Angus Young's elder brother George had been in the Easybeats, and he helped out with songwriting and production. More than half of this looked at the Bon Scott days, which account for maybe 1/5 of the actual running time of the band. After BiB's mega-success, the band went into something of a decline, though their most recent LPs have shown resurgence. But time seems to be counting against them releasing any more new material.
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The Easybeats to AC/DC - The Sound of Aussie Rock
In many ways the story of Ted Albert, erstwhile backbone of Oz Rock, who helped songwriter Harry Vanda and others to generate hits for the Easybeats, Rose Tattoo, John Paul Young, and most importantly, AC/DC. The story ran from 1965-1980, ending with the death and replacement of Bon Scott. A cavalcade of Aussies sang each other's praises, and how a country sometimes ignored in comparison to other major markets managed to pull its weight.
In many ways the story of Ted Albert, erstwhile backbone of Oz Rock, who helped songwriter Harry Vanda and others to generate hits for the Easybeats, Rose Tattoo, John Paul Young, and most importantly, AC/DC. The story ran from 1965-1980, ending with the death and replacement of Bon Scott. A cavalcade of Aussies sang each other's praises, and how a country sometimes ignored in comparison to other major markets managed to pull its weight.
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AC/DC have supposedly found themselves a replacement vocalist for Brian Johnson:
Not an April Fool either
Not an April Fool either
Weeks after AC/DC announced that it was postponing concerts because singer Brian Johnson's doctors had advised him to stop touring, reports have surfaced claiming the Australian hard-rock band has hired Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses to fill in for its ailing frontman.
AC/DC's representative declined to comment on the matter. But according to Alternative Nation, a nephew of guitarist Angus Young confirmed rumors that Rose had agreed to join the band for 10 shows, including dates in Atlanta and New York.
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Axl Rose has been confirmed to be doing this fill-in spot for a bit. Perhaps he might be more responsible with other people's material than he seems to be about his own live shows.
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World's Greatest Albums: Back In Black - AC/DC
An entertaining look back at the Aussie rocker's zenith, with familiar contributors from docs like this, as well as an engineer who worked on it, and a member from a tribute act to replay some of the riffs. The premise that every single track is perfect seems a bit of a stretch, but its status in their story is undeniable, and a high watermark they could never hope to reach again. The production work of Mutt Lange was considered as important as any of the band.
An entertaining look back at the Aussie rocker's zenith, with familiar contributors from docs like this, as well as an engineer who worked on it, and a member from a tribute act to replay some of the riffs. The premise that every single track is perfect seems a bit of a stretch, but its status in their story is undeniable, and a high watermark they could never hope to reach again. The production work of Mutt Lange was considered as important as any of the band.
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Axl Rose gave his first interview for 5 years to talk about his imminent role in AC/DC, in which he talks of his intention to show respect. As the first date is tonight in Portugal, we'll soon know just how things panned out
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Another one bites the dust, so to speak:
AC/DC Bassist Cliff Williams Takes His Final Bow
AC/DC Bassist Cliff Williams Takes His Final Bow
Nice to see Rose seems to have ended things well, even thoughHours after AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams formally announced his retirement on Tuesday, the 66-year-old rocker took his final bow as the band wrapped its Rock or Bust World Tour in Philadelphia.
Capping off nearly 40 years with the legendary band, founding guitarist Angus Young and stand-in singer Axl Rose both gave Williams props during their closing number "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)."
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Brian Johnson of course joined Muse to sing Back in Black at Reading, which I omitted to mention here. He seemed in good health there.
However George Young, elder brother of Angus & Malcolm, has died at the age of 71.
However George Young, elder brother of Angus & Malcolm, has died at the age of 71.
RIPBorn in Scotland in 1946, Young moved to Australia in 1963 before forming The Easybeats the following year; also the beginning of a lifelong working relationship with songwriting partner and fellow guitarist, Harry Vanda.
Though they disbanded in 1969, The Easybeats quickly became one of Australia's biggest-ever rock acts, together releasing six studio albums and a string of hit songs, including She's So Fine, Wedding Ring and Friday On My Mind.
Following The Easybeats' split, Young and Vanda went on to co-write a number of hugely-successful tracks, such as John Paul Young's Love Is In The Air, as well as their own under different pseudonyms, including Flash & The Pan.
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Rather on the heels comes news of the death of Malcolm Young
RIPAustralian guitarist and AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young has died aged 64 after a long battle with dementia.
He died peacefully on Saturday with his family nearby, a statement said.
Young will be remembered for his powerful rhythm guitar riffs that were instrumental in propelling the Sydney heavy rock group to stardom.
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Their new album Power Up has gone straight to #1 in the UK. So, not quite so ailing as before
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Music Icons: Metalheads
A somewhat spurious delineation, but the acts covered were Motorhead, AC/DC and Testament. The developments from garage to thrash to stadiums were laid out, with highs and lows.
A somewhat spurious delineation, but the acts covered were Motorhead, AC/DC and Testament. The developments from garage to thrash to stadiums were laid out, with highs and lows.
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Former band member Colin Burgess recently died at 77 RIP
AC/DC - Forever Young
Somewhat of a skewed look at the way the Young brothers were fundamental to the success of the Aussie rockers, even surviving the death of Bon Scott and his replacement with Brian Johnson. Footage of an interview with Angus helped to sell this angle, and various other contributors were at least connected to the band, rather than just rent-a-mouth journalists.
AC/DC - Forever Young
Somewhat of a skewed look at the way the Young brothers were fundamental to the success of the Aussie rockers, even surviving the death of Bon Scott and his replacement with Brian Johnson. Footage of an interview with Angus helped to sell this angle, and various other contributors were at least connected to the band, rather than just rent-a-mouth journalists.
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