AC\DC announce new album

[redozzman]

Ha Ha, not sure why but this song reminds me of "Finish what you started"... Brian Johnson sounds eerily similar to lamegar!!

[Nitro Express]

The best true compliment I ever read about AC/DC was Eddie Van Halen saying they had to follow AC/DC at the Day on the Green in Oakland. Ed was on the side of the stage watching the audience bopping up and down. Bon Scott in full control. Ed was shitting his pants wondering how Van Halen were ever going to follow these guys. VH was blowing other bands away then and were fully aware that they were doing it. AC/DC intimidated the shit out of Ed Van Halen and probably the only band to ever have done so.

[cadaverdog]

"At their best, Chilliwack was the finest Canadian rock band, outrocking BTO and outwriting Burton Cummings. But a lack of consistency kept it from international success."

Did you forget about Rush? That seems to happen a lot with Canadian bands. Triumph and April Wine had some success too but they never made it big internationally either. It happens to American bands too but a lot more American bands make it mainly because there's a lot more American bands.

[cadaverdog]

The same old chords and slow boots'n pants'n boots'n pants drum beat just don't do it for me anymore.

That's why I prefer the Bon Scott era music.

[Nitro Express]

Did you forget about Rush? That seems to happen a lot with Canadian bands. Triumph and April Wine had some success too but they never made it big internationally either. It happens to American bands too but a lot more American bands make it mainly because there's a lot more American bands.

Amazing Rush gets forgotten. They pretty much have had a non-stop career since 1974. The thing is the Canadian market didn't give them the time of day. It was radio stations in the US who gave Rush air play and made them stars.

[Nitro Express]

That's why I prefer the Bon Scott era music.

AC/DC was an attention getter in the early days. They had a unique sound and look. Where in the hell did these guys come from. They look goofy but holy hell do they rock!

It was like Cheap Trick. You had the goofy looking guitar player but the goofiness worked and the songs were good.

[chuckjitsu]

I was disappointed by Black Ice, so I'm taking much more of a wait and see approach with this one. I didn't think BI was bad, just lacking...something. Kick? Fire? I don't know. I do know that the last time I listened to it was like 3 weeks after it was released.

[Seshmeister]

Amazing Rush gets forgotten. They pretty much have had a non-stop career since 1974. The thing is the Canadian market didn't give them the time of day. It was radio stations in the US who gave Rush air play and made them stars.

Rush are probably bigger now in terms of live attendance than they have ever been in their 40 year career.

[cadaverdog]

Rush are probably bigger now in terms of live attendance than they have ever been in their 40 year career.

Because they can still get out and tour and sound damn good doing it. The competition ain't what it used to be. I saw them in San Diego in 83 or 84. One of the best concerts I ever attended.

[Hardrock69]

I will buy this just to support the band.

Sure, they have their millions. Over 200 million albums sold.

But they are worth supporting. Whatever it is...10 or 15 bucks....I may only listen to it once....but they never sold out.

[Seshmeister]

AC\DC announce new album

Because they can still get out and tour and sound damn good doing it. The competition ain't what it used to be. I saw them in San Diego in 83 or 84. One of the best concerts I ever attended.

It helps them hugely that they were never cool or sexy and never relied on jumping off drum risers or even the voice of their singer.

All of this plus keeping consistently keeping their original members, developing over time and just plain relentless hard work explains their success in their Autumn years.

[cadaverdog]

It helps them hugely that they were never cool or sexy and never relied on jumping off drum risers or even the voice of their singer.

They were cool. Geddy was at least. I think they really grew in popularity when Geddy did this.

[Angel]

Did you forget about Rush? That seems to happen a lot with Canadian bands. Triumph and April Wine had some success too but they never made it big internationally either. It happens to American bands too but a lot more American bands make it mainly because there's a lot more American bands.

Did you not see quote marks there? Rolling Stone said that. April Wine was HUGE across Canada. The US market was tough to break into.

We have some fine bands right now too. Seems anytime I hear something I like on the local rock station. Unfortunately, I can never remember their freaking names...

[Mr. Vengeance]

Very sad for Malcolm...



>>>It may be that dementia is claiming another giant, this time a musical one.

AC/DC co-founder, guitarist and songwriter Malcolm Young, whose retirement from the band was announced on Wednesday, has been moved into full-time care in a nursing home facility in Sydney's eastern suburbs specialising in dementia, sources connected to the Young family have said.


AC/DC band members, from left, Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Cliff Williams in 2000. Photo: Getty Images

The home is understood to be Lulworth House in Elizabeth Bay, the same facility that is home to Gough Whitlam and, until his recent death, Neville Wran, who was afflicted with dementia in his last years.

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The Young family connection said: "If you were in the room with [Malcolm Young] and walked out, then came back in one minute later, he wouldn't remember who you are. He has a complete loss of short-term memory. His wife, Linda, has put him in full-time care."

Both AC/DC's record company, Sony, and their label, publisher and home for more than 40 years, Albert Music, were approached for comment.


Malcolm Young, right, with his brother Angus, pictured here in 2000. Photo: Paul White

While the announcement of Young's retirement from AC/DC, the band he formed and helped turn into the biggest Australian rock act of all time, has been inevitable for some months, it hasn't lessened the disappointment. Nor the sense of an era ending.

AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums, feature at or near the top of highest grossing tour lists whenever they play live and were the standard bearers for Australian music years before the likes of INXS, Kylie Minogue or 5 Seconds of Summer.

The sound of pub rock, the defining mainstream sound of Australian music in the 1970s and '80s, could be said to have emerged from the stages and the studios AC/DC inhabited.


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AC/DC over the years

Early days: AC/DC in 1975.










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Young, the 61-year-old rhythm guitarist and solid centre of the songs behind his flamboyant, lead guitarist younger brother, Angus, officially resigned his position in AC/DC months after returning to Australia from Europe where he had been living.

The first official word on what was assumed to be a serious and debilitating, but still undisclosed, illness, was in April when it was confirmed that Young would not be participating in the recording of the next AC/DC album, which will be called Rock Or Bust and is due out in late November.

In his place during the recording sessions in a Vancouver studio has been his nephew, Steve.


AC/DC, with Malcolm Young at lower left. Photo: Guido Karp

In an announcement from the band's management this week, it was revealed that Steve will join Angus Young, frontman Brian Johnson and drummer Phil Rudd on stage when the band embarks on another massive world tour in 2015.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...#ixzz3ENvFl9kX

[FORD]

AC/DC was an attention getter in the early days. They had a unique sound and look. Where in the hell did these guys come from. They look goofy but holy hell do they rock!

It was like Cheap Trick. You had the goofy looking guitar player but the goofiness worked and the songs were good.

And on one occasion they even combined their goofiness and it still sounded good (despite the shitty sound quality here. Better versions exist) .....