ACDC Wikipedia. ACDC are an Australian hard rock band, formed in Sydney in 1. Malcolm and Angus Young. A hard rockblues rock band,2 they have also been considered a heavy metal band,3456 although they have always dubbed their music simply rock and roll. ACDC underwent several line up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1. Membership subsequently stabilised until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1. Powerage. Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co songwriter Bon Scott died on 1. February 1. 98. 0 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group considered disbanding, but buoyed by support from Scotts parents, decided to continue and set about finding a new vocalist. Ex Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released the new album, Back in Black, which was made as a tribute to Bon Scott. The album launched them to new heights of success and became their all time best seller. The bands next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was their first album to reach number one in the United States. Free Download Program Europe Final Countdown 1986 Rarities' title='Free Download Program Europe Final Countdown 1986 Rarities' />Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ACDC, from left to right Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Cliff Williams, performing at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma on 31 August 2009. Drummer Phil Rudd was fired in 1. A II Z drummer Simon Wright, who left to join Dio in 1. The band experienced a resurgence in the early 1. The Razors Edge. Phil Rudd returned in 1. Chris Slade, who was with the band from 1. Ballbreaker. Stiff Upper Lip, released in 2. The bands studio album, Black Ice, released in 2. For Those About to Rock, eventually reaching No. The bands line up remained the same until 2. Malcolm Youngs retirement due to early onset dementia and Rudds legal troubles. In 2. 01. 6, Johnson was advised to stop touring on account of worsening hearing loss and Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose stepped in as the bands vocalist for the remainder of that years dates. Long term bass player Cliff Williams retired from the band at the end of their 2. Rock Or Bust world tour. ACDC have sold more than 2. United States, adding them to the list of highest certified music artists in the United States and the list of best selling music artists. Back in Black has sold an estimated 5. The album has sold 2. US, where it is the sixth highest selling album of all time. ACDC ranked fourth on VH1s list of the 1. Greatest Artists of Hard Rock1. Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time by MTV. In 2. 00. 4, ACDC ranked No. Rolling Stonelist of the 1. Greatest Artists of All Time. Producer Rick Rubin, who wrote an essay on the band for the Rolling Stone list, referred to ACDC as the greatest rock and roll band of all time. In 2. 01. 0, ACDC were ranked number 2. VH1 list of the 1. Greatest Artists of All Time. HistoryeditBackground and nameeditBrothers Malcolm, Angus, and George Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Sydney with most of their family in 1. George was the first to learn to play the guitar. He became a member of The Easybeats, one of Australias most successful bands of the 1. In 1. 96. 6, they became the first local rock act to have an international hit, with the song Friday on My Mind. Malcolm followed in Georges footsteps by playing with a Newcastle, New South Wales, band called the Velvet Underground not to be confused with the New York based Velvet Underground. Their older brother Alex Young chose to remain in Britain to pursue musical interests. In 1. 96. 7, Alexander formed and played bass in the London based band Grapefruitinitially called The Grapefruitwith three former members of Tony Rivers and the Castaways, John Perry, Geoff Swettenham, and Pete Swettenham. The bands logo was designed in 1. Gerard Huerta. It first appeared on the international version of Let There Be Rock. Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the bands name after their sister, Margaret Young, saw the initials ACDC on a sewing machine. ACDC is an abbreviation meaning alternating currentdirect current electricity. The brothers felt that this name symbolised the bands raw energy, power driven performances of their music. ACDC is pronounced one letter at a time, though the band are colloquially known as Acca Dacca in Australia. The ACDC band name is stylised with a high voltage sign separating the AC and DC and has been used on all studio albums, with the exception of the international version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Early yearseditIn November 1. Malcolm and Angus Young formed ACDC and recruited bassist Larry Van Kriedt, vocalist Dave Evans, and Colin Burgess, ex Masters Apprentices drummer. Pushing hard for the bands success were Australias legendary roadie Ray Arnold and his partner Alan Kissack. Gene Pierson booked the band to play at Bondi Lifesaver on New Years Eve, 1. By this time, Angus Young had adopted his characteristic school uniform stage outfit. The idea was his sister Margarets. Angus had tried other costumes Spider Man, Zorro, a gorilla, and a parody of Superman, named Super Ang. In its early days, most members of the band dressed in some form of glam or satin outfit. On stage, Evans was occasionally replaced by the bands first manager, Dennis Laughlin, who was the original lead singer with Sherbet prior to Daryl Braithwaite. Evans did not get along with Laughlin, which also contributed to the bands ill feeling toward Evans. By the middle of 1. Book Of Yeezus Pdf Download there. Lou Reed. Some time in 1. Michael Chugg, veteran Melbourne promoter Michael Browning booked the band to play at his club the Hard Rock. Browning had previously managed Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, unsuccessfully trying to break them into the UK market. He did not like their glam rock image and felt that Evans was the wrong singer for the band, but was impressed by the Young brothers guitar playing. Shortly afterwards, he received a call from the band Laughlin had quit as manager, and they were stuck in Adelaide with no money. Browning agreed to bail them out and booked them for another gig at the Hard Rock. Following the gig, they agreed to take him on as their new manager, with the co operation of their older brother George and Harry Vanda. The Young brothers decided to abandon the glam rock image which had already been adopted by Melbourne band The Skyhooks and pursue a harder blues rock sound. To this end they agreed that Evans was not a suitable frontman for the group. Around this time, they also moved their base to Melbourne, where they frequently played at the Hard Rock. Bon Scott era 1. Beginnings 1. In September 1. 97. Ronald Belford Bon Scott, an experienced vocalist and friend of George Young, replaced Dave Evans3. Vince Lovegrove recommended him to George Young. Like the Young brothers, Scott was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia in his childhood. The band had recorded only one single with Evans, Can I Sit Next To You, Girl Rockin in the Parlour eventually, the song was re written and re recorded with Bon Scott as Can I Sit Next to You Girl Track 7 on the Australian album TNT 1. Track 6 on the international release of High Voltage 1. By October 1. 97. Australia only album High Voltage had been recorded. It took only ten days3. Young brothers, with lyrics added by Scott. Within a few months, the bands line up had stabilised, featuring Scott, the Young brothers, bassist Mark Evans and drummer Phil Rudd. Later that year they released the single Its a Long Way to the Top, for which a well known promotional video was made for the program Countdown, featuring the band miming the song on the back of a flatbed truck. The song is regarded as their perennial rock anthem. It was included on their second album, TNT 1. Australia and New Zealand. T. N. T. featured the song High Voltage, which was the first song written and recorded for the album. Because High Voltage was released as a single before T. N. T. was released, some people thought it was the title track to ACDCs debut album. ACDC were scheduled to play at the 1.