The 1976 song that made Rick Rubin fall in love with his favourite rock band
“A minimal extreme that had never been heard before.”
AC/DC
The 1981 album Malcolm Young coudn’t stand recording with AC/DC: “It took us forever”
Getting burned the hell out.
The 1976 show in a Kensington pub that assured Lemmy that AC/DC were “going to be huge”
Before they were big.
The one genre Angus Young couldn’t stand: “We’d be in the audience punching the shit out of ‘em”
Showing no respect to the music.
The night AC/DC’s Brian Johnson hunted the Loch Ness Monster with fireworks
A manic tale of hunting mythical creatures.
The one band Steven Tyler would do anything to play with: “I would take a pay cut”
“I don’t care about some great review.”
When Donington brought the “monster metal showdown” of AC/DC vs Van Halen
From not enemies to friends
The one singer who helped AC/DC break America: “I thought that was brilliant”
The biggest break they could ask for.