INTERVIEWER....it was always a misconception he died from alcohol, it was something to do with alcohol, but i think through the years the myth has increased to him being this huge drunken partier, but it was never like that with Bon was it ?MALCOLM....he did like his parties, we all did at that time, he was no worse than the rest of the guys. We all called each other up at different times for one reason or another because you gotta go on and do your gig...afterwards party time and if any of us break the line then we were pullin each other over, the guy was keepin himself together well at that time..he just went out for a drink one night with a mate and he just decided after a few he was havin a good time and he ordered a few quadruple Jack's and cokes, i think the barmen, they questioned him at the enquiry to his death , he said i gave him about 4..he seemed ok he didnt seem...Bon was never a bad drunk he was always a happy guy and ah he fell asleep in the car and the guy who drove him home had drunk as much as him, and the guy tried to wake him, take him up to the apartment get him into bed but he couldnt wake Bon so he did the best he could do under the circumstances, came back down stairs threw a blanket over him...but it was just Bon was asleep in the front seat like this { throws his head back } but the asphyxiation was the cause of death.
ANGUS....the guy didnt actually die of alcohol thing or anythin he died of that choking on his vomit that asphyxiation and its called death by misadventure and ah because the coroner guy said he was in good health he'd gone through him and said he was in great health.
MALCOLM....it was really the English press which are real mongers and they used that you know, it was rock star dead it wasnt Bon Scott dead it was rock star because you know the band still wasnt that well known and that, that sticks to us to this day. The British press created that, that whole thing and it's such a sad thing because his parents you know they loved him and they knew Bon better than anyone else you know and it's, those are the people they hurt you know.
INTERVIEWER.....by all accounts he seemed like a real sweet guyMALCOLM.... he was, he was, he was genuine, a genuine person there was no crap with Bon no crap at all.
INTERVIEWER....does it hurt you to look back and realise that he never did get the recognition maybe even the compensation when he was alive, that all sort of come after his death
MALCOLM.....there were a few guys who recognised it, journalists in England and Australia and America, these people picked it up straight away but the masses had'nt picked up on it so it was, he did'nt get his recognition, his full recognition and i'm sure you know it would have been fantastic if he did of.
ANGUS.....at first well, we did'nt know what we'd do whether we'd continue or not then we heard about Brian, Brian Johnson and ah we got him down and we tried him out, we tried a few other people and ah it just all seemed to fall into place.
BRIAN.....to me it's ah it's, god i've really got a great gig i really have, i've just gotta open me mouth, shout me tits off, have a good time and i get in free...get in to all the gigs free...it's great !
the biggest surprise in my life is when people like Aerosmith dont go on unless they play Back in Black, it's just ,it happened it was one of the freaks of nature, every song was perfect and put in its right place .
Back in Black plays in the background
ANGUS......my brother Malcolm and me we sort of after all the things had passed, the funeral and everythin we didnt know what we'd do as a band, well we did'nt know what we'd do as people...and he called me up and said why dont we continue writing, because we'd been doin a bit of writin before Bon's death and said why dont we just do that and what ever comes comes and we'll see how we go, at least it gives us somethin to get through you know, so thats what me and him did, we just kept writing and in come Brian...he showed up, played a great game of pool and never sung a note and i thought...
BRIAN.....and i passed the audition {laughs}
Brian sings What Do You Do For Money in background
BRIAN....there's something about Back in Black, we dont know what it is, i was talkin to Mutt about it and he's gone Brian i dont know what it is..its, we did it in 6 weeks which is impossibly stupid and also a stupid time to do an album a good album like that , but it just happened, it was one of the freaks of nature that just happened. Every song was perfect, put in its right place, i dont know why. But we just found out its the third best selling album in the history of music
Brian sings You Shook Me All Night Long in background
ANGUS.....to have somebody that close and then Brian came along and he had big shoes to fill and you know he's gotta get up there and then we have to go out there and prove it all again. Bon's parents...his dad pulled Malcolm aside after the funeral and said you guys should look for someone you know.
MALCOLM....you gotta go on he said and um that helped us
ANGUS...it made you feel confident that if you did go on you had the blessing.
BRIAN....we just got straight down to it...i'll never forget it, when i walked in the lads said right thats it,lets...and that was it, i really didnt have a chance to think about anythin we just went straight in didnt we ?
INTERVIEWER...for Brian to fit in as well as he did was pretty amazing
MALCOLM....yeah all the guys in the band had come from a working class background, all had apprenticeships to become fitters and turners and electricians or printers
BRIAN....yeah in came working class background Mr Pits
MALCOLM....work hard was the rule and we always stuck by that....when Brian came down the first thing was where is this guy he's late ...so i said theres a little guy down stairs with a hat on playin pool with the roadies, i think thats him ...well get him up here, he came in and he straight away he said i'm not Bon, i was a big fan of Bon but i dont even know how to say anythin lads but if you want me to sing well its up to you guys, i dont know.
Brian sings For Those About To Rock We Salute You, in the background
MALCOLM.....as soon as he started the whole lot of us just went ..ahh..this is good
ANGUS.....he certainly had the tools
Brian sings Lets Get It Up in the background
INTERVIEWER....with your voice do you ever have problems with it ?
BRIAN....i'm pretty lucky actually with the voice it's self it's just that you get a bit, as soon as your tired you might not be able to push out 100% but i've been pretty lucky, i havent sort of lost it like where proper singers
ANGUS....proper singers ?
BRIAN ....well you know what i mean {laughs}..its not been called a voice before, thank you very much, i've just been very lucky or unlucky {laughs} it just keeps on goin, i'm pretty right like that, its usually me lungs that go first, pretty lucky, sometimes when you've done like 6 in a row on the 6th night you cant always give as much as the first night but its the same as Angus, 6 in a row and he's got no any legs or arms left {laughs}
ANGUS....hell i remember somebody said when For Those About To Rock came out, went in number 1 in America, sat around there for awhile, sold 3 million the first few months and then somebody said oh its not Back In Black you know and one guy said to me your the biggest sellin stiff i ever came across.
Brian sings Put The Finger On You in the background...then Flick Of The Switch
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