Woman's voice....here is ac/dc, the J File
Rod...g'day this is Rod of St Kilda in Melbourne, the best ac/dc song is Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap simply because it's got a great riff in it and the lyrics are supurb.
Col....it's Col here, interstate truck driver and it's just good ole Aussie original rock n roll and it makes me want to drive.
Man...a song that not many people would know, Soul Stripper, if you know the song you'll know what i mean it's a brilliant song you could'nt go past it.
Voice Over....ac/dc's roots lie in 2 Scottish families the Scott's and the Young's. Angus and Malcolm Young were introduced to rock n roll by their older brother George who became an international star in the 1960's as lead guitarist with the Easy Beats. Malcolm was the first brother to start playing with a couple of garage bands and in 1971 he joined the Velvet Underground, a Newcastle band. Angus left school at 15 and started jamming with friends and practicing at home. It wasnt until 1973 that Angus and Malcolm played on some of George's demos that the spark first flickered. Malcolm was uninspired by the recording process and wanted to form a real rock n roll band. It was Margaret their sister who gave Malcolm and Angus two valuable suggestions, that they name themselves ac/dc after a warning label she saw on her sewing machine and that Angus should wear his school uniform on stage.
Angus....cause when i used to come home from school i would come in the door and before my mum could grab me to go to the shops or my old man could ask me if i had been at school, i used to run and grab my guitar and out the door, my sister said it would be great if you kept that school suit.
Voice Over....ac/dc's debut came on New Years Eve 1973 at a party at Sydney's Chequers night club
Dave Evans...Malcolm Young got a few guys together and Angus and said lets play for New Years Eve and it worked pretty well so we ah yeah took it seriously.
Voice Over ...the band started touring and released their first single Can I Sit Next To You Girl with Dave Evans on vocals. Ac/dc's first year was full of hard touring and line up changes as they honed their legendary stage act.
Interviewer...you claimed it was an accident when one day you tripped over a wire or something is that right ?
Angus...yeah tripped over a lead, fell on me knees so i thought aw people thought i was a fucking idiot so i started bobbin around on the ground.
Voice Over....In 1974 Bon Scott was at a loose end in Adelaide he was 28 and recovering from a serious motorbike accident. Growing up in Perth he'd been a singer in a bubblegum rock band the Valentines in the mid 60's. Bon was singing for an art rock band called Fraternity when he went to see ac/dc play . Malcolm and Angus were concerned that ac/dc were turning into a glam band and were quietly looking for a hard rock singer. Bon was invited to a private jam session, put on a fine show but turned down their offer. Several weeks later a phone call came from Perth, Dave Evans was sick, Bon changed his mind and became ac/dc's singer when the band returned to Adelaide in September 1974. after 6 weeks on the road together ac/dc's first album High Voltage was recorded between gigs in 10 ten days at Albert Studios in Sydney. It was released in February of 1975 and as raw as it was the first single Baby Please Dont Go charted. In 1975 the line up settled down with Phil Rudd on drums and Mark Evans on bass.The band were living up to their hard rocking reputation while playing non stop. Sex was pretty and plentiful and Bon Scott could drink like a demon after 10 years in the business but it didnt stop there. After his first gig with ac/dc he suffered a heroin overdose in Melbourne as well as being attacked by an angry father after being caught sleeping with his 17 year old girl. In July 1975 ac/dc were back in the studio to record their second album TNT.Between sessions Bon and Angus visited the JJ Studios for a chat with George Wayne.
George...can you guys introduce yourselves
Angus..ah Angus Young.
George...are you the guy who goes mad on stage Angus
Angus...yeah i'm the guy
George...do you find that , that detracts from your act Bon ?
Bon...oh no, it's all sort of thrown in together it's the over all thing, there's no sort of... look pal its my act i'm the singer give us a bit of floor space, if you want floor space you gotta make it yourself you know.
Voice Over....in late 75 there was interest building in Europe and America as the first single was released in Australia from that long awaited album {It's a Long Way To The Top, plays} It's a Long Way To The Top peaked at number 9 in January, meanwhile the band were busy recording Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap an album that would be put on hold. In April ac/dc arrived in London in the middle of the summer of punk.
Angus....their not punk their just shite, they can't play ,they can't sing you know they haven't got nothin really goin for them except the visual thing
Voice Over....punk is not the image that the band wanted and they set the record straight with their first few gigs.
Angus... the very first gig was in a pub in a place in Hammersmith called the Red Cow ,very small place, went in there and there was only about 50 people and we thought ah we'll shit it in. We had a break, we had to do 2 sets and in between that break they went and got all their mates and rang them all up and the place was packed.
Bon...the next night the crowd would turn up and the second, all their friends again and the third night it was screamin.
Voice Over...after the UK they took on Europe, scoring support on Richie Blackmore's rainbow tour. what struck the most was the liberal attidudes towards nudity sex and prostitutuion.
Angus....cause you know over here you always get someone gettin busted, the sex shops and that, well over there it was like all on display you know ? it really sort of makes you feel at home because you are in your own environment you know this is the thing we live for you know sex and you see it all plastered in shops, it was just like christmas shopping, going in all these shops like Dr Meullers sex shop you know and they got the works they got the leather whips.
Bon...we had a funny night in a club there one night, there were all these acts happening on stage and all of a sudden Phil nudged me and said look at that bloke down there and there's a bloke in the next seat nude pullin himself you know and i said oh yeah fair enough you gotta go up on something i guess you know and then this chick walks out and takes this cloak off and she's nude too and they gets on this round table and he starts shaggin her on the table and the table starts risin about 10 foot in the air you know it's a phuematic table you know and that was part of the show.
George.... this sex thing being such a vital part of your image doesnt it give you a lot to live up to when you come off stage ? you've managed to handle that Angus ?
Angus...i sure have, that's the best part if i could fit it on stage i'd get it on there too .
Voice Over...as their reputation spread the police in England started paying more attention to their live shows.
Angus...for about 12 shows running in a row we had the English vice squad folloing us up and down the country, yeah. It started off in Birmingham where i took off me clothes and all the people said turn around so what the people wanted, what can you do but turn around you know, unfortunatley i was accused of masturbating on stage i would of if i could've you know. {laughs}
Voice Over ...the original plan was for them to tour America next but there was visa problems clearing previous criminal convictions. While the paper work was sorted out ac/dc returned to Australia in November 76 for a national tour to promote Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. It was to be their last Aussie tour for a long time. Because of the bands act in Europe had fuelled a back lash in Albury the tour program was banned from sale because of one four letter word. Gigs in Wollongong and Canberra were supervised by the police, conditional that Angus didnt pull his pants down. The Mayor of Tamworth refused them permission to play and even the general manager of rock station 2SM was quoted
as saying ac/dc must decide whether they are strippers or musicans.
George...on double J ac/dc are in the studio and Angus just before you leave i think you'll have to give us an audio treat, we're pretty, everyone else cant see you.
Bon...its lucky they cant see us {laughing} but they will !
George...this is part of whats, why the stage act is so controversaial ..ok lets have it
Bon...oh you'd like what ? Angus !
Angus ...get set, ready.... go !!
Bon and George laughing...oh god look at that, get it back up awwww
Voice Over...in January 1977 the band were back in the studios to record Let There Be Rock and then left the country.
Angus...it was probably the first time ac/dc got to use the guitar, it was our first top 20 album here and in Britain and also through Europe and in America, it opened the door for us.
Voice Over...after a personaility clash between Angus and bass player Mark they hired Cliff Williams. ac/dc were making an international name for themselves while back home their singles were barely charting .
Ed Shocky...good evening ladies and gentlemen i'm Ed Shocky welcoming you all to the world famous Atlantic recording studios in New York city in the first of a series of live radio concerts please welcome ac/dc
Bon...in a big city like New York this happens all the time and this song is all about it, its called Dog Eat Dog.
Man...and here i see this little guy run all over the stage doing Chuck Berry better than Chuck Berry could do em and you know the songs and everything and i hate to say it but i became a fan .
Voice Over ....in 1978 there was Powerage and the live album If You Want Blood You've Got It.In 1979 Atlantic ac/dc's american record company were getting impatient they felt ac/dc needed a more polished sound and insisted that the next album be recorded and produced in Miami.
Malcolm...we more or less got forced.
Voice Over...they went along with it for awhile then skipped to England and made the album their way.
Bon...we worked in this rehearsal studio, got them all together, took em into their Round House studios and put them down in about 2 weeks.
Voice Over...the name Highway to Hell was how Angus had discribed their previous American tour.
Woman on Phone....hello Bon where are you now ?
Bon...we're in Reno Nevada
Woman...and you just started your head lining tour of the states
Bon...yeah well the first night was San Francisco
Woman...how did it go ?
Bon...great
Woman...you like being on the road all the time
Malcolm...ah you get used to it
Woman...is it glamourous ?
Bon...bloody hell, what do you think i do it for the money or the music or what, i just do it for the glamour the glamour, the women and the whiskey, what else is there in life, no that's it .
{the boys sing Macho Man in the background}
Woman Reporter....Bon Scott was discovered last night in the car, he'd been left there by a friend who had figured he would sober up after a days drinking if he were left in the car for awhile. The Scotland Yard spokesman said specifically there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Bon Scott's death.
Girl....well everybodies really shocked and ah they were in pre production in London at the time for their forth coming Atlantic album so things have been put on hold for awhile, everybodies really shocked and the band will continue there's no doubt about that.
Man ...taken to South London where he was declared de
ad on arrival. A post mortum will be carried out later today to establish the cause of death but police say they dont suspect foul play, they also believe there were no drugs involved.
Voice Over...Bon was cremated 10 days later in Fremantle, an event that was barely recorded in Australian media. Several days later Bon's friends recieved xmas cards 2 months late, he'd forgotten to pay the correct postage. Malcolm and Angus wanted ac/dc to go on, everyone said Bon would have wanted it that way so they started looking for a new singer. A fourteen year old fan from Cleveland Ohio sent a suggestion in the mail, Brian Johnson from the band Geordie. The Scotsman with the jackhammer lungs was located working in a garage in Newcastle Scotland, he was auditioned and hired on the spot.
Brian...the first gig we ever did togheter was in Belguim and these guys had big banners of Bon with Welcome Brian good luck, it was a wonderful introduction to big time that i didnt expect.
Voice Over...in April the band went to the Bahamas to record Back In Black a tribute album. Bon had already written songs but they were abandoned as a sign of respect. In July 1980 with an all black cover, Back In Black was released and became the highest selling heavy metal album of its time
DJ....i can remeber from the gig you did up here in Brisbane for the Back In Black album and had the big bell and you tied pineapples to it ,you remember that ?
Brian...i canna remember much about the early 80's at all mate, anyway but i remember the first gigs in Australia were magic for me, you know they still missed Bon, he was a national hero there you know,he still is and rightly so.
Voice Over.....In 1981 Dirty Deeds was finally released in America and started out selling Back In Black for a time, ac/dc were becoming super stars. In late 1981 they finished For Those About To Rock and after a world tour lasting almost a year they recorded Flip Of The Switch and drummer Phil Rudd left the band exhausted. Simon Wright was the drummer on the next 3 albums 1985's Fly On The Wall, Who Made Who, 1986 Blow Up Your Video in 1988.
Angus ...we toured most of the year in 1988 and then we had a break for a year but we had to write new songs for Razors Edge.
Voice Over...veteran drummer Chris Slade slipped in for the next album Razors Edge in 1990 and the 1992 live album.
Brian...it was 5 years since the last studio album but then we went on tour for 2 years you know, had a couple of months off then met up with big Arnie Swarzneggar and did a video then we met last year, we had 8 months off, i think its our longest break we've ever had you know. { Phil Rudd rejoined them for the much anticipated Ball Breaker album}
Brian...it was almost like he'd never been away, it was real spooky man. I canna quiet discribe it i just sat down and went jesus where did the last 10 years go ?
Voice Over...1995 saw a revival for ac/dc, a tribute album Fuse Box was complied in Australia with new Aussie bands recording their favourite songs. In 1997 ac/dc fans eagerly greeted the release of Bonfire a 4 cd box set that featured a collection of live trackes and rare recordings dating mainly from the days when Bon Scott fronted the group.Soon after an overseas tribute album followed in the footsteps of Fuse Box titled Thunderbolt and included versions by Anthrax, Quiet Right and members of Raff, Skid Row and Motorhead. Early in 2000 ac/dc broke the news of its first studio album in 5 years, Stiff Upper Lip. produced by George Young and recorded in Canada at the Vancouver studio owned by Bryan Adams .
Brian....and George is brilliant, he's me hero, he's ah you can go up to him and say me dicks dropped off and he's say well nobodies here lets have a look for it together {laughs} but the main reason is he knows rock n roll man.
Voice Over...the album's release in February also marked 20 years since the death of Bon Scott.
Brian.....people said isnt that marvellous that your releasing the album at the time of his death and i said well i thought it was accidental unless Bon planned it ...thats the kind of shit he would pull you know what i mean ? {laughs}
Voice Over...like Ball Breaker it went top ten in the bill board charts in the U.S as well as here {Australia} it was discribed by fans as the groups strongest in years.Rumours of it being the bands swan song had resurfaced, again the band denies its there last gig. Bon Scott's cremated remains still lie under gum trees in Fremantle.
Fremantle Cemetary...when the American ships are in or any of the overseas ships are around then lots of people come, they put flowers there, they also play music, they sit round there and meditate to his memorial but they also sometimes drink which is illegal in the cemetary and we have to stop that.
Voice Over....and there's no greater tribute than this from Silverchairs Daniel Johns.
DJ...do you feel like your now opening doors for other bands to follow overseas ?
Daniel.....no i think ac/dc opened the doors, we're just tryin to get in them. AMEN DANIEL !
Rod...g'day this is Rod of St Kilda in Melbourne, the best ac/dc song is Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap simply because it's got a great riff in it and the lyrics are supurb.
Col....it's Col here, interstate truck driver and it's just good ole Aussie original rock n roll and it makes me want to drive.
Man...a song that not many people would know, Soul Stripper, if you know the song you'll know what i mean it's a brilliant song you could'nt go past it.
Voice Over....ac/dc's roots lie in 2 Scottish families the Scott's and the Young's. Angus and Malcolm Young were introduced to rock n roll by their older brother George who became an international star in the 1960's as lead guitarist with the Easy Beats. Malcolm was the first brother to start playing with a couple of garage bands and in 1971 he joined the Velvet Underground, a Newcastle band. Angus left school at 15 and started jamming with friends and practicing at home. It wasnt until 1973 that Angus and Malcolm played on some of George's demos that the spark first flickered. Malcolm was uninspired by the recording process and wanted to form a real rock n roll band. It was Margaret their sister who gave Malcolm and Angus two valuable suggestions, that they name themselves ac/dc after a warning label she saw on her sewing machine and that Angus should wear his school uniform on stage.
Angus....cause when i used to come home from school i would come in the door and before my mum could grab me to go to the shops or my old man could ask me if i had been at school, i used to run and grab my guitar and out the door, my sister said it would be great if you kept that school suit.
Voice Over....ac/dc's debut came on New Years Eve 1973 at a party at Sydney's Chequers night club
Dave Evans...Malcolm Young got a few guys together and Angus and said lets play for New Years Eve and it worked pretty well so we ah yeah took it seriously.
Voice Over ...the band started touring and released their first single Can I Sit Next To You Girl with Dave Evans on vocals. Ac/dc's first year was full of hard touring and line up changes as they honed their legendary stage act.
Interviewer...you claimed it was an accident when one day you tripped over a wire or something is that right ?
Angus...yeah tripped over a lead, fell on me knees so i thought aw people thought i was a fucking idiot so i started bobbin around on the ground.
Voice Over....In 1974 Bon Scott was at a loose end in Adelaide he was 28 and recovering from a serious motorbike accident. Growing up in Perth he'd been a singer in a bubblegum rock band the Valentines in the mid 60's. Bon was singing for an art rock band called Fraternity when he went to see ac/dc play . Malcolm and Angus were concerned that ac/dc were turning into a glam band and were quietly looking for a hard rock singer. Bon was invited to a private jam session, put on a fine show but turned down their offer. Several weeks later a phone call came from Perth, Dave Evans was sick, Bon changed his mind and became ac/dc's singer when the band returned to Adelaide in September 1974. after 6 weeks on the road together ac/dc's first album High Voltage was recorded between gigs in 10 ten days at Albert Studios in Sydney. It was released in February of 1975 and as raw as it was the first single Baby Please Dont Go charted. In 1975 the line up settled down with Phil Rudd on drums and Mark Evans on bass.The band were living up to their hard rocking reputation while playing non stop. Sex was pretty and plentiful and Bon Scott could drink like a demon after 10 years in the business but it didnt stop there. After his first gig with ac/dc he suffered a heroin overdose in Melbourne as well as being attacked by an angry father after being caught sleeping with his 17 year old girl. In July 1975 ac/dc were back in the studio to record their second album TNT.Between sessions Bon and Angus visited the JJ Studios for a chat with George Wayne.
George...can you guys introduce yourselves
Angus..ah Angus Young.
George...are you the guy who goes mad on stage Angus
Angus...yeah i'm the guy
George...do you find that , that detracts from your act Bon ?
Bon...oh no, it's all sort of thrown in together it's the over all thing, there's no sort of... look pal its my act i'm the singer give us a bit of floor space, if you want floor space you gotta make it yourself you know.
Voice Over....in late 75 there was interest building in Europe and America as the first single was released in Australia from that long awaited album {It's a Long Way To The Top, plays} It's a Long Way To The Top peaked at number 9 in January, meanwhile the band were busy recording Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap an album that would be put on hold. In April ac/dc arrived in London in the middle of the summer of punk.
Angus....their not punk their just shite, they can't play ,they can't sing you know they haven't got nothin really goin for them except the visual thing
Voice Over....punk is not the image that the band wanted and they set the record straight with their first few gigs.
Angus... the very first gig was in a pub in a place in Hammersmith called the Red Cow ,very small place, went in there and there was only about 50 people and we thought ah we'll shit it in. We had a break, we had to do 2 sets and in between that break they went and got all their mates and rang them all up and the place was packed.
Bon...the next night the crowd would turn up and the second, all their friends again and the third night it was screamin.
Voice Over...after the UK they took on Europe, scoring support on Richie Blackmore's rainbow tour. what struck the most was the liberal attidudes towards nudity sex and prostitutuion.
Angus....cause you know over here you always get someone gettin busted, the sex shops and that, well over there it was like all on display you know ? it really sort of makes you feel at home because you are in your own environment you know this is the thing we live for you know sex and you see it all plastered in shops, it was just like christmas shopping, going in all these shops like Dr Meullers sex shop you know and they got the works they got the leather whips.
Bon...we had a funny night in a club there one night, there were all these acts happening on stage and all of a sudden Phil nudged me and said look at that bloke down there and there's a bloke in the next seat nude pullin himself you know and i said oh yeah fair enough you gotta go up on something i guess you know and then this chick walks out and takes this cloak off and she's nude too and they gets on this round table and he starts shaggin her on the table and the table starts risin about 10 foot in the air you know it's a phuematic table you know and that was part of the show.
George.... this sex thing being such a vital part of your image doesnt it give you a lot to live up to when you come off stage ? you've managed to handle that Angus ?
Angus...i sure have, that's the best part if i could fit it on stage i'd get it on there too .
Voice Over...as their reputation spread the police in England started paying more attention to their live shows.
Angus...for about 12 shows running in a row we had the English vice squad folloing us up and down the country, yeah. It started off in Birmingham where i took off me clothes and all the people said turn around so what the people wanted, what can you do but turn around you know, unfortunatley i was accused of masturbating on stage i would of if i could've you know. {laughs}
Voice Over ...the original plan was for them to tour America next but there was visa problems clearing previous criminal convictions. While the paper work was sorted out ac/dc returned to Australia in November 76 for a national tour to promote Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. It was to be their last Aussie tour for a long time. Because of the bands act in Europe had fuelled a back lash in Albury the tour program was banned from sale because of one four letter word. Gigs in Wollongong and Canberra were supervised by the police, conditional that Angus didnt pull his pants down. The Mayor of Tamworth refused them permission to play and even the general manager of rock station 2SM was quoted
as saying ac/dc must decide whether they are strippers or musicans.George...on double J ac/dc are in the studio and Angus just before you leave i think you'll have to give us an audio treat, we're pretty, everyone else cant see you.
Bon...its lucky they cant see us {laughing} but they will !
George...this is part of whats, why the stage act is so controversaial ..ok lets have it
Bon...oh you'd like what ? Angus !
Angus ...get set, ready.... go !!
Bon and George laughing...oh god look at that, get it back up awwww
Voice Over...in January 1977 the band were back in the studios to record Let There Be Rock and then left the country.
Angus...it was probably the first time ac/dc got to use the guitar, it was our first top 20 album here and in Britain and also through Europe and in America, it opened the door for us.
Voice Over...after a personaility clash between Angus and bass player Mark they hired Cliff Williams. ac/dc were making an international name for themselves while back home their singles were barely charting .
Ed Shocky...good evening ladies and gentlemen i'm Ed Shocky welcoming you all to the world famous Atlantic recording studios in New York city in the first of a series of live radio concerts please welcome ac/dc
Bon...in a big city like New York this happens all the time and this song is all about it, its called Dog Eat Dog.
Man...and here i see this little guy run all over the stage doing Chuck Berry better than Chuck Berry could do em and you know the songs and everything and i hate to say it but i became a fan .
Voice Over ....in 1978 there was Powerage and the live album If You Want Blood You've Got It.In 1979 Atlantic ac/dc's american record company were getting impatient they felt ac/dc needed a more polished sound and insisted that the next album be recorded and produced in Miami.
Malcolm...we more or less got forced.
Voice Over...they went along with it for awhile then skipped to England and made the album their way.
Bon...we worked in this rehearsal studio, got them all together, took em into their Round House studios and put them down in about 2 weeks.
Voice Over...the name Highway to Hell was how Angus had discribed their previous American tour.
Woman on Phone....hello Bon where are you now ?
Bon...we're in Reno Nevada
Woman...and you just started your head lining tour of the states
Bon...yeah well the first night was San Francisco
Woman...how did it go ?
Bon...great
Woman...you like being on the road all the time
Malcolm...ah you get used to it
Woman...is it glamourous ?
Bon...bloody hell, what do you think i do it for the money or the music or what, i just do it for the glamour the glamour, the women and the whiskey, what else is there in life, no that's it .
{the boys sing Macho Man in the background}
Woman Reporter....Bon Scott was discovered last night in the car, he'd been left there by a friend who had figured he would sober up after a days drinking if he were left in the car for awhile. The Scotland Yard spokesman said specifically there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Bon Scott's death.
Girl....well everybodies really shocked and ah they were in pre production in London at the time for their forth coming Atlantic album so things have been put on hold for awhile, everybodies really shocked and the band will continue there's no doubt about that.
Man ...taken to South London where he was declared de
ad on arrival. A post mortum will be carried out later today to establish the cause of death but police say they dont suspect foul play, they also believe there were no drugs involved.Voice Over...Bon was cremated 10 days later in Fremantle, an event that was barely recorded in Australian media. Several days later Bon's friends recieved xmas cards 2 months late, he'd forgotten to pay the correct postage. Malcolm and Angus wanted ac/dc to go on, everyone said Bon would have wanted it that way so they started looking for a new singer. A fourteen year old fan from Cleveland Ohio sent a suggestion in the mail, Brian Johnson from the band Geordie. The Scotsman with the jackhammer lungs was located working in a garage in Newcastle Scotland, he was auditioned and hired on the spot.
Brian...the first gig we ever did togheter was in Belguim and these guys had big banners of Bon with Welcome Brian good luck, it was a wonderful introduction to big time that i didnt expect.
Voice Over...in April the band went to the Bahamas to record Back In Black a tribute album. Bon had already written songs but they were abandoned as a sign of respect. In July 1980 with an all black cover, Back In Black was released and became the highest selling heavy metal album of its time
DJ....i can remeber from the gig you did up here in Brisbane for the Back In Black album and had the big bell and you tied pineapples to it ,you remember that ?
Brian...i canna remember much about the early 80's at all mate, anyway but i remember the first gigs in Australia were magic for me, you know they still missed Bon, he was a national hero there you know,he still is and rightly so.
Voice Over.....In 1981 Dirty Deeds was finally released in America and started out selling Back In Black for a time, ac/dc were becoming super stars. In late 1981 they finished For Those About To Rock and after a world tour lasting almost a year they recorded Flip Of The Switch and drummer Phil Rudd left the band exhausted. Simon Wright was the drummer on the next 3 albums 1985's Fly On The Wall, Who Made Who, 1986 Blow Up Your Video in 1988.
Angus ...we toured most of the year in 1988 and then we had a break for a year but we had to write new songs for Razors Edge.
Voice Over...veteran drummer Chris Slade slipped in for the next album Razors Edge in 1990 and the 1992 live album.
Brian...it was 5 years since the last studio album but then we went on tour for 2 years you know, had a couple of months off then met up with big Arnie Swarzneggar and did a video then we met last year, we had 8 months off, i think its our longest break we've ever had you know. { Phil Rudd rejoined them for the much anticipated Ball Breaker album}
Brian...it was almost like he'd never been away, it was real spooky man. I canna quiet discribe it i just sat down and went jesus where did the last 10 years go ?
Voice Over...1995 saw a revival for ac/dc, a tribute album Fuse Box was complied in Australia with new Aussie bands recording their favourite songs. In 1997 ac/dc fans eagerly greeted the release of Bonfire a 4 cd box set that featured a collection of live trackes and rare recordings dating mainly from the days when Bon Scott fronted the group.Soon after an overseas tribute album followed in the footsteps of Fuse Box titled Thunderbolt and included versions by Anthrax, Quiet Right and members of Raff, Skid Row and Motorhead. Early in 2000 ac/dc broke the news of its first studio album in 5 years, Stiff Upper Lip. produced by George Young and recorded in Canada at the Vancouver studio owned by Bryan Adams .
Brian....and George is brilliant, he's me hero, he's ah you can go up to him and say me dicks dropped off and he's say well nobodies here lets have a look for it together {laughs} but the main reason is he knows rock n roll man.
Voice Over...the album's release in February also marked 20 years since the death of Bon Scott.
Brian.....people said isnt that marvellous that your releasing the album at the time of his death and i said well i thought it was accidental unless Bon planned it ...thats the kind of shit he would pull you know what i mean ? {laughs}
Voice Over...like Ball Breaker it went top ten in the bill board charts in the U.S as well as here {Australia} it was discribed by fans as the groups strongest in years.Rumours of it being the bands swan song had resurfaced, again the band denies its there last gig. Bon Scott's cremated remains still lie under gum trees in Fremantle.
Fremantle Cemetary...when the American ships are in or any of the overseas ships are around then lots of people come, they put flowers there, they also play music, they sit round there and meditate to his memorial but they also sometimes drink which is illegal in the cemetary and we have to stop that.
Voice Over....and there's no greater tribute than this from Silverchairs Daniel Johns.
DJ...do you feel like your now opening doors for other bands to follow overseas ?
Daniel.....no i think ac/dc opened the doors, we're just tryin to get in them. AMEN DANIEL !
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